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.
Daughter boarder and I are taking a cooking class tomorrow night, and boarder son will have his choice of leftover cabbage soup or leftover Ritzy chicken. He won't be hurtin'.
Coffee and cheese. Coffee and fruit. Coffee and toast. Coffee and fig cookies. That would be my meal plan if I were alone. LOL Kinda sad.
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And you're absolutely right Boni - anything but chicken livers and rice!!
I'd grill ole cappy up some nice tender steak tips that have been sitting in a Jack Daniels infused marinade for at least 8 hours....baked potato skins with sour cream and bacon, and some crisp stir fried summer veggies on the side. Fresh strawberries covered in whipped cream for dessert.
I would make him a slow roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, Home made biscuits, Broccoli in cheese sauce, buttered kernel corn, apple sauce and a double fudge cake with vanilla ice cream for dessert. I would make plenty so he had a few days of leftovers. I think a few days without beans and chicken guts would do him some good.
Anybody else that would LOVE to cook that old curmudgeon a good meal? I wonder what Jeanne would make.
i s'pect the handfull of hepc meds here in a few will fill me up till breakfast time . ( more pills , lol ..)
Grilled pork steaks, mashed potatoes and veggies are on the menu tonight.
Alternative, too hungry and hot too cook dinner: line a dinner plate with romaine lettuce leaves. Add a pile of raw veggies: red pepper strips, carrot sticks, celery, cherry tomatoes, brocoli, snap peas. Dip into a homemade salsa (red beans, black beans, chopped fresh tomatoes, frozen organic corn, hot sauce, or use a dip of humus.
any other lazy cook ideas?
Sleep? What's that? LOL
Bring on the next sauce challenge!
made edna some more rice and pineapple but ill bet shed like rice and apple even better. edna is a good cook . i cant believe shes eating my gruel now ..
Tomorrow's challenge is a jar of Trader Joe's Many Garlic Sauce.
my leftovers get slipped right into the new dish anyway so it wasnt a matter of waste , only the challenge..
i like one dish meals too , like bread rolls with the meat , cheese and vegs inside. chili dogs with beef , cheese , onion , smashed red beans in the sauce -- pretty complete meal ..
usually i keep my frying skillet in the fridge, beats washing it daily.. ditto bread sheets..
cooking should be fun , not hard work..
Fave niece is working tomorrow, Mother's Day. So, she dropped by with dinner - Panda Chinese take out. Love the fried rice, the dry noodles (not oily), favorite beef broccoli and hot spicy chicken. Yum!
And, she brought me a Mother's Day gift. Guess what it is? A Presto Electric griddle with a 10.5 x 20 inch cooking surface. She says that now I can cook my sausage and the eggs at the same time. She told me how to clean it, and Do Not plug it in until it's completely dried, etc... Hmmm... I'm not that good yet where I can cook several things at the same time.
ill eat some choc baking chips and watch shirley manson perform in that infernal black a - shirt..