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Menu Monday

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I’m going to follow Frugal Girl’s lead and do a kitchen refrigerator freezer cleanout. It’s kind of funny that I just asked AI (ChatGPT) about some leftover chicken and some coconut milk I had in the freezer and got a recipe for chicken curry soup. This was especially nice since I wasn’t feeling great, and the warmth of the curry was nice. So after reading her blog, I thought I’ve never taken everything out to see what’s lurking so that’s my plan for today.

I still have some of the curry left for lunch, and there’s some leftover quiche from last night that my daughter heated up. The quiche is the 2-pack from Costco, which is very good and a good price. The other one I’ll freeze.

Not in any order of when I make these:

  • Hot dogs from Costco with beans( pantry)
  • brinner with scrambled eggs bacon and waffles
  • freezer surprise
  • freezer surprise
  • Frozen pizza
  • Breaded fish with french fries

My son is planning to come up and work out in the barn today. I’ll need to look around and see what I can have him do. I know there’s some wood to move to the splitter.

I might go into town to do a few random errands, but I’ll see how I feel. I do feel better today, for the most part. My errands include stopping at the auto store for antifreeze for Buggie (VW), dropping batteries off at Staples, and little things like that. I also have a lot of cardboard to take to recycling. But that’s tricky, as it gets filled up super fast. That may have to wait, although I could get it loaded in the Santa Fe. So I’ll see how the morning goes.

I watched the movie Mayday, with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh. It was good. It had a lot of “Deadpool-type” humor, which I love. Other than that, I need to find something to watch tonight.

I’m still checking LLS daily, but no luck. It’s been almost 2 months, but almost 5 months since I had funds in my grant. I’m sure I’m not the only one wondering when they’ll open funding for Myeloma. Just have to keep checking.

Well, what’s on your plate this week? Any new recipes?

Menu Monday

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I did well last week with most of my food planning. So this week, I’ll look at what food items need to be used up.

I took some ravioli and the sauce out of the freezer. I think we’ll do that tonight.

I have some pulled pork I froze from last time, so I’ll take that out to use tomorrow. I have beans frozen as well. The refrigerator freezer is looking better.

I still have quite a few tomatoes from Costco, so BLTs might be on the menu board again. Plus, I do have romaine lettuce to use.

I plan on making some brown rice and will grill up some tofu and make a bit of a rice bowl with whatever I can find: green onions, cucumbers, and radishes.

I have a turkey roast in the freezer, and I’m thinking of doing that in the crock pot. I’d like to get that out of the chest freezer. I have some frozen peas and instant potatoes I can use with it. It would be easy.

Always a TBD, based on what I feel like.

I’ve been going down the rabbit hole trying to figure out my CPAP and SP 02. It’s still dipping at night below 90, and it needs to get sorted. Reddit has a dedicated CPAP group, and it’s been helpful to read there. I see the sleep doctor in a few weeks, so I want as much information as possible to present to him. I’m still waiting to hear about the overnight test. sigh:( It’s definitely stressing me out.

It’s always something.

Menu Monday

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I did get a lot done yesterday so I’m glad I just stayed home and focused on things.

The cranberry pecan bread came out great, too. The right side shows where I cut off a piece to taste it.

The ears on this got a little brown, but it may have also been the cranberries. Still, I’m super happy with how they are coming out. Today I have a jalapeno cheddar one to bake, but I’ll do that later after I get back from Roseville.

I still don’t have the feeding the starter and than make the dough down yet. What I tend to do is feed the starter in the morning, and then by the time it doubles in the afternoon, it’s too late to start the dough, so usually I wait till the next morning. It seems to be ok, but I could try feeding the starter in the evening.

Menu ideas for the week:

Last night we had Tuscan chicken in a pan. I think the Tuscan reference is that it had oregano and basil in it, plus parmesan. It used up the whole clamshell of spinach( which was what I was trying to do) and some tomatoes, too. It was good. When I cooked the chicken, I didn’t put all of it in the final dish, so I can use some of that for chicken salad.

Monday- I have some tortillas to use up, so I may just do quesadillas. I could add some chicken in too.

Tuesday- This is my daughter’s later night working, so I usually do something easy like scrambled eggs, waffles, or soup.

Wednesday- something from the freezer to use up. I have some french onion soup from Costco so maybe I’ll do that.

Thursday – I have a piece of beef in the freezer, so maybe fajitas. I also have frozen bell peppers to use also.

Friday- We didnt have pizza last week so maybe a homemade pizza.

Saturday – Again, a pantry or freezer meal of some sort.

I have some salad to use up today as well. I don’t plan on any big shopping except for fresh salad stuff.