Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
The list has suggestions on how to use those groceries for specific meals, and has counted how many eggs I need for the week. Things I buy regularly, but now mapped out in a PLAN, called 5 4 3 2 1. (Except Ai tailored it to our needs.)
AI has suggested ways to combine a carnivore diet with a vegetarian diet, so we both get fed without the fuss of making two separate meals.
You can search: "Can you make a shopping list using the 5 4 3 2 1 plan?"
We plan to actually GO to the store tomorrow.
Can't wait. Get it all at once, earlier in the morning because of the extreme heat.
salad, and dessert.
These days, we have switched the sour cream to Greek Yogurt.
Finding the right steak is a challenge, even when shared.
Dh is happy with a huge salad, minus the steak.
I am happy with the steak only.
I like oven dinners. Just pop it in the oven, go do something else, and an hour or so later, you have dinner. No standing over the stove and fussing over food, like I used to when I was younger and enjoyed it.
I frequently make casseroles or baked chicken breast with whatever vegetables I have on hand. Put it all in one baking dish.
That makes sense . I’m alittle more than an hour north of Philadelphia . The humidity is what the problem is I assume . It seems more humid here than where I grew up on eastern Long Island . It seems the things kept in the kitchen bread drawer went stale .
I do have a small pantry closet off the kitchen in a small dark hallway , that leads to the laundry room . We will see I guess what happens to the dry pasta and cereal in there . 🤷♀️
10 more days to new A/C and furnace units . The contractors are very busy . The heatwave is triggering a lot of old A/C units to need replacing .
Been making a lot of cold salads for now in this heat .
I live in an old and drafty apartment
that used to be a barn in New England,
everything that is not in a can goes in either in the freezer or the refrigerator
But….. I realize now why my mother was in the habit of placing some things in the refrigerator that normally don’t need to be , like cookies , bread , and some other foods.
I discovered this because I have food going stale since my A/C has been broken for 2 weeks and we are in a heat wave. New Unit coming in another 2 weeks . 🥵🥵🥵.
Anyway Mom just kept that habit from before she had A/C.
Shopping online @ Instacart, I got carried away. Not because it's a holiday.
Rubicon Celebration cake;
Fudge Brownies,
Oatmeal raisin cranberry cookies;
Chocolate Croissants.
No company is coming, I will freeze lots of it because I like variety.
End of the month food insecurities is what I had saved up for earlier.
My kitchen is also chickened out! Bought on sale in April, and frozen.
There is some leftover turkey breast that was a good dinner, but I don't recall how old it is. Maybe I posted it here, but no.
And tonight, I cannot even find the chicken breast that I saw this morning, my dH has been moving things around in there. He would not have eaten it.
Making more efforts vs. dH going only for the spoiled foods. Kitchen wars.
We had a good salad from all the fresh fixings delivered.
Cold here today.
I cooked up some frozen steelhead trout the other day. It was good and I liked it better than frozen salmon.
Better go freeze those chicken breasts. Foolishly I got a BBQ chicken in the same grocery order. I'm going to be chickened out!🍗🍗🍗
More seasonings.
Today was better than yesterday's Chili.
Still, it could use something-did not use tomato paste, but it is fine the way it is.
It could be gone tomorrow.
New problems with the understanding of how to use the pressure cooker have devolved into a dangerous situation with dH helping to cook the beans. He set a timer for 2 hours, when it only took 25 minutes. The whistling constant release of extra steam build-up gave him away.
Someone recommended I start a blog:
"Out of my dangerous Kitchen, by Sendhelp."
No, really, send help!
We're good. I think.
Available In Store or Delivery
Refrigerated
” Kings Hawaiian Ham & Cheese Sliders”
Pre Made in Deli Section. Comes in Aluminum Pan. 12 Buns.
Quality Ham with Swiss Cheese on Kings Roll, with Dollops of Honey Garlic Dollops on Top. I serve with Mashed Potatoes.
Yummy!!
It was sunny, warm, and a beautiful day.
I just don't want to cook lately.
We did make some good salads at 8:00 p.m.
Honey bran muffins here.
Use a glass rectangle to hold up the sides of a corn tortilla.
Take the ground beef out of the refrigerator that you cooked earlier but were too stressed to make something out of it.
Place the corn tortilla in the glass container.
Add the cold ground beef.
Find the shredded cheese, add lots to give it some body and moisture.
Microwave for about 22 seconds, then 10 more if needed.
That new lettuce can be skipped, it's too hard to get it out and wash it.
Add some taco sauce.
Go to where the T.V. can distract you....it's okay to eat in bed just this once.
Dh likes it so much he brought me a second one, cooked it all by himself.
Tonight I had 2 air fried chicken drumsticks and some veggies. They were tender on the inside and crispy on the outside. What an easy way to cook!
You cut up the penne with scissors for soup? OMG. I thought my grandmother was the only person who did that. She used t make pasta fagioli soup or the summer garden stew(I forget what it's called in Italian) but it's made from yellow squash, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, and fresh basil. She used to put the cut up penne or cut up rigatoni in it and it was so good.
I think my DH is a kid picking out what shape pasta he wants for “ spaghetti night “ .
I’ve also been known to cut up penne with scissors for soup . 😬😜