So...whats for dinner?

Seaside, thank you so much for that post. Pat/Frapp was a soul mate, and to loose her is just making my heart break. We shared so much... a lamb, a love of laughter, she came to hear me perform, and loved my scones. She loved my brioche. We shared a slightly twisted sense of humor. We loved, and laughed at the men that we loved. She smiled with ease. I admired how she dealt with the crap that life throws at us. She cared for me. 

Loosing Pat is crushing me. I sit outside and just weep. I understand that those of us who progess end up in one place, but that doesn't mean that I can manage this emotionally. Some people just touch our essence.

I will go to her services on Thursday. My husband will take me. Turns out he wants to come. He adored Pat as well... but it is also treatment day for me. This is a reality check, and something we both want to do for our love of Pat. My "hidden" agenda is to have my husband, L, and Pat's partner to connect again.

I am crushed. Sorry to write all my emotions here. yes. I have had a gin or two in her honor tonight.

*susan*

Susan, so sorry to hear about your friend. We really do get to know our sisters on these boards and those we meet in person are true connections. You got to know a wonderful person who was important to you and many other people and that can only be a good thing. Much love, know that you all are in my prayers.

susan - thinking of you and holding you in my heart, I know I can't take your pain away, but I can send you some love.

Beautifully expressed, Seaside.....

last night hubby cooked steak, I made a slaw:  cabbage, jicama, cucumber, green grapes, purple onion, lime juice and a little bit of mayo.  I ate the leftovers for lunch. 

Laurie and Seaside - Too funny. I was cleaning out piles of paper just today and found the minestrone soup recipe. I think the chicken recipe sounds delish kinda like chicken pot pie minus crust. I would eat it for sure.

Last night was not so fancy spaghetti and sauce and tonight is - yes you guessed it leftover spaghetti. I am finally going shopping tomorrow. Our water was off yest. from about 3 am until 1230 pm - just a trickle. Was afraid a leak on our side of meter. Water co. truck went up street about 6am (I couldn't sleep) and then went on out road further. That pretty well settled it that leak was water co. problem and not on our line. Could flush, wash hands but nothing major. I had to fill up goat buckets when it came back on so no shopping. For some reason just tired today and couldn't make myself go so doing piddling things around house.

Garden - your slaw does sound good.

Hugs Susan.  

Thanks !  Summer is a busy time.   Working takes up lots of hours again... but that's a good thing.   Nice to be moving on and getting back to some kind of normal after 2012.

Hugs all xxxx

Boiled fresh beets are so good! I should go to the community garden now.  There are some I've been eyeing. I'm trying to hold off until they get bigger but it's hard.  They are one vegetable that I like plain when they're fresh.  I have so much I should be doing. 

Deb, why oh why did you mention Candy Crush Saga???? I have to stop! I'm serious.

For dinner I'm not sure, I have the ingredients for Laurie's orzo salad again but am too lazy to boil the orzo. How lazy is that? Also too lazy to cut up the cantaloup that I know will go bad.  I think tomato sandwiches with mayo and pepper over the sink.  I wish I had wonderbread instead of wheat, but they will still be good.  And then maybe put some salted peanuts in a coke. It's from when I lived in Atlanta

The Blob

I'm sorry.  I will do better in the fall.  I'm better at fall food.  Food is so expensive in the Arctic that I'm stocking up on split peas, beans, rice etc to bring with me to be the basis for soups and stews

*Susan* can you tell me the amounts of the ingredients that went into the sauce of your layered vegetable terrine?  That sounds like something good.

I was rambling so I edited this

Tonight was "empty the fridge" pasta - I cooked sound ground sirloin with onion and a leftover half of a red pepper.  Had some cooked penne, added some thawed cooked sausage, half a small container of greek yogurtthat was leftover, half a block of random cream cheese, half a jar of marinara, half a box of chopped tomatoes, and the sirloin mixture.  Mixed all together and put it in a cassarole dish, baked for 30 minutes.  Also had a salad of greens, sliced apple, pecans, goat cheese and scallion with balsamic vinaigrette - it was all pretty yummy.  Bonus - have enough for DH and DD to take in their lunchbags tomorrow - yay for me!

Nance and all gardeners... Have you seen Martha Stewarts site for summer vegetables?  Deb had it on her facebook.  Many ideas for using out of control veggies.

http://www.marthastewart.com/274270/tomato-recipes/@center/276955/seasonal-produce-recipe-guide#317613

Will make salad with chickpeas, tuna from whole foods, tomatoes, cucumbers and red onion.

Garden , my house has a kitchen closet that we outfitted cheaply with pull out metal baskets we picked up at bed bath and beyond. It took him just one afternoon to put in four baskets. Now the upper shelves have tupperware containers that stack nicely for boxed goods, the drawers hold all my canned goods and I have a basket for, veggies, protien, ie, beans, tuna, etc. And I put soup cans here too. One for fruits and one with baking supplies. I can reach everything, nothing gets lost in the back. My baskets are a bit smaller than my shelves. So things like oils and. Extra ketchup bottles, vinegar go along the wall next to the baskets, but I can see them all the way to the back because only one row fits. It was a pain to set up, but it really didn't cost much. Because we used the readymade baskets rather than the more expensive custom route. the only thing you have to be careful of is that the baskets can pull out without hitting the door frame. That's another reason my baskets don't fit the shelves completely.

LOL @ garden!

Just lost another post, so I'm "pist" and out of time as I need to get ready to take DH out for his birthday dinner at one of our favorite restaurants.....and it is restaurant week, so the price is almost right! He is a cheap birthday date as his BD always coincides with our area's restaurant week.



Garden....loved your "widower" comment!



Glad (and envious!) to hear so many are enjoying garden bounty!