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It's Moussaka!Posted: August 1, 2012 Filed under: Food, Happy Hubby Meals, Recipes | Tags: bechamel sauce, Eggplant, Greek moussaka, ground turkey, It's Moussaka, moussaka, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, turkey moussaka 3 Comments
A few years ago I went to my friend Amanda's house for dinner. Amanda is known for being good at just about everything, cooking is no exception, however, when she informed me she had just made Moussaka, the only visual my mind could come up with was poor little Toula Portokalos and her lunch that the bratty blonde girl made fun of in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
The blonde girl behind her "What's that?". Toula: "It's Mousska." Blonde girl: "Moose kaka?!" I felt so bad for sweet Toula. What was in that green tuperware container anyway, my mind was fearful yet curious . . .
I'd like to report that Toula and Amanda had it right all along, I would trade all the wonder bread sandwiches in the world for one serving of Moussaka! Amanda's made my mouth water and I wanted more, but it seemed quite the feat for a casserole. Despite many a internet search every recipe I found had about 15 steps and three different sauces and an ingredient list that was over my tolerable limit. Yet, in these times of seemingly unlimited time (I'm still unemployed . . . cue the sad face) I figured I could conquer this incredible casserole.
So, what is moussaka, you might ask? Well, although there are MANY variations GREEK moussaka is a layered casserole made with eggplant, ground meat (traditionally lamb), potatoes topped with Béchamel sauce and parmesan. The meat sauce is tomato based, but instead of Italian seasoning (Parsley, basil, oregano) it has cinnamon and nutmeg in it. Layers of potato, meat sauce and eggplant are common along with other vegetables.
If this sounds very odd, stay with me, it did to me too, I couldn't really fathom enjoying meat with cinnamon in it, but somehow the cinnamon and the tomato sauce melds together in the most delicious way.
It can easily be made GLUTEN FREE, however I did not prepare my Béchamel sauce without flour. I like the fact that moussaka is a "one pot meal", complete with veggies, potatoes and meat. It is packed full of flavor, so much so that I actually didn't add any hot sauce to the recipe (can you believe it?). And it is better the next day! I read that Greek moussaka is traditionally served luke warm, and although this sets off my highly sensative former-dietary-manager-food-safety-alarm, I think they are right. It's even good cold!
Time to layer it all together
Why on earth did I think this was hard? This was just as easy as lasagna (if not more so), and the Bechamel sauce took 10 minutes flat. Next time I make this and I know exactly what I'm doing, it shouldn't take more than an hour. I made this in the afternoon and refrigerated it before cooking, it took about 90 minutes to cook in an 350degree oven! And it freezes very well, so I'm using some leftovers as happy hubby meals!
Turkey Moussaka
1.3 lbs ground turkey
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp salt
1 small can (4oz) tomato paste
1 12oz can diced tomatoes
1 onion, halved and sliced
In a large skillet cook ground turkey on medium high heat until no longer pink (4-6 minutes), drain excess oil, add cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper, salt, tomato paste, diced tomatoes and onion to skillet, turn to medium heat, stir and cover, allowing onions to soften and flavors to meld. Cook for 10 minutes stiring frequently, so meat sauce doesn't burn, it will be thick and mostly turkey.
8 medium-small eggplants (the huge ones in the grocery store, you probably do not need more than 2)
2 TB salt
3 TB olive oil
Preheat broiler to high. Thinly slice eggplant, toss with salt in a colander over sink, allow for salt to pull the excess liquid out of the eggplant, let sit for 20 minutes. Once done, rinse the eggplant (yes this seems counter-productive, but this technique really takes the bitter edge off and brings out the natural flavor of the eggplant). Place eggplant on a sprayed, non-stick pan, drizzle with olive oil and broil until edges brown, 5-6 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
10 small red potatoes, sliced thin
In a large casserole dish (sprayed with non-stick coating) place one layer of sliced potatoes in bottom, top potatoes with HALF of the turkey sauce, follow with a layer of eggplant (I used ALL the eggplant in one layer) follow with the other half of the turkey sauce. Top this with another layer of potatoes, let sit while making the béchamel sauce.
1 12oz can evaporated milk + regular milk to make 2 cups
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup butter (half stick)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
Heat milk in small sauce pan just until boiling, take off heat immediately allow to cool slightly. In small pan mix butter and flour together on medium heat to form a roux, once butter and flour are incorporated add milk slowly while whisking quickly to ensure the sauce does not become lumpy. Add 1/2 tsp nutmeg and 1 tsp salt, allow sauce to cool slightly and pour evenly on top of final potato layer.
Top with shredded parmesan cheese
Bake in a 350degree oven for about 90 minutes, béchamel sauce should have a nice brown color to it. Your kitchen should smell so awesome your mouth is watering.
Next time I'll incorporate green peppers, mushrooms and zucchini into the layers. This was truly incredible. And although the béchamel sauce is far from healthy it is actually lower in calories than cheese, next time I'll try one of the yogurt based béchamel sauces that are so popular on pinterest, I'm sure it'll be AMAZING!
This recipe is loosely based on about.com's recipe and lavender & Lime's béchamel sauce
Nectarine SorbetPosted: July 24, 2012 Filed under: Food, Nectarines, Recipes | Tags: Dairy free, ice cream maker, Nectarine, peaches, pureed nectarines, Sorbet, washington peaches 2 Comments
They are finally here! Really delicious fresh Washington nectarines! They aren't the most beautiful nectarines I've ever seen, actually this particular crop on this first variety is lacking in size and appearance, but taste is first rate! They are incredible!
I took a few home from the market on Saturday for fresh eating, but most that I took were soft and bruised (the rejects!) So I sliced off the bad parts, cooked them up with some sugar and lemon juice and made nectarine sorbet!
Absolutely delicious!
And as usual I made a horrible mess (overflowing both the food processor and spilling all over the ice cream maker.
I poured the nectarine puree straight into the ice cream maker, let it take a turn in it for about 40 minutes (longer than I planned). And it was perfect!
Not only was the taste nectarine perfect but the color was beautiful as well! From reading other blogs, I found that leaving the peel on makes a pretty color.
Nectarine Sorbet
About 15 small Nectarines
3/4 cup of sugar
1.5 cups of water
Juice of 2 lemons
Chop up nectarines, leaving skin on. Place chopped up nectarines, sugar, water and lemon in medium saucepan, allow to boil, stiring occasionally. Allow to cook down, but be careful that nectarine mixture does not scald on bottom of the saucepan. Allow to cook for 10-20 minutes, depending on ripeness of fruit. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Puree nectarine mixture in food processor (probably in stages, because I really overflowed mine). Pour into ice cream maker and allow to turn for about 40 minutes. You do want nectarine mixture to be as cool as possible so it doesn't melt ice cream container.
We have a 1 quart ice cream maker, this amount filled it perfectly.
Happy Hubby Meals: Peach Chicken with BroccoliPosted: July 8, 2012 Filed under: Food, Gluten Free, Happy Hubby Meals, Recipes | Tags: basmati rice, Broccoli, easy meals, frozen meals, peach chicken, peaches, slow cooker Leave a comment
This is the second recipe in my "Happy Hubby Meals" series. Great, easy freezable meals for Matt for lunch.
I still have a half a box of peaches despite eating them all week long. So, naturally I had to figure out a way to incorporate them into Matt's lunch meals. This recipe turned out to be incredible! I didn't want it to be too sweet, but despite the peaches the flavors of the teriyaki sauce and chicken were in the savory, pleasantly sweet range without tasting sugary.
I knew I wanted to slow-cook it, and yet again Betty Crocker to the rescue. The inspiration recipe, had ginger and canned peaches neither of which I wanted.
After the chicken cooked I ladled out about 2/3 cup of the incredible spicy/savory/peachy sauce onto about 1 cup of basmati rice, already portioned into the pyrex bowls. I then topped that with chopped broccoli florets and a sprinkle of sliced almonds and there you go!
Peach Chicken with Broccoli
12 peaches, sliced
1 onion, sautéed until translucent
4 chicken breasts
2 TB fish sauce
1/2 cup teriyaki marinade (like Soy Vay or whatever you have)
1 cup water
1 TB teriyaki Sauce
2 TB Sriracha
1/2 jar cranberry sauce
1/4 cup cornstarch
8 cups cooked basmati rice (about 3 cups dry made this)
3 large broccoli crowns, chopped
Layer chicken breasts into slow cooker, top with onion and peaches. In small bowl mix teriyaki marinade, water, sriracha, cranberry sauce and cornstarch together, pour on top of chicken, onion and peaches. Cook on high for 4 hours. Pull chicken breasts out and divide sauce onto 8 4-cup pyrex bowls. Shred chicken and divide into bowls. Top with broccoli and sprinkle with almonds.
Roasted Corn Pasta SaladPosted: July 7, 2012 Filed under: Food, Recipes, vegetarian | Tags: Chipotle, corn, Pasta Salad, puree, Roasted Corn, Spokane, The Elk Leave a comment
We live in Spokane.
Spokane lives in the shadow of comparison to Seattle and Portland. Which isn't very fair. Spokane is neat in it's own right, but the diamonds in the rough are a little fewer and farther between than in Seattle, they require a little more digging to discover. But when you do, you can truly claim them as your own. One of the little diamonds we've discovered is The Elk, in Browne's Addition.
The Elk has all the charm of your favorite greasy spoon but with excellent food, it's a great place to take out of town friends or to grab a brew on a Friday night. Matt and I enjoy splitting their Reuben sandwich with a side of their INCREDIBLE roasted corn pasta salad.
I made this for the 4th, it was a hit, however it was pretty spicy.
I almost followed their recipe exactly, I used 1/3 cup cracked black pepper mayonaise and I only used a half a bunch of cilantro. It was about 3 times spicier than the salad the Elk serves, but everything else was just about right.
To roast the corn I pre-heated my oven to 350F and put the un-husked cobs right on the oven grates, they roasted for about 40 minutes, they were more flavorful than frozen or boiled corn and had a better crunch. Yum!
Roasted Corn Pasta Salad
1/2 onion, chopped and sautéed until translucent
3 corn cobs, roasted in oven and the kernels chopped off, about 2 1/2 cups
4 ½ cups uncooked fusilli
2/3 cups mayo
1/2 cup black pepper mayo
1/2 bunch cilantro roughly stemmed
2 Tablespoons chipotle puree (canned chipotle peppers with adobo sauce pureed in food processor)
Salt to taste
Cook fusilli in salt seasoned water, rinse with cold water, set aside. Mix mayonaise, corn, onions cilantro and chipotle puree together. Toss fusilli together with mayonnaise mixture. Salt to taste and chill overnight.
Happy Hubby Meals: Chicken CurryPosted: June 28, 2012 Filed under: Gluten Free, Happy Hubby Meals, Recipes | Tags: basmati rice, cashews, Chicken curry, frozen meals, pyrex bowls, slow cooker, Spicy, sriracha sauce, Trader Joes Leave a comment
I've been freezing Matt work lunches since last fall, I started with Tamales, freezing 2-3 of them in their husks wrapped in foil. I then made Burritos. He has a microwave at his work (doesn't just about everybody?) It's easy for him to reheat them.
However, his favorite meals have been soups, stews or rice based meals in bowls. I froze a few in the plastic lidded tupperware items I had around, but I hated it. This leads me to my confession: I absolutely loathe plastic dining ware, of every sort. It gets easily stained, smelly and lost. I'm sure when we have kids we'll have to do SOME plastic, I just don't like it. I don't like drinking out of plastic, I'm convinced that it taints the taste of the water.
Wow, when did I become this deserving little prude, can I say developed world problems or what. Good grief. Geez, I should be thankful for bowls and cups, no matter what the type.
Anyway, all this to say that I was hesitant to freeze lunches for Matt in plastic, just for him to reheat it again, it kind of grossed me out. So after some sticker shock at the local walmart I finally gave in and invested in some glass pyrex 4 cup containers with lids (the lids are plastic, I know, but they are removed before microwaving). I've been slowly collecting them on sale, $7.99 is the going rate usually but I've purchased most of mine from $5-6, by watching for sales and looking for coupons.
I've been perfecting "Happy Hubby Meals" at Matt affectionately calls them, and I'll start sharing the successes here (there have been many unsuccessful ones as well that I'll keep to myself)
My latest one was a spin on a recipe I got from the Betty Crocker site, Chicken Curry. 4 chicken breasts made 6 good meals, I had some snap peas and cashews that I topped each meal with.
Chicken Curry (slow cooker version)
4 Chicken breasts
2 cups water
1 jar Trader Joe's Mango Chutney
2 TB cornstarch
1 TB yellow curry powder
2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground black pepper
1 TB Sriracha Sauce or Rooster Sauce (optional if you like spicy)
2 cans drained, rinsed garbanzo beans
2 onions chopped and sautéed until translucent
2 cups basmati rice, uncooked
2 cups snap peas, sharp ends chopped off
3/4 cup chopped cashews
Lay chicken breasts in slow cooker. In small bowl mix water, mango chutney, cornstarch, curry powder, salt, pepper and sriracha until blended, pour on top of chicken. layer onions on top. Cover and allow to cook on high for 3 hours, add drained rinsed garbanzo beans for last hour of cooking. Fork chicken apart gently. Do a quick taste test, add more spice or salt if desired.
Cook 2 cups of white basmati rice in rice cooker or on stove according to manufactures directions.
Divide rice into 6 bowls, top with chicken curry mixture, spoon chicken garbanzo mixture and sauce on top of rice. Top with cashews, dried red pepper flake (for more spice) and snap peas. Allow everything to cool a little before lidding up and freezing.
The cornstarch gave a great consistency to the curry that covered the rice well.
Often I freeze leftovers, but this meal fit so perfectly into the pyrex, I just froze the whole lot. I received a text from Matt today
"Curry lunch was awesome!!!!! I win!"
I consider that a success.
Mini Corn MuffinsPosted: June 27, 2012 Filed under: Food, Recipes | Tags: corn muffins, corn on the cob, ear of corn, mini muffins Leave a comment
There isn't much to say about these sweet little things. Hardly worth a post, but I enjoyed them so much, I thought, why not!
I picked up my mini-muffin tins from my mom recently, they are so useful and cute, albeit annoying to wash. And pinterest as so many fun ideas with mini muff pans, I wanted to do something creative and fun, I ended up with boring corn muffins, but they are delicious, and so much cuter than regular muffins.
The hierarchy of corn based baked goods cuteness goes something like this
1. Mini Corn Muffins (cute)
2. Regular Corn Muffins (neither lacking nor comprising of cuteness)
3. Corn Bread (not cute)
I just followed the recipe on the side of the corn meal box.
I made two batches of these, so 96 mini muffs, I used fresh corn in them as well, even though the corn is cooked it adds an incredible CRUNCH. Mmmm. I froze two huge bags of them for later use!
My only additional note about muffins, is that you hardly want to mix them, undermix them even, you should be able to see streaks of flour throughout still. Also melt the 3 tablespoons butter before mixing in. I baked these for about 12 minutes at 250 degrees. I added 1 ear of corn, chopped off the cob. And I did spray the muff tins with some non-stick coating.
Pretty simple! Enjoy!
Homemade TortillasPosted: June 1, 2012 Filed under: Food, Recipes | Tags: black beans, butter, flour, food, homemade tortillas, lard, mmmm yum, Recipe, tortillas, unsaturated fats vs. saturated fats, zucchini 1 Comment
There were great tortillerias in the small towns around where I grew up, they've all but disappeared. It's quite unfortunate since a freshly made tortilla and a packaged store-bought tortilla are practically two different foods.
It's quite a shame since homemade tortillas are really easy to make. Way easier than pizza dough even. I don't really know why I don't make them more often. Since we started making them from scratch I haven't purchased flour tortillas from the store (although I rarely did anyway).
I could eat homemade tortillas with homemade refried beans for dinner and probably not feel that bad about it.
One cringe moment with this recipe . . . it contains lard, which kind of makes my stomach turn. If you've read my rants and ravings on this blog long enough, especially my tamale post, you know I have a complicated relationship with lard. It's yucky animal fat, right?
HOWEVER. I think I would like to recant my statements against lard.
I dusted off the old nutrition books, and did some mild research.
The current thought process on eating healthy is to eat UN-saturated fats and limit saturated fats. Unsaturated fats include olive oil, which is what we hear about all day long, (unsaturated fats have been found to lower "bad" cholesterol levels)
Butter and lard have both unsaturated and saturated fats in them. But lard has MORE unsaturated fats than saturated fats in it even though it is higher in calories than butter. Butter has more saturated fats than unsaturated fats but fewer calories.
And in all of this please bear in mind that you commonly don't use lard in excess like Paula Deen uses butter. This tortilla recipe makes 20 tortillas with 2 TABLESPOONS of lard.
And besides all of this, I think we should be WAY MORE CONCERNED about filling our guts full of sugar and processed grains rather than quibble over a little fat.
And yet again I digress. . .
Back to the recipe
Matt and I whip up a batch of tortillas in 10 minutes flat. The first time took longer because we had to figure out how to roll them, cook them, etc. We usually just make up the ones we want for the meal and store the dough in the fridge. We've stored the dough for up to 5 days and it's still worked fine.
I like tortillas because they are carb-y without overloading you with carbs, not like mashed potatoes or noodles. That statement made sense in my head.
We are out of a lot of vegetables today, we did have zucchini tho! So, sautéed that up with a lonely chicken breast and defrosted some fantastic black beans. Topped with sour cream and salsa and it was FANTASTIC.
(Never underestimate the deliciousness of zucchini)
Homemade Tortillas
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tablespoons lard
1 1/2 cups water
Whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Mix in the lard with your fingers until the flour resembles cornmeal. Add the water and mix until the dough comes together; place on a lightly floured surface and knead a few minutes until smooth and elastic. Divide the dough into 24 equal pieces and roll each piece into a ball.
Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Use a well-floured rolling pin to roll a dough ball into a thin, round tortilla. Place into the medium-hot skillet, and cook until bubbly; flip and continue cooking until golden on the other side. Place the cooked tortilla in a tortilla warmer; continue rolling and cooking the remaining dough or store in the fridge for up to 5 days.


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|On December 25, 2018, Christmas Day, Queen Margrethe came to Aarhus Cathedral with Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie for Christmas Day service. The day before, members of Danish Royal Family, including their children, attended Christmas Eve church service. (At the Christmas Day service, Crown Princess Mary wore her old Hugo Boss wool blend coat and Princess Marie wore her Baum und Pferdgarten Damara coat.)
Danish Royals attended Christmas Day Service in Aarhus
4 comments:
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2018 at 2:46 PM
No white Christmas in Denmark,but it looks as it is very cold outside ?ReplyDelete
Queen Margrethe seems to be happy for her fur coat and Princess Marie for her black high-neck pullover (I wonder, how many times she has reused it in December ;-) ) !
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2018 at 9:04 PM
How nice the Family together with the Queen going to church.ReplyDelete
Lovely family,ReplyDelete
Has Queen Margarethe hurt her leg?
Nice to see them all going to Christmas service together--a little disappointed n the dull dark coats for both Mary and Marie. Even a bright scarf like the Queen's would helpReplyDelete
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Best Trip Suggestions for the Coming Holidays
Everyone is excited for the coming holidays and some could not contain their happiness as they are going to have a family reunion and this is the chance that she or he could meet his relatives that she or he hasn't seen for a very long time. According to the State Farm, this is the time that most of the people are concern about their body structure as they need to look very nice and handsome when they meet their friends or cousins so that they could not lose their courage and self-compliance about the different kinds of things. Most of the kids could not hide the excitement on their face as they would be able to meet new friends and the relatives that they haven't met since they were toddlers. Others would think about holidays as the time that they could take some breaks from the hard work or the deadlines of the paperwork as they need to recharge themselves by spending some quality time with the family and try their very best to have the best bonding moments with the kids.
Many of us forgot the importance of planning carefully as we get overjoyed of the fact that we could spend more time on the holidays and we don't need to think about the other stuff as it could ruin the family time. There are some people that they would have the abrupt decision on where they will be going and some could be very successful and some could have the most unpleasant experienced in their life. It could be about the transportation that they have rented or the place that doesn't look very accommodating due to the number of people who are spending some quality time as well with the loved ones. It is important that we have the right mindset to decide about the things that we want to do and where we want to spend our vacation together.
There are some few reminders and suggestions in order for you to have a better trip this time.
Prepare the things in advance or try to make a list of the stuff that you want to bring including the personal items that your kids would need to have when you travel. In this way, you would not forget the valuable things like the medicine or the personal hygiene kit as you don't want to look dirty or messy the whole time especially when there is no store or market near to that place.
Check your house before leaving as you need to make sure that everything is fine and the doors and windows are properly locked. You can try to get a car rental when you arrived to the destination so that you could have the freedom to go somewhere or to see different places around the city. Make sure that you and your family are secured so that when accidents happened, all of you are fully-covered and nothing to worry about the possible expenses like the bills in the hospital.


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Our Weekly Support Group has moved to a new day!
Previously, our support groups were held on every Monday, but have now been changed to every Thursday (same time and venue), from the 8th February 2018. Please check out our Support Group page here for more details.
Also don't forget our Recovery Rocks Community Networking Event & AGM is just around the corner on Sunday February 25th, 2018 at 1.30pm. For more details see our events page here. It's a great opportunity to see what Recovery Rocks Community Inc. has been doing in 2017, meet up with fellow peers and update your membership details (if needed).
This update also includes some information about some changes to our site. We have added a new 'Publications' section in the menu, where you can not only download our current and past newsletters but also download our past AGM Reports. These reports are not only important documents for members to feel assured the organisation has been managed with their best interests in sight. They are also a valuable historical documentation, to show how much our community has grown since it was first incorporated in 2014. I hope you have as much fun seeing our growth (and maybe reminiscing in the past) as I did when I went back and read them.


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Since 2004 the Rolandi tradition has been a mouth-watering delight for all in Playa del Carmen, always conserving the same quality that has been entablished for 30 years in Cancun and Isla Mujeres.
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You know that swell of pride you feel when you see another Ford truck rolling down the road? It's not just you.
Out of 24 years of the Texas Auto Writers Association naming Texas' top pickup at the Texas Truck Rodeo, Ford has won the honor 14 times. And 2018 is no exception.
This year, the 2018 F-150 was named Truck of Texas.
Texas Truck Rodeo
Every year, the top auto writers in our state get together to judge trucks on all manner of criteria, both on- and off-road, for the Texas Truck Rodeo at Longhorn River Ranch.
This year, more than 70 TAWA journalists put in over 300 hours driving trucks through the grueling test courses, ultimately crowning the Ford F-150.
Last year, it was the Super Duty that took home the top honor, meaning Ford has made the top Truck of Texas for two straight years.
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Plus, the F-150 Raptor took home the title for Off-Road Pickup Truck, on top of getting highest overall personal appeal score and best overall exterior score across all participating vehicles.
That shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has had the chance to test drive a Raptor. Its competition-proven chassis, 450-horsepower high-output EcoBoost engine and advanced Terrain Management System make it the perfect truck to take off the beaten path.
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As a parent, you want to provide the best nutrition for your child, as well as facilitate enjoyable mealtimes with all the family.
However, children with cerebral palsy (CP) may have specific nutritional needs that need special care, depending on the severity of their physical impairment and the feeding difficulties.
For further information, check out the section related to feeding difficulties.
Knowing how and what to feed your child is yet another challenge to overcome; but, before you know it, it will become an achievement!
You are in search of answers and reassurance. We are here to help you get up to speed and to accompany you during this challenging period.
Usually, following diagnosis, you will discuss your child's nutritional needs and plans with your doctor and nutritionist or dietician. Together with your healthcare professional, you will identify the most appropriate nutritional solution for your child.
If you have any questions or doubts, talk to your doctor. It is important that you fully understand the reason why your child needs special nutritional support and how to make things work.
Before trying something new or changing your child's feeding routine, check with your healthcare professionals. They will guide you and help you adapt according to your child's specific needs.
In the following sections, you will get familiar with possible nutritional strategies or solutions for children with CP.
A large number of children with cerebral palsy (CP) suffer from dysphagia, and thus cannot tolerate liquids. Thickeners can be a solution to modify the texture and to help them take in the required liquids.
Juices and/or soups are examples of liquids that can be thickened. Your healthcare professional will recommend the exact amount of thickener needed to get the desired consistency.
Thickened liquids can have different consistencies:1
"Nectar-thick liquids" are easily pourable and have a syrup-like texture
"Honey-thick liquids" are thicker and less easily pourable. They resemble a custard-like form of liquid.
"Pudding-thick liquids" are not pourable.
A speech pathologist will determine the most appropriate consistency for your child.
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When a child is losing weight, supplements may be necessary to complement his/her meals and to ensure an adequate nutrition. If your child can be fed orally, this solution can help you to make sure your child is getting all of the nutrition he/she needs. There are different types and flavours of Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS). You can even prepare different recipes to make them more appealing to your child and ensure compliance. Ask your doctor for advice.
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Tube feeding is a way of getting nutrition through a tube by using a liquid form of diet.
Healthcare professionals suggest that tube feeding should be considered when a child is unable to meet his/her individual nutritional requirements and takes more than 3 hours to eat per day.1-3
The decision-making process is very complex, and we encourage you to communicate with your healthcare professional to better understand and adapt to your child's nutritional needs.
Tube feeding can be a temporary solution until your child gets better and gains weight, or it can be a permanent solution, depending on your child's needs. Remember that sometimes, even if your child may be able to eat, tube feeding would still be recommended to ensure he/she is getting all of his/her nutritional requirements.
The decision to start tube feeding does not usually need to be made quickly. You will be given time to consider different options and to evaluate the pros and cons of including tube feeding in your daily routine.
There are different locations and routes through which a feeding tube can be placed.
Below is a brief summary of the different tube feeding routes:4
NG and NJ tube feeding
Nasogastric and Nasojejunal tube feeding.
These form of feeding include a tube that passes through the nose, down the throat and oesophagus and then into the stomach (NG) or small intestine (NJ).
It may seem scary and troubling at first. But, with time and experience, you will get the hang of it and feel confident that your child is getting the right amount of nutrition and maintaining a healthy weight. You will also reduce feeding time dramatically, relieving so much of the stress and frustration involved with feeding. This will free up more time for other daily activities with your child.
PEG and PEJ tube feeding
The feeding tube is inserted through the skin directly into the stomach. The technical term of PEG is: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.
The feeding tube is surgically inserted into the middle section of the small intestine (the jejunum). The technical term of PEJ is: Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy.
At first, this may seem very invasive and frightening. However, you can think of PEG/PEJ- tube feeding as an umbilical cord.
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Your child is getting all of his/her nutrition through this lifeline.
These forms of feeding are very discreet and convenient, as you can feed anywhere quite easily. It is a quick, safe and reliable form of feeding that allows you to track the amount of food and hydration your child is receiving.
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There are different ways to deliver tube feedings and different types of feeding schedules, depending upon what your doctor has prescribed for your child.
Nutrition can be delivered continuously or in multiple deliveries (intermittent nutrition).
Continuous nutrition can be done by gravity or using a pump.4
Intermittent nutrition can be done by gravity, using a pump or using a syringe.
It may be difficult to understand now, but as you gain more experience, tube feeding can and will become second nature.1 Even though your child is being tube fed, being included in family mealtime and social events that involve food is just as important for your child as it is for you and your family.1 Speaking about tube feeding with your child will help alleviate any confusion and will allow your child to feel more reassured and comfortable during mealtime.1
There is also a wide range of formulae to choose from.
Each formula is adapted to a child's specific needs (e.g.: caloric content, fibre content, mineral content, etc.), and some are even made with ingredients from real food!
Click on the Types Of Formulae section to better understand the different types of formulae available for feeding.
As you continue to tube feed your child at home, it's natural to have questions, or to need some help. Your child's healthcare team can help you answer questions such as: 4
Mealtime is an important opportunity for socialisation and development, and a part of life that children should be involved in and enjoy from an early age. Even though your child is being tube fed, being included in family mealtime and social events that involve food is just as important for your child as it is for you and your family.4
Your child's healthcare team is there to make sure that your home tube feeding experience, for you and your child is as comfortable and problem-free as possible.4
If your child is being tube fed and not taking anything by mouth, it is important to maintain oral stimulation. This is a normal part of feeding and promotes growth and development. It allows a younger child to develop skills for eating and swallowing, and helps an older child who has already learned these skills to maintain them while they are being tube fed.
Talk to your child's healthcare team for ideas about providing your child with safe opportunities to chew or suck.
When people ask when your child is going to stop using a tube to eat, it's fine to say, "We don't know." For now, the focus can be on the immediate goals. Learning how to master a set-up technique. Transitioning from one type of formula to another. Growing stronger and taller every day. Thriving!
We advise you to speak with your child's healthcare team for guidance on managing feeds away from home, based on how your child is being tube fed and the feeding schedule. Your healthcare team will also help you to create a feeding plan for your child if they are attending school.
With tube feeding, there are many markers of progress! "Wins"—both big and small—are worth celebrating.4
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There is a wide range of tube feeding formulae available for children. Formulae come in a variety of formats and packaging. They can be based on casein or whey protein. Whey based formulae may be easier to digest and may offer an improved feeding tolerance.1
Your healthcare professional will consider your child's medical diagnosis, unique nutritional requirements and the feeding schedule when recommending a formula. Tube feeds should only be used under medical supervision on a recurring basis.
Interestingly, some parents say that their child does taste the tube feeding formula, as an aftertaste or the result of regurgitation or burping, and may want a flavoured formula.
Here are some examples of different types of formulae:2
A standard tube feeding formula is a formula that is designed for children who have normal digestion and will include all of the nutrients required for a growing child. Some standard formulae can be used for both tube feeding and oral feeding, and some contain added ingredients, such as fibre, to promote regular bowel movements.
Peptide based formulae
Peptide based formulae are nutritionally complete, which means they contain all of the essential nutrients required for a growing child. They are different because they contain some nutrients, such as proteins, that are "broken down" into smaller components called peptides to make them easier to digest.
They should be used under medical supervision.
Blenderised with Real Food Ingredients
Blenderised formula can also be made at home with real foods that are pureed in your blender. Another option is to use a commercial formula as a base for a blenderised diet. A variety of other foods, including fruits, vegetables, yogurt or cooked meats, can then be added to the mixture and blended. The "recipe" — or the various ingredients used — should be reviewed by a registered dietician to ensure that the child's nutrient requirements will be met. Vitamin, mineral or protein supplements may be necessary to meet nutrient requirements.
Commercially prepared blenderised formula is made from real food ingredients such as chicken, vegetables and fruit, along with added vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. These formulae may be suitable for children who have difficulty digesting a standard tube feeding formula, or for children who will be tube feeding for a long period of time.
Rest assured that all tube feeding formulae are specially formulated to provide all of the nutrients needed to support a child's growth and development, in a form and amount that your child can tolerate.
Because a "complete feeding" of formula provides all of the nutrition your child needs, tube feeding can replace feeding by mouth completely — even though your child may also be taking some food or liquid by mouth.
Tube feeding formulae are also considered complete nutrition because they contain the protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals and water to help prevent nutrient deficiencies and to support your child's growth, development, and special nutrition needs. The type and amount of each of these important nutrients will vary in different formulae, so your healthcare team will have many options to meet your child's needs.
If you suspect that your child is not tolerating a formula, work with your doctor or dietician to find the cause. Sometimes it can be as simple as a change in formula. Certain formulae are specially designed to help improve tolerance, which can help relieve digestive symptoms. Your doctor or dietician can recommend an alternative formula that is appropriate for your child's needs.
If on the other hand, your child has symptoms of a food allergy, it is important to see your child's physician for further testing. Possible food allergy symptoms can range from mild to severe, and include:
Pay close attention to these signs of food allergy. In fact, food allergy is different than food intolerance and requires a stricter diet. Food allergy is an immunological response to one or more proteins in the diet. When a family member has a food allergy, the chances increase that your child may have an allergy. Common foods that cause allergies include cow's milk protein, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, eggs, soy, and wheat. It is important for you to know that many tube feeding formulae contain milk or soy protein, or may be made in the same manufacturing facility as other products that contain allergens such as wheat or nuts. Check immediately with your healthcare professional if you suspect your child has symptoms of a food allergy following the ingestion of a formula.
Finally, just as any food, tube feeding formulae need to be carefully stored. Specific instructions are usually written on the label of the formula, but generally make sure to:
So far, and throughout all of the different sections of this website, we have covered together a wide range of information that can help you better understand your child's journey with cerebral palsy.
Eventually, as you both become at ease during feeding, mealtime can provide pleasurable and precious moments between you and your child.
We believe that hearing the stories of how other families coped with CP can help you even more than you think.
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All patients should have the usual preoperative evaluations including medical history, functional history, and physical examinations. The standard standing anteroposterior X rays may be misleading
because of the posturing of the knee with a flexion contracture. This contracture will alter the apparent remaining joint space, because the X-ray beams may not be parallel to the joint line, and the joint space will appear to be obliterated (Fig. 5.3). In addition, if there is external rotation of the knees when the X ray is taken, the apparent alignment will be misleading. Therefore, care should
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Oglethorpe and Indians Arrived in England
After six weeks at sea, the H.M.S. Aldborough docked at Cowes on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England. Departing from the ship was a party from Georgia consisting of James Oglethorpe,Tomochichi, Tomochichi's wife and nephew, several other Yamacraw Indians, and John Musgrove as interpreter. From here, Oglethorpe wrote a letter to Sir John Phillips, Bart. about his plans to take the Indians to Westbrook Manor, the Oglethorpe's family home in Godalming in Surrey County. At Westbrook, the Indians would recover from the trip before going on to London to meet the Trustees and King George II.


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*I received this book for free to review from Celebrate Lit. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I loved the idea of this book when I first signed up to review it. Spoiled rich kid heads west on her own during the time of the wagon trains. I've never had any illusions of how terrible that trip would have been and the author did not mince words when it came to how much of nightmare it actually was. Envisioning them lowering wagons over a cliff by ropes (not the first time I've read this) is such an amazing thing to me.
One thing I missed in this book was description. It just really seemed to be lacking any type of vivid explanations of people and places. I love getting a picture of the characters in my head, but I honestly had a hard time seeing any part of them with this book. The author also mentions so many places in passing that could have been given a description that praised it's Creator! I really missed that about this book, and in all honesty, it made it very slow and hard for me to read. I found the "Gospel" aspect of the book was almost an after-thought and was disappointed as I felt the author could have drawn that part out more and not embellished that one area to make salvation sound like something it isn't.
I also found the characters very one-dimensional. There was no extreme emotion from anyone. One instance where the main character experiences anger: it doesn't even sound like she got that upset and yet you could tell there should have been more to it as the male character "saw" her displeasure and apologizes for his actions. And yet, we, the readers, were not shown that. When people died on the trail very little emotion was shown at all. Overall, it just seemed very low-key in that area.
The author also chose to switch characters as she told the story. There were four characters that she moved through and it was sometimes hard to keep up with who was talking. I know this is a literary thing that some people actually enjoy as you get to see the story from many different angles: a 38 yr old servant; the man; a 23 yr old woman; and a 13 yr old child. I think it definitely takes some skill to write that way, being able to put yourself into the shoes of each character like this author did. It's often hard enough to keep just one character straight but, in this area, I think the author did a good job keeping the voice of each character.
I thought the story-line was really good and enjoyed the subplots and twists that made up the book. I would enjoy being able to read the other books in this series (Remi is book 2).
About the Book
Book: Remi
Author: Caryl McAdoo
Genre: Christian Historical Romance
Release Date: May 3, 2019
It isn't within man to guide his own steps—or a woman. Caught between a wagon train and the deep blue sea, Agnes Remington Dalrumple, Remi for short, chooses the overland journey west over crossing the Atlantic with her mother and step-father. She decides to go to California and try to fine the father she's never known though she's never been on her own. Thwarted at every turn, almost every effort is dashed until a widower's thirteen-year-old daughter intervenes on her behalf. How can the headstrong woman place herself under the responsibility of the young girl's father, a perfect stranger? But if she doesn't, her journey ends right there in Saint Joseph, Missouri. On the Oregon/California trail, will her pride and independence deter her from the destiny God has prepared for her?
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About the Author
For research in December, Caryl McAdoo hit the trail—literally, the Oregon / California Trail—beginning in St. Jo, Missouri with the Napa Valley being her destiny. No wonder readers enjoy her novels so well! She prays her story brings God glory, and He blesses the award-winning, best-selling novels with a lion's share of 5-Star ratings! With forty-three titles (thirty-three in the last four-and-a-half years), it's obvious she loves writing almost as much as singing the new songs the Lord gives her. (Listen to a few at YouTube.) Celebrating fifty years being married to Ron, her high school sweetheart, she counts their four children and eighteen grandsugars life's best blessings. The McAdoos live in the woods south of Clarksville, seat of Red River County in far Northeast Texas, waiting expectantly for God to open the next door.
More from Caryl
Remi, my May 'Prairie Roses Collection' story, picks up where Uniquely Common, my April 'Lockets and Lace Collection' story ends! Well, actually it backs up a bit to Remi's decision to go west! In Uniquely Common, you meet her after she's already in Saint Jo, trying to join the wagon train.
I fell in love with this semi-introvert, lover of literature, highly intelligent young lady, and felt the cover captured her exactly! (Thank you, Chautona Having, my new amazing cover designer! I am so blessed!)
Remi, short for Remington—her middle name as she hates her first name Agnus—is an only child reared by a single mother. Her father left years ago; she's never met him and decides to go to California where his last letter was postmarked to do just that. It's a long way from New York City, but better than sailing across the Atlantic.
And she can't stay there with nowhere to live since her newest stepfather is whisking her mother overseas to his villa in Southern France. They invite her of course, but she hates boats and gets frightfully seasick! It seems the perfect time to go west and meet her Daddy. Riding in a prairie schooner would be a lark!
Researching for the covered wagons heading west led my dear husband to ask if I wanted to drive the Oregon / California Trail. Yes, yes, yes, I assured him! What could be better than seeing the rivers my wagon train had to cross, the amazing sights my characters would experience, and the terrain they navigated for ourselves?
What an opportunity God put before me!
Two weeks and forty-three hundred-plus miles later, we got back home to Clarksville, enthralled with our journey. That trip has made this story so much better for me! I hope it will make it all the better for you, too! I praise and give glory to the Lord for His many blessings and high favor.
I'm so grateful for the stories He gives us, His divine appointments—like with Sandy Barela, the founder of Celebrate Lit, all her amazing bloggers and reviewers—the doors He opens, my new cover designer Chautona Havig and all the fictional characters He introduces me to and allows me to share with you!
♫♪*`•. I'm just so excited.•*♪¨*about what the Lord is doing!•♪♫*`•. I'm just so excited Lord!! ♪♫•*¨♪ for what I know♪♫¸¸.•*♪ He will do!!*•.¸ Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ ¸♫♪*`•. I'm just so excited!!•.¸.• ✿And He is delighted ღ(̆̃̃ڿڰۣ✿♫♪*with my anticipation ♪♫•* ♫♪ of what I know He will do. •*♪♫•!♪♫¸•*♪ And I get to be a part ♫♪*`of what the Lord is doing!•♪♫*`•. I get to be a part! ♫•*♪¨♥ •♪♫ of what I know♪♫¸.•*♪ He will do!!*•.♫♪ I get to be a part ♫♪*♫•*♥ and He has a good plan!♪*•.✿♫♪*`•. He's called me for His purpose!.•*♪¨ ✿♫♪*`• I have a role to play! ♪♫•*¨♪ (hear this new song on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKnU8JWXRlU )
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I am planning a tea party for my 19th birthday this June and I will be posting the tester recipes here on my blog. Today I made crumpets for the first time in my entire life. Today, as a matter of fact, I ate a crumpet for the first time in my life. A bit over a year ago I was planning a solo tea party and wanted to make these mysterious English snacks. I made a special trip to the store for bread flour. I got home to realize I didn't have crumpet rings. I gave up and made extra scones for my crumpet-less tea party. I was recently rummaging around our trinket drawer in search of our apple slicer when I realized what we do have: pancake rings! I figured a pancake ring is pretty much just a crumpet ring aimed at Americans. Ever since then I have had an itch to make these treats.
You do not split crumpets like an English Muffin because the holes in the top form nice crevices for melted butter or clotted cream. Mine did not have that many holes at all...so I split mine.
Roll Call:
1/2 c warm water
2 tsp honey (or raw sugar for tha veganz)
1 tbsp active dry yeast
2 1/2 c bread flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 c milk (or soy milk)
NOTE: This makes 16 crumpets, I halved it. I have no need for 16 crumpets...until the partay!
Get out a griddle/frying pan/whatever you have and grease it. Grease your crumpet rings (pancake rings) or cookie cutters and place them on the griddle. Heat the whole thing on a medium/low flame. Let that margarine get all melt-y and bubbly.
Put the warm water in a large mixing bowl and add the honey or sugar.
Sprinkle yeast on top of the mixture and wait 5 minutes or until the yeast becomes bubbly/frothy.
Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Drop about 3 tablespoons of the mixture into 3-inch rings. For different sized rings just make sure you can spread it out until the batter touches all sides. This doesn't need to be too full. I over filled some which ended in overcooking the bottoms. Cook slowly at a medium/low heat. Take your time and be patient for the best crumpets.
Are you worried about Mr. Teddy Bear in the back? So am I.
I figured that these would swell up like a cake and be a horror to get out of the rings. To my surprise, they actually shrink away from the rings.
The funkier shaped devices proved more difficult to handle, as I could have predicted, so I used this little guy to go around the tricky parts.
When the tops are covered in bubbles (this never happened to me, so I don't have a picture) remove the rings and flip. Cook the tops for about 1 minute.
This is what the sides should look like. The cookie cutters yielded more cake-like sides.
Look! My tea pot has a bubble for its handle hole! hehe.
So...Mr. Teddy Bear died a sad little crumbly death. I knew he had just a few too many nooks and crannies for anything good to come out of it.
I am definitely making these for my tea party but I will only use the circular and heart-shaped rings because they turned out the best. Heart-shaped crumpets are pretty much my new favorite thing.
(We are Muffins)
(These are The Bloody Crumpets)
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Baby Naming Inspiration from Nobel Prize Winners
To start the New Year, where better to start your baby naming search than finding inspiration from Nobel Prize Winners. Known for their exemplary contributions to our planet and society, discover 10 baby names inspired by remarkable people…
Baby Girls' Names Inspired by Nobel Prize Winners
Alice – Canadian born Alice Munro was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2013 for Literature. She is also a three-time winner of the Governor General's Award, one of the most prestigious literary awards in Canada. Munro is known for her short stories that explore the undercurrents of human relationships.
Alice is an English and German baby name meaning 'Nobility and truthful'
Rita – Italian neuroembryologist Rita Levi-Montalicini is known for her co-discovery in 1954 of nerve growth factor, the protein that stimulates the growth of nerve cells and plays a role in degenerative diseases. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1986.
Rita is a Spanish name meaning 'pearl'.
Christiane – Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is well regarded in medicine, and was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1995. She won her Nobel Prize after she used fruit flies to help explain birth defects in humans.
Christiane is a French name and means 'follower of Christ'.
Alva – Sociologist and politician Alva Myrdal is known for campaigning in Sweden on behalf of the working classes, and to fight for women's rights. Later she become a government minister. She received a Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 80.
Alva is a Hebrew name and means 'brightness and excitement'.
Malala – Malala Yousafzai is the most recent female Nobel Peace Prize winner, and at 17 when given the award, she is the youngest ever recipient. She made headlines after she was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education. She then went on to give an UN address for her 16th birthday.
Malala is an Arabic name meaning 'grief stricken'.
Baby Boys' Names Inspired by Nobel Prize Winners
Hermann – Hermann Muller was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1946, for discovering that radiation could cause mutations.
Hermann is a German name and means 'warrior'.
Martin – At the time, Martin Luther King was the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize at 35. This was awarded due to his work to end racial discrimination in the US.
Martin is a Latin name and translates to mean 'of Mars'.
Werner – Werner Heisenberg received a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1932, for discovering the underlying principles of quantum mechanics, which completely changed our understanding of reality.
Werner is a German name and means 'defending warrior'.
Kazuo – Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017. Born in Japan, Kazuo now lives in Britain is a novelist and screenwriter.
Kazuo is a Japanese name and means 'first son'.
Kip – America theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Kip Stephen Thorne is known for his contribution in gravitational physicals and astrophysics.
Kip is an English name and means 'pointed hill'.
If you're looking for further baby naming inspiration, download the Namey app from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store today. You can discover thousands of names and their meaning, search and input your criteria, and create shortlists to share with your loved ones.
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The feature is currently available in Beta for Premium iOS users and we're looking to collate user feedback to improve the feature and roll out to other versions.
The celebrate the launch the Premium version of the app is available at a discounted price until 14th Jan 2019. Download today and share your designs with your friends and family!


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Trump and the White House are now escalating their demand that Democrats drop their opposition to funding his wall on the Mexican border — and to pressure Democrats, they are escalating their threat not to fund Obamacare's cost-sharing subsidies, which could cause insurers to flee, melting down the markets. Over the weekend, Trump tweeted that "Dems need big money" to prevent this from happening, and White House allies are telling reporters that this constitutes leverage to get Democrats to agree to the wall.
But a new report in the Washington Examiner suggests that this "threat" is a greater problem for Republicans than it is for Democrats. The Examiner's David Drucker talks to Republicans who agree that if the cost-sharing subsidies aren't funded, it could be a political problem for vulnerable House Republicans:
These subsidies, or "Cost Sharing Reductions," flow to perhaps hundreds of thousands of Americans who live in districts represented by Republicans considered soft targets for the Democrats in 2018….If Republicans and the Trump administration don't finance the subsidies in a spending bill that must pass by April 28 to avoid a government shutdown, the GOP could face a voter backlash as insurers cancel plans and pull out of communities."Republicans wanting Obamacare to collapse might be a good talking point in 2017, but it will be disastrous at the ballot box for us in 2018," a former House GOP aide said … That has put them in an awkward position. They either protect Obamacare from implosion, or risk the ire of voters whose premiums would spike, and choices diminish, even more than has already occurred under the troubled Affordable Care Act.
Read Drucker's piece for more details, but the upshot is that, if Trump goes through with his threat to sabotage the ACA, Republicans would likely get the blame for it. They would get blamed both for the immediate loss of subsidies by voters in their districts, and, more broadly, for the larger damage caused by the meltdown of the exchanges, which could lead to at least 10 million fewer people covered. A recent Kaiser poll found that 75 percent of Americans want Trump and Republicans to make the law work, and 61 percent say they are responsible for future problems with it.
If basic logic counts for anything, all this should complicate the idea that Trump's power over the subsidies gives him and Republicans leverage to extract concessions in return for not continuing them. Much of the press coverage treats this as a he-said-she-said standoff, in which Republicans say the threat to nix the cost-sharing subsidies gives them leverage, and Democrats say it doesn't. But if Drucker's reporting is right, Republicans know that they need the subsidies to continue. Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans would also likely get the blame if the government shuts down. So where does their leverage reside, exactly?
Now, it's true that Democrats really don't want the exchanges to melt down, and they also really don't want the government to shut down, since both would be very destructive. (Indeed, most Republicans probably don't want either of those to happen for the same reason.) So Democrats will probably be willing to make some concessions toward getting a spending bill passed, to avoid either of those happening. But for Democrats, the incentives tilt strongly against making such concessions on the wall in particular, because it occupies an outsize place in the imagination of Trump voters. Trump himself thinks his base really wants it, as he put it in a rambling interview with the Associated Press:
"My base definitely wants the border wall, my base really wants it — you've been to many of the rallies. Okay, the thing they want more than anything is the wall … the people want to see it. They want to see the wall, they want to see security."
Trump wants the wall funding so badly as a 100-day accomplishment that he may be willing to push us to the brink of a government shutdown to try to get it. White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said yesterday that he did not know whether Trump would sign any funding bill that doesn't fund the wall — which could bring about that shutdown.
After all, the wall looms very large in the mythology of Trumpism — his supporters see it as a symbol of Trump's willingness to slam the brakes on the cultural, demographic, and economic forces that are making them feel destabilized. But it also looms large for his detractors, who see it as a symbol of his Fortress America xenophobia. This increases the pressure on Democrats not to agree to fund it, to demoralize Trump's base and fire up their own. It's hard to see how the threat to tank the ACA's exchanges overcomes that, particularly since that outcome is one that Republicans apparently don't want, either.
* MORE POLLS FIND TRUMP'S APPROVAL IN THE TOILET: A new Post/ABC poll finds Trump's approval rating at 42 percent, and a new NBC/WSJ poll finds it at 40 percent. And the NBC poll finds an erosion in perceptions of his qualities:
39 percent of Americans give him high marks for changing business as usual in Washington — down from 45 percent two months ago. Thirty-nine percent give him high marks for being effective and getting things done — down from 46 percent who said this back in February.
Below 40 percent on change and on getting things done — these must be Fake Polls, since Trump told us he has had one of the best starts of any president in history.
* A POSSIBLE DEAL ON OBAMACARE SUBSIDIES? Democrats want Republicans to agree to include subsidies for insurance with lower out-of-pocket costs in the spending bill. Bloomberg explains what one compromise might look like:
One trade-off could pair $9 billion in subsidies for insurance companies under Obamacare — a domestic spending increase — with an equal increase for regular defense operations. Another $5 billion to $10 billion in war funding could be added to that, and Democrats could justify going along with the idea given heightened tensions with Syria and North Korea.
This would apparently allow Democrats to avoid agreeing to spending on Trump's wall, but it would at least allow Trump to claim he's making our military great again.
* TRUMP AGAIN PLAYS DOWN 100-DAY MARKER: In that interview with the Associated Press, Trump said the 100-day marker is no biggie. Then this exchange happened:
AP: You did put out though, as a candidate, you put out a 100-day plan. Do you feel like you should be held accountable to that plan?TRUMP: Somebody, yeah, somebody put out the concept of a hundred-day plan. But yeah. Well, I'm mostly there on most items.
Somebody put that idea out there. Oh yeah, it was Trump's campaign.
* TRUMP IS GOVERNING LIKE AN ORTHODOX REPUBLICAN: Paul Krugman points out that Trump, for all his "populist" promises, is embracing cruel and unworkable policies on health care, taxes and the economy that any other Republican would have:
His supporters should therefore be dismayed, not just by his failure to actually close any deals, but by the fact that he evidently has no new ideas to offer, just the same old snake oil the right has been peddling for decades … Trump agenda so far is … just voodoo with extra bad math. Was that what his supporters expected?
Meanwhile, pretty much the only thing left of the "populist economic nationalism" that was supposed to make Trump different from other Republicans is the nativism and the xenophobia.
* NEVER MIND BANNON. KEEP AN EYE ON SESSIONS: E.J. Dionne Jr. takes a look at all of the changes that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making, while the media obsesses over Stephen K. Bannon:
Sessions has started switching the Justice Department's stance on voting rights cases, away from minority plaintiffs and in favor of states that passed discriminatory measures … Sessions also ordered department officials to review reform agreements between its civil rights division and troubled police forces nationwide … Sessions is bringing back the old war on drugs, thus stopping in its tracks a once-promising criminal justice reform movement of conservatives, liberals and libertarians concerned with over-incarceration, particularly in African American communities.
And so, even if Bannon does eventually get pushed out, Sessions is perfectly positioned to continue implementing all of Trumpism's ugliest impulses.
* SESSIONS ON 'DREAMERS': 'WE'LL SEE': On ABC's "This Week," Sessions was asked about Trump's recent declaration that the dreamers can "rest easy" and don't need to fear deportation. Sessions would not say whether he agrees:
"Well, we'll see. I believe that everyone that enters the country unlawfully is subject to being deported; however, we've got — we don't have the ability to round up everybody and there's no plans to do that. But we're going to focus first, as the president has directed us, on the criminal element."
Of course, in reality, despite the "focus" on the "criminal element," the administration is deporting undocumented immigrants who have committed no other crime.
* AND OBAMA IS BACK: Today former president Barack Obama will hold a public appearance with some young people in Chicago, and he's looking to avoid criticizing Trump while saying something about politics:
Mr. Obama wants to talk with the young people onstage at the elite school about civic engagement, community organizing and the importance of not withdrawing from the challenges facing society … Advisers said Mr. Obama's conversation on Monday is likely to echo many of the same themes he talked about in [his] farewell address, including a plea that people not take democracy for granted.
It's a tricky balancing act, but Obama can refrain from commenting directly on Trump while also trying to inspire people to remain politically engaged, which could matter for 2018.


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True contemplation is the work of a love that transcends all satisfaction and all experience to rest in the night of pure and naked faith. This faith brings us close to God that it may be said to touch and grasp Him as He is, though in darkness. And the effect of that contact is often a deep peace that overflows into the lower faculties of the soul and thus constitutes an "experience." Yet that experience or feeling of peace always remains an accident of contemplation, so that the absence of this "sense" does not mean that our contact with God has ceased.
To become attached to the "experience" of peace is to threaten the true and essential and vital union of our soul with God above sense and experience in the darkness of a pure and perfect love.
And so, although this sense of peace may be a sign that we are united to God it is still only a sign --- an accident. The substance of the union may be had without any such sense, and sometimes when we have no feeling of peace or of God's presence He is more truly present to us than he has ever been before. If we attach too much importance to these acccidentals we will run the risk of losing what is essential, which is the perfect acceptance of God's will, whatever our feelings happen to be.
But if I think the most important thing in life is a feeling of interior peace I will be all the more disturbed when I notice I do not have it. And sense I cannot directly produce the feeling in myself whenever I want to, the disturbance will increase with the failure of my efforts. Finally I will lose my patience by refusing to accept this situation which I cannot control and so I will lose the one important reality, union with the will of God, without which true peace is completely impossible.
Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton