"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> Its day before shopping day and I was clearing out the fridge ready for
>> the big shop and realised I had almost no salad veggies left and no
>> protein. I had a few bits and pieces in the vegetable line and considered
>> what I could have for lunch today.
>>
>> So I gathered the bits and pieces together (carrot, onion, garlic, limp
>> celery, a zucchini and a bit of fresh basil). I sautéed the onion and
>> garlic in olive oil and in a saucepan put the onion/garlic, the veggies
>> chopped up, a can of diced tomatoes, some bottled V8 veggie juice and a
>> can of 4 bean mix.
>>
>> It has been simmering for about an hour and the smell alone is superb,
>> the test taste was similar to minestrone. Will be even better when I add
>> a bit of dry parmesan and FGBP! Can't wait. Looks like it might be my
>> dinner as well as I can only see sausages left in the freezer so the kids
>> will get that - the soup is not the kind they like.
>
> That's the best kind of soup! Angela doesn't really like it either but
> she will eat it.
>
> I am not looking forward to tomorrow night's dinner. Leftover pasta. I
> used to eat a lot of it and liked it. I don't know if it's just that the
> gluten free stuff tastes so much different or what. Or maybe because I
> can't have real cheese. I just don't want to eat it any more. Alas, it is
> one of Angela's favorite meals. I used a jarred sauce so there were 6
> servings. I guess when my husband isn't here I will have to start making
> my own sauce and in a small quantity so I can make less pasta.
>
> I have to start being careful what I buy at Costco. I bought a 2 pack of
> cooked chicken breast strips and a 3 pack of sliced turkey. Angela ate
> none of the chicken before it expired. I don't like it. And only one
> sandwich from the turkey. There are times when she grabs handfuls of
> meat, but this wasn't one of them. And I didn't eat any sandwiches. So
> it all got thrown out.
>
> I have used all of the meat in the fridge except for some pre-cooked
> bacon, bologna and the new turkey I bought.
>
> Now the big thing is to clean out the freezer. There's another package of
> pre-cooked chicken breast in there that I stuck in there rather than throw
> it out. I can't stand the stuff. For some reason they put sugar in it
> and when I eat it, that's all I taste. There's half a gluten free pizza.
> Can't get Angela to eat the other half. There's the giant package of
> uncooked chicken breasts. Some cooked hamburger, a few boxes of chicken
> nuggets and fish sticks and I'm not sure what all else. Angela keeps
> wanting ice cream but there is no room for it.
Have you tried telling Angela you will consider getting ice cream
if she eats enough of what's now in the freezer to make room
for it?

Robert Miles