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Salad and cookies.
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Cold boiled shrimp and salad
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Salad and grilled tuna.
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Hi Guys! I made flank steak with fried onions and mushrooms and melted cheese served with French bread and broccoli on the side. It’s my version of a Philly steak sandwich.
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chili cheese burrito!
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Bridget,

How nice!
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Mexican is my lazy meal. I have my stepson bring me something from his Tex-Mex restaurant.
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Yep! Too bad we aren’t all together on a beach in Mexico! 😊
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Rotisserie chicken and bean quesadillas.

Looks like some of us are having Mexican food tonight.
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We had chicken enchiladas.
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Chicken burrito
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I made an egg casserole. Great for using up the veggies I had, add some cheese...love it
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We had a veggie pizza.
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Turkey and bacon sandwich on whole wheat from Arby's.
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Chili dog!
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Naptime.
2 Big bites (not scoops) of vanilla ice cream.

Sat. nite, we had BBQ tri-tip, baked beans, and chopped salad, and a buttery
garlic roll, to go.
Leftovers on Sunday.

Chopped salad had lettuce, shredded carrots, corn, black beans, grated cheese, tomatoes,
purple cabbage, cilantro, and blue cheese dressing.
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Coffee ice cream.
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Roast chicken and veggies
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When I took my mother to senior events in her town, people were ready to eat a complete turkey dinner at 12 Noon. I took mine to go. DH and I kept our same schedule as when we both worked nights.
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Lettuce wrap turkey burger with a little mayo. I can only eat half right now. Maybe the rest later.
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Golden,

Oh, yes!
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need- never tired in the daytime, but by bedtime I was ready to sleep
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Golden,

I can relate to walking everywhere like you did for an ice cream. We walked or cycled everywhere. Were you fatigued by exercise?

I don’t remember ever being overly tired from walking or cycling. We were in shape and our bodies were used to the physical activity.

It’s funny how kids run just for fun! I loved running or holding my arms stretched out and spinning around very fast until I got dizzy.

LOL, kids are so silly. We had fun doing stuff like that. Oh my gosh, I would throw up if I tried spinning around now!

Glad,

That sounds beautiful, ‘midnight sun.’ So very different from our environment.
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Up north, yes there is a period of time in the winter where it does stay dark. It is also known as The Land of the Midnight Sun.

Dubbed as the land of the midnight sun, Norway is one of the very few locations where sunset merges into sunrise, with no darkness in between. The midnight sun only occurs at certain times of the year and is only visible very close to the Arctic.

https://www.fjordtours.com/inspiration/articles/midnight-sun-explained/

The Polar Night can last days to months depending on your location. On the North Cape, the sun remains under the horizon for more than two months, while in Tromsø the phenomenon lasts for six weeks or so. In Lofoten, the dark period is short, just under four weeks.

https://nordnorge.com/en/artikkel/the-polar-night-is-the-blue-time-in-northern-norway/
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But isn't there 24 hour darkness in Norway?
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NHWM, interesting. We Always had dinner early, 5ish. When my kids were young ex would get home from work 5ish. Dinner was nearly always ready. How I have a supper about 3ish if I have it. Many nights I have a midnightish snack of half a peanut butter Sammy and cookie with a glass of milk.

Our holiday meals were always 2ish at the latest.

Interesting thought, Golden about early meals in Norway before darkness.

Somewhere over the last week read that Norwegians are typically thin because they are grazers.👵👵😏😏
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NHWM,
I didn't grow up eating junk food either. I am a night eater. I think it's because I always worked nights. I eat dinner around 6pm, but have a snack around 11pm or 12 am. I really don't eat much during the day.
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My mother ate dinner as early as 3:30 P.M.
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gershun - I think it is too. I read a study recently where obese people ate the same number of calories each day but some ate them early in the day and some later. The ones who ate earlier in the day lost more weight.


need - That's interesting, I have a Norwegian mother and I eat my evening meal early. I wonder if it had something to do with the climate and the light available for working outside. Mind you I eat all my meals early, I am not interested in eating after about 7 pm so no late night snacks I think we had a much healthier lifestyle as kids and teens than young people today. There were hardly any processed foods in my youth. Everything was cooked from scratch and we played outside all the time and walked or rode bicycles to school. I don't remember eating much in between meals - maybe an apple. It wasn't the custom. If we wanted an ice cream cone as a treat we had to walk a mile or so downtown to buy it and that certainly wasn't every day.
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I just looked up who eats dinner at the earliest time. Any guesses?

I had no idea. It’s Norway. They eat dinner around 4:30. Many people around the world eat dinner much later.

Do any of you eat a midnight snack? I am thinking about The Golden Girls who were always slicing into cheesecake or some other snack late at night.

My mom did let us have an after school snack, one cookie and a glass of milk.

My mom served our dinner fairly early. We didn’t get dessert on weekdays. We were never allowed to drink soda during the week. We had our dessert with Sunday meals at my grandparents house.

Nowadays kids eat junk food all the time. It’s kind of sad. I didn’t serve junk food to my girls. I suppose because I didn’t grow up eating junk food.

I didn’t even have pizza until I went out on a date! LOL It’s a different world now. I definitely think that’s why kids are overweight. Plus, we were so active in our childhood.

I only remember one kid in my class who was overweight. I saw him many years later and he was thin! I didn’t recognize him at first.

We had physical education classes everyday at my school. I walked or rode my bicycle. Kids can’t do that anymore. It sad because it’s isn’t always safe now to do so. I walked many blocks to school starting in kindergarten.
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