slow day

I've been doing a lot of searching today for a low flour, low sugar vanilla birthday cake for my youngest daughter's upcoming birthday. I think I've found one. A genoise. A French sponge cake.

Youngest daughter tries to eat in the low carbohydrate fashion that we old folks here are trying to follow. I think she's doing very well at it too. Despite the fact that we've always eaten fresh and healthy foods for the most part, we've recently cut out high fructose corn syrup, white flour and sugar, and things highly processed. We eat organic free range, naturally fed meats. And I make almost everything we eat from scratch. I feel better and healthier and that, I suppose, makes it all worth it.

I've been searching for this cake because her birthday is two days before her father's. He has requested a flourless chocolate cake. She has requested the white cake. I think, because she loves chocolate, that she chooses the white cake because I'm allergic to chocolate and she wants me to be able to eat cake with her. At least that's what I suspect.

I"m going to try the sponge cake and I'm going to put whipped cream and fresh strawberries in the middle. And I'm going to put whipped cream on top with some chocolate dipped strawberries for decoration.

I had a nice salad today with my crossword puzzle. Red and green leaf lettuce with olive oil and vinegar, mozzarella balls, cucumber, mushrooms, tuna salad. Some whole wheat crackers. A cup of tea. They said on the news the other day that doing crossword puzzles keeps your brain young. I like to be able to work out the puzzle.

Just my youngest and I will be eating dinner tonight. Husband is doing the prep for his colonoscopy tomorrow. Oldest is working. Just the two of us for dinner. She has asked for ham steak with fried apple slices. I'll also be making asparagus and zucchini with tomatoes. A pea salad (you know...lettuce, peas, cheddar cheese, a little mayo). Strawberries for dessert.

Slow day. Different schedule.