On Jan 31, 7:45*pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> I did buy a small amount of food today. *Costco now has the Sahale snacks
> (nut/and/or seed and dried fruit mix) that I like. *I am getting tired of
> the peanut butter filled pretzels so I will eat that for a snack when the
> pretzels are gone. *Got some sliced apples, mainly for Angela but I do eat
> them occasionally.
>
> We stopped at Target and had popcorn and diet drinks for a snack. *Angela
> also had a hot dog with no bun. *There, I got some thinly sliced turkey
> (several packs because we seem to go through a lot of it) and Angela got
> some yogurt.
>
> Tomorrow I will buy some baby carrots and possibly a small amount of fresh
> produce, depending on what they have at the store. *We are doing a good job
> of eating up the food that we already have.
>
> Angela is eating some gluten free macaroni and cheese and some baby carrots.
> I made myself a turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato and onion. *Sadly, I
> can not find any rice cheese to put on it. *One store is out and the other
> said their sales fell off so they can no longer buy it for me.
>
> Was going to go to PCC Natural Market yesterday. *They have one in Edmonds.
> Although we were at my parent's house in Edmonds, the store is at the far
> other end of the city and things did not work out the way I planned. *The
> only other thing (besides the cheese) I would have gotten was the free
> serving of fruit or veg for Angela, so I couldn't warrant using the gas to
> drive there. *I am not hungry yet, so put the sandwich in the fridge to eat
> in a little while. *I will also have some baby carrots with that.
>
> Oh yeah and Maui is having a pouch of Wellness brand salmon. *Darned cat!
> She would only eat this one brand of canned food that I had to mail order
> and now she won't touch it. *Will only eat the Wellness pouches. *Am looking
> for a place near here that is taking cat food donations. *Seems there are
> plenty at Christmas time but I can't find any now.


Yesterday I made a sort of vegetable ratatouille in the slow cooker
and after the vegetables were cooked into submission, I took half of
it, added a couple tablespoons of yogurt and a couple tablespoons of
heavy cream and useed a stick blender to make a vegetable bisque. I
chopped up one leftover slice of stale baguette from my DH's lunch,
brushed them with a little butter, and slid them under broiler for a
minute and sprinkled them on our bowls of bisque. After I added salt,
black pepper, and hot sauce, it was pretty darn good.

I've got half the vegetable soup left over and and will probably make
it tonight, sans the baguette. What else could I use for that crunch
though? Maybe half a double fiber english muffin...

I hope Maui cooperates and starts eating the cat food you got for
her. In the past I've had kitties that as they aged needed extra
help to keep on weight and my DH would cook dark meat chicken parts
very lightly for them as a supplement to their regular diet. The vet
also had something he called "cheater" pills and I never figured out
what that was, but it would briefly stimulate the cat's appetite.