Since Cliff has been making a true effort to lose weight and maintain, he's been reading labels for ingredients and taking note of portion size.  In our doctor's office, there is great visual reference chart comparing food portions to items in our every day life, such as a pack of card, a baseball, a computer mouse etc.  Today with his open tuna sandwich, Cliff placed some Cape Cod 40% reduced fat potato chips on his plate.  We hardly include them in our meals anymore.  He questioned whether he was allowed 40% more chips to equal 100% fat.  A serving size is 19 chips/28 grams.  He asked what size chips and how do you count all the broken ones?  I do have a kitchen scale that I use when measuring almond and rice flour grams for my gluten free baking, but he figured he's just estimate and settle for 40% more chips.

Our mountain temperature was 31 degrees this morning at 7:30.  I did bring in the aloe that Barb brought me from Florida.  That plant always needs to be nearby.  It's saved us from blistering after multiple kitchen burns.  It's sunny, dry, and beautiful now..........57 degrees.  None of the other plants seem to have been hurt by the cold night.  The basil and coleus leaves look healthy.  This cooler weather has me searching for new fall soup recipes and baking muffins and breads again.