Where was
the serenity of my tulips this past Thursday at 2:32pm. when my wisdom tooth
was being yanked out? I hadn’t so much
as ever even had a cavity filled in my life when this was thrown at me. Since it was only one that needed excavating and
the word around town was, “it’s quick and easy these days”, I thought I could
just go for the freezing and be done with it.
I survived
the freezing with relative ease, “there you go, that’s the worst part over” said
Dr. Nightingale. Oh, this is not so bad…easy
street…I thought. They let me linger with
the freezing for a few minutes for it to take effect. As soon as a fork could be stuck into my right
cheek with me none the wiser we were ready.
“Now you’re going to feel a tremendous amount of pressure” said Dr.
Death as his assistant kept me comfortable by stroking my head and telling me
to breath. I didn’t realize I needed to
fire up the old VCR before this appointment to watch “So You’re Having a Baby” to
brush up on my labour survival skills. A
tremendous amount of pressure there was, but he neglected to mention the
tremendous amount of aggression that goes along with removing someone’s tooth with
a tool, brute force and your own two hands.
I’d sooner have someone tie one end of a string around my tooth and the
other on a door knob and slam that baby shut!
Don’t worry…I
survived. There was just the swelling to
deal with and relearning how to chew and keep food away from the canyon in the
back of my mouth. Tricky. At least I’m well versed at making food for
people who gum their food into oblivion or I would have felt pretty deprived
these past couple of days…maybe I’ll eat today’s baby food recipe for dinner
tonight. Mmmm.
It was just
a little wisdom tooth. I’m now a ¼ less
wise, so says my husband. Lucky for
him.
It’s just
another little piece of me gone like my favourite mug I had to throw out last
week. I was in ceramic chip denial for a
few weeks until I had no choice but to give in.
So sad.
In other
news…
Ready…Set…Evolve…
Age – 8 months +
Ingredients
·
1
cup broccoli florets chopped
·
1
cup of carrots chopped
·
½
cup of frozen peas
·
½
cup of rice
Cheese Sauce
·
1
½ tbsps. butter
·
1
½ tbsps. flour
·
1
½ cups of milk
·
¾
cup of grated cheddar cheese
Baby Steps
1. Cook rice according to package directions
leaving out the salt and set aside.
2. Peel and chop carrots into small
pieces and place in steamer set over boiling water. Cover and cook for 10 mins.
3. Clean and chop broccoli and then add
to carrots once the first 10 mins of cooking is complete and continue to cook
for another 8 mins.
4. Add peas to steamer and cook for 5
more mins.
5. To make cheese sauce, melt butter in
large sauce pan over medium heat.
6. Add flour and stir with a spatula
until it makes a smooth paste, approx. 1 min.
7. Add milk to paste, increase heat to
medium/high and stir and cook until lumps are gone and milk begins to thicken, approx.
3 mins.
8. Add grated cheese and continue to
stir until melted and well combined.
9. Remove steamed veggies from pot and
transfer to a bowl to use hand held blender to pulse a few times breaking
veggies into tiny pieces.
10. Add rice to veggies and pour in
cheese sauce and stir together until well combined.
11. Let cool for a few minutes then
transfer some into freezing trays to be stored in the freezer for up to 3
months, and some to a food storage container in the fridge to use within 48
hours.
Makes – Approx. 12
servings
I wonder if the pain of a tooth forcing itself in is as bad
as someone forcing one out? Just another
reason why I wish babies could talk.
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