I live in Virginia and today was a 4-5 inches of snow day. I had plans on cooking one of my recipes, talking to people and attending Zoom meetings but the snow stopped all that, in many ways. First, I don't hate snow, in fact I love it. However, my joints don't love cold precipitation and I am sure I am not alone. I don't have rheumatoid arthritis but my joints still react to waking up to freezing temperatures. I felt stiff for most of the day, even though I was inside all day. I finally, just ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast, just to hold me over until I could get my joints more limber.
As I had said before in one of my podcasts: "When you are in pain it is hard to focus on cooking." I had to use one of my back up meals for lunch. However, now my joints feel better so now I am cooking. I wish someone had told me not to push myself to much when I am in arthritic pain.
As I said before, I am a African American woman and my mom raised me to push through the pain. So like many people, I kept pushing through the pain until I couldn't. What does that mean? I worked through my pain, I took care of my son through the pain and took over the counter medicine for the pain. I didn't call the doctor until the pain was so bad I couldn't move, "Cause black woman are strong and don't need any help." This was the words I repeated to myself for years. LIES !!
I still have pain but I go to my primary doctor and specialist so I can live an arthritis pain free life. It hasn't happen yet but I an still striving for that goal. I am a foodie and my stress release is cooking. I need to manage my pain so I can keep cooking.
So what am I cooking on this snowy day....Turkey Chilli (no beans) over a large cheddar baked potato. What is you favorite simple dish on a snowy day?
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