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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.

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Chicken, gluten free biscuits (2), peas.
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Oops sorry send not sons. This iPad writes weird things sometimes.

korky welcome. Your plants are thriving! When I had a garden I loved donations. If you are interested there is a garden thread.

cw- nothing like really fresh fruit and veg
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The little yellow plums are in season, yay! Next will come the peaches and corn and local melons and all the vegetables, so many good things to eat! It must be wonderful living in a place where things grow year round 😋🤤🍴
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You're so right! I'm not hungry as I just had breakfast. I'm looking outside at my plants. I used only volunteer plants, salvaged plants and " happy accidents" this year , so cost was zero. They're all doing fine in crazy temps up to 35 Deg C 98 F). I water by hand using waste water from baths. A black eyed Susan rescued from the clearance tray, purple morning glory from an old pack of seeds,scented geranium from a cutting, a quince grown from a fruit in my friends garden, volunteer yellow Californian poppies and best of all beautiful multi coloured antirrhinums using seeds from a plant that grew in a crack in the sidewalk near my home.
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Sons and Pam both sound good.
Pam, I’m sure you’re enjoying that grandson.
Pan fried salmon for supper and my annual overdose of ice cream. I won’t buy any more till next year now.
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Crazy weather here has my garden overflowing with cukes, but my poor zuchinni is loaded with flowers, but I have only gotten one squash. So to fill my freezer I got 2 extra from friend and farmers market. So far I have made 6 loaves of Pina colada bread and 2 of chocolate, 2 YO grandson loves it! And so do we and my friends!
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tuna, MAYONNAISE, onion, on sourdough bread.

No lettuce, no celery, we're out.
It is way too hot to go out shopping.
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Hi Margaret - crazy kind of temperature range. 25C is hot enough for me. That's summer here.

Hamburger for supper tonight. Well, actually half a cooked beef patty in a folded slice of bread with mustard, I didn't have a bun. I'll have the other half later with a small green salad. 🥗
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Just for interest, here in Alice Springs it’s southern hemisphere winter, just over or below freezing at night, but lovely lovely summer sun in the daytime. The thermometer says 25C, but in the sun you can get suntanned!
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I had chicken soup homemade. Only about 70 degrees here. I’d send you some cool air lu, but it would have smoke in it
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For dinner
As hot as it is,we certainly don't want any soup.
a popcicle sounds alot better.
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Lyn. I have enjoyed orange glazed chicken thighs. There are a number of recipes online. I simply cooked skinless boneless chicken thighs in a fry pan then add a bit of orange juice with some spices like ginger some soy sauce and let the thighs simmer in the juice to make a sauce/glaxe.
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JLyn69, chicken cacciatore served over rice, beans (like chickpeas or cannellini), lentils, polenta or potatoes.

There's lots of recipes online for cacciatore and you can add all sorts of other veggies into it. I like to put lots of mushrooms in mine, just a personal preference.
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About What's For Dinner - I could use some new recipe suggestions on what to do with a package of chicken thighs. Not overly spicy, mindful of sodium level, and trying to stay as much gluten-free as possible.
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cw Ill rarely have more than one. These ones are very filling so it doesn’t take much willpower. I do have other sweets I might indulge in. I mostly keep it down to one as I do with the chocolate square. But this evening, I blew it and had three squares. Your supper sounds great. I love summer squash. But my innards don’t like vegetables these days. Thank goodness for carrots..
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A salami sandwich and a a summer squash I sliced up and roasted drizzled with butter, garlic and cheese. I still have the other half of my roll, I'm not sure whether to eat it or save it for later.
(I'll probably eat it)

Golden, I admire people who can stop at one macaroon
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Half a ham and fake cheese sandwich, two grape tomatoes, and a few roasted almonds. I’ll have one chocolate macaroon later.
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You are right Cwillie!

See you all later.

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You're never going to get back to sleep if you play around online Send, go to bed! And sweet dreams 💤
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Awake at 3:00 a.m.
Ideally, I could cook a batch of ground beef and freeze it.

But not tonight.
After I have some Honey Greek Yogurt, I can go back to sleep maybe.
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Chili (from the freezer not from scratch 😋)
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@Send

My grandmother used to do night-time cooking when the weather was hot. She'd make a whole bunch of spaghetti at night when it cooled off a bit then have it hanging across a rope in the kitchen to dry. She used to make homemade marinara at night too when it was hot. Since it was meatless it could be left to cool on the stove then she'd put it into jars for the fridge. In later years gallon-size plastic food storage bags and into the freezer.
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And then,
Late at night, with no one having had dinner....it was 10:00 p.m.,
there comes a reluctant cooperation to work together, chopping, chopping,
chopping celery, carrots, onions.
Dumping in bouillon, (better than Bouillon), precooked chicken, more water.
Spices.
Noodles.

Very good home made chicken noodle soup with leftovers.

Sounds crazy, this late night cooking, but we are just managing a full moon and the obligations that come along with bill paying the first of every month.

And, we made it!

Happy 4th of July Independence Day in the U.S.A. 250 Years. It is a holiday weekend coming up.

Eat more soup-too hot for oven cooking here Golden. Though, I wish my oven worked. We use a turkey roaster pan for an oven, and have a toaster/oven.
Things do taste better from an oven, even roasted veges on a cookie sheet.
Dh would love some of that!

Sending out for vegetables via Instacart delivery! It is so worth the tip they so richly deserve working in this heat. Not a luxury for us, it saves hiring in home help or drivers when I feel I shouldn't drive. Not driving because of the aggressive, hateful, mean drivers out there. It will all work out, everything being temporary as it is.
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Golden,
AI could not figure in the interference from a finicky eater, unwilling to eat on a regular schedule.
He is back to skipping meals.

He insists he won't eat the steak, but once it is plated, he wants some.
Delays eating it.

So, I just leave it on the counter, put a lid on it.

While I am eating mine, I am grousing that here I am, eating alone again.
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Speaking of steak, that’s what I had for supper. R can have some whenever he gets away from his chores. The meat had to be cooked today. it was good.

caring wife - I need to look into more one dish bake in the oven meals

Send – how’s the plan working?

I shop online, so have a record of what I bought before and can pretty well make my choices from those lists. It does make life easier.
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Believe it or not, Ai has assisted me with a custom designed shopping list at my favorite store, Trader Joes.

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.
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A good steak, shared, is a great meal with a baked potato, butter, sour cream and chives,
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.
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I put a chicken breast and a can of pinto beans in a covered baking dish in the oven for 45 min. It turned out so good! I had some mango habanero sauce to glaze the chicken.
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.
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kellse,
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 .
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Waytomisery,
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
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