FireSprite, thank you for this thread!!
Captain, glad to hear about the Brene Brown reading you have planned. I was just recommending her to another member here, which is especially pleasing to me b/c it was someone here who turned me on to Brene in the first place. Passing it on is such a good feeling!
I'm making an effort to eat better this week. I found a book of slow cooker recipes at the library that looked interesting. If I make half a recipe (bought a new smaller slow cooker, now that it's just me), it's around 4 servings, and I can eat something 4 times w/o getting bored.
So far, tried a pork, kale, and white bean w/smoked paprika recipe, which was pretty good. Currently cooking an "Indian-spiced" eggplant and beef one, have high hopes! I always want to like eggplant, just b/c of the purpleness and the way they feel, but have yet to find a way to cook it that I'm totally happy with.