So...whats for dinner?

Soup and sandwiches tonight.

Leftover quiche yesterday with the last two Royal Riviera pears. I had made coleslaw but was too full. Oh well, the flavors of the tarragon, garlic, etc. will sit & combine nicely for another day.

I'm planning fried rice tonight. I'll be experimenting with using "Seeds of Change" organic Quinoa & Brown Rice - one of my favorites. I cooked it last night after dinner so it could chill today, and it was difficult for me not to eat more than a couple of bites for my desert. It will be interesting to see how this works.

Well I got sucked into a book and I didn't want to stop - even for fried rice. I had two large helpings of coleslaw accompanied by a handful of Trader Joe's Rosemary/Raisin crisps with Boursin chive/shallot cheese. Easy to eat while I was reading. Desert was sipping on two short glasses of Amarula while I talked to my BFF on the phone.

I picked up combo fajitas yesterday (beef/chicken) and DH is camping, so it’s delicious leftovers all weekend for me.

Quick and easy tonight: orange chicken with brown rice and a green side salad.

The picture above is Meal No. 1 from the Hello Fresh shipment. It was good but loaded with calories. We were impressed with the packaging. Insulated box, large ice packs on the bottom. Brown paper bags with the dry ingredients for each meal. Two small packages of chicken pieces for the two meals with chicken.

One plus for a meal kit is the right amount of veggies and other ingredients. For some people that might be a minus but I do have some waste when I clean out the veggie drawer and empty little containers of leftovers. DH and I are not good at using leftovers unless there is enough for another meal.

For several days I have been setting up an Etsy shop, offering homemade crochet dishcloths/washcloths for sale. It has been time consuming because uploading pictures is slow with our internet service. I don't actually expect to sell my items but have enjoyed the process. My prices are higher than competing shops selling the same thing and what I'm selling isn't in great demand. As I mentioned on another thread, my SIL in OK took in $10,000 last year selling her homemade face masks. She is a quilter and has a large sewing studio in her home with a variety of sewing machines, including an embroidery machine.

The name of my shop is CarolynHomemade. I may set up a shop for dh, offering for sale a few of his hand turned items. I'm not keen on that idea because sales would involved more work with shipping. Of course, competition is keen on Etsy because of the number of competing shops in any category. Fortunately, we aren't desperate for extra income!

Today I need to follow Minus's example and take a walk for exercise. I have been very sedentary the last couple of weeks since I stopped going to the gym because of health worries.

Flatbread pizza for dinner tonight. A little organic EVOO + artichoke bruschetta + pesto as the base, then chicken sausage with asiago & sun dried tomatoes, then baby bella shrooms and finally shredded organic mozzarella. So good!

Have a package of Luke's Lobster meat thawing in the fridge for tomorrow. Will make lobster rolls (w/melted butter & lemon) using brioche buns & Tailgate Coleslaw from Whole Foods as the side tomorrow. I am so looking forward to the lobster rolls!

Tonight was air fried chicken in the oven air fryer. It would never be confused with real fried chicken but it was juicy and crispy as well as tasty so I’ll call it a success. I’ll probably play around with the process some in the future. One recipe I saw suggested oiling the chicken before breading so I may try that.

I want lobster rolls too Celia

Auntie, my mom used to spray some oil on chicken and then bread it in crushed corn flakes. To make the crushed corn flakes, she would put corn flakes in between two pieces of waxed paper and, a few times, roll a rolling pin over it.

Illimae. I must say the dinner pix are bordering on "food porn". I like food porn! :-) Minus said you have had stable scans....glad to hear it.

I'm not sure what we're going to have for dinner. Sharon ran 5-1/2 miles and I ran a bit more than 6 miles and that (as usual) "kills" our appetites. I was going to run more, but it got "cold" (60F degrees).

I just got a copy of a letter from Health & Human Services certifying to my local Covid-19 vaccine folks that I'm an essential health care worker and I should be in the first group to get the Covid vaccine. So, now I have to figure out the timing.

All the posts sound delish, and as usual illimae - great pics! Yay for good scans and yummy food for you! I have not been posting here in the last few days because my house is pretty chaotic and food has been for subsistence only, lol! We did have angel hair with marinara and little meatballs last night, and DH had garlic bread. I have been trying to follow my restricted diet since Jan 1, but was too tired last night and ate regular pasta instead of brown rice pasta. I burned enough calories moving furniture around and carrying books and other crap from room to room. DH and I had to remove a door, and the legs from a couch, to get it out of the room it was in, but it and a 35 year old pine curio (maybe) will likely be the only pieces of furniture that leave the house - DD wants the sofa, but it will need a slipcover - its a good functional couch but the leathery covering did not fare well over the time we have had it. I have a few other now orphan pieces and am still trying to figure out where to put some things. I am generally happy with the changes. This house is difficult because of the amount of glass on the back, it is L-shaped, and the open aspect of the rooms - makes furniture placement problematic. I ordered the new appliances over the phone and it is looking like it will only take 1-2 months instead of the previously predicted 3-4, but I am not holding my breath. They will be installed as they come - the wall oven and built in microwave, a gas cooktop with downdraft in my granite island, and a new fridge that recesses into built in cabinetry. DH is over at DD's today supervising pavering (not a word?) the front porch.

Last night was leftovers from Avec, with a midnight snack of tuna salad on Little Gem lettuce leaves with grape tomatoes. This morning I made shakshuka, spiking the sauce with leftover spicy harissa from the Avec meal. To the sauce & eggs I added sliced Greek olives and sprinkled on crumbled feta.

Not sure about tonight--maybe leftover hummus, babaghannouj, tabbouleh and Jerusalem salad, using cucumber slices, snap pea pods and low-carb toast instead of pita as dippers. Green salad on the side if I have room. To my horror, I'm nearly back up to my pre-pandemic weight (gained 6 lbs. and half an inch to my waistline). So I really, really have to watch the carbs: nothing made with white flour or sugar/honey/maple/agave nectar.

Carole, I chuckled when reading your post about your Hello Fresh kit, since we had almost the exact same meal here last night, albeit, not organized by HF. I made my fave kale veggie and chickpea soup and almost made giant croutons to add to the soup, but instead made garlic bread to go on the side. We also had crudités with lemon hummus as a side.

No plan yet for tonight (a bit over two hours away!), but it may well involve eggs in some form and a mixed greens salad since those are sitting in the refrigerator.

Illimae, your colorful fruit was an uplift!

Special, your ability to get things accomplished is really admirable! Enjoy your updated digs!

Boo.....Eric. Did you get your vaccine scheduled? Arizona is a nightmare. But not sure Texas is much better. Went to Costco & Kroger today. Mask compliance is much better Costco but even there too many people pull them down to their chin once they are in the 'stacks'.

Special - where are you getting all your energy? I need some of those vitamins.

Leftover quiche for breakfast. Leftover chicken fried rice tonight. Shrimp tomorrow.

The soup looks great, although I typically need my kale creamed, too bitter otherwise.

Tonight is grilled country style pork ribs with cauliflower Mac n cheese and sautéed spinach.

The newest batch of sauerkraut is now in a 1/2 gallon mason jar in the refrigerator. This time it took almost 3 weeks for it to become "sour enough". :-)

I remember my grandmother making a potato-sauerkraut cake, but I couldn't find any references to that in the old "handed down" handwritten recipe notebook. I do see this on the internet, so I guess Sharon and I will have to experiment. It's a rainy day today, so this will be a good way to watch the rain without having to be in it!