Julie Bove > wrote:
: We were out for longer than I wanted to be. We were going to have cheese
: enchiladas from the freezer but Angela found some cheese and chili tamales
: at the grocery store and I found a small package of pre-made Spanish rice.
: We also picked up a couple of salads.

: The tamales were higher in carbs than I would have liked so we each only had
: one. Since I didn't cook all four, I grossly miscalculated the amount of
: microwave time for the first one. It came out crunchy on one end and
: semi-crunchy on the rest. Good flavor but hard to eat! I put Angela's in
: for much less time. She liked it. At least one of us had a good meal! I
: also sustained some damage to my hand when I pulled the first one out of the
: microwave. The plate was super hot and I tipped the open end of the corn
: husk towards my hand, giving me a nice steam burn. Uh huh. The rice was a
: tad spicy but good. Also had lots of veggies in it.

: My salad came with a tiny cup of Craisins and candied walnuts. I don't mind
: Craisins but prefer my cranberries to be unsweetened. But the candied
: walnuts? I don't know that I've ever had them before. But I sure can say I
: don't want to have them ever again? Whose idea was this? I do love walnuts
: and pecans but to do that to them is a shame! There were only a few pieces
: of them but each bite that I took that had one in there sure ruined that
: bite for me. Blech! 3 strawberries also came with my salad. Only one was
: edible. The other two are really mushy. No matter to me really because I
: think that's another thing that shouldn't be on a salad. Once in a while I
: will put on some apple or pear slices but that's about as sweet as I can
: imagine! There was a bag of red dressing that came with it too. I didn't
: eat that at all. I'm sure I wouldn't have liked it.

: So what did you have?

Last night I ate out and had a Greek Salad with vinegar and olive oil
dressing that I made for myself form bottles at he table and 3 cups of
black decaf coffee with lemon peel in it. I now order my salads with
olives on the side ever since I broke a front tooth on an olive pit isn a
hidden olive.

Very good dinner.

Tonight I am making a hamburger which I will have on a pate with a lare
home made salad because I have to finish up my salad stuff because I am
going away for a few days and it won't last. I will have some cherries
for dessert with that dinner.

I really havn't ocompletely solved the cooking for 1 business,
particularly in the sumer. I did make a big pitcher of Gazpacho last week
and had that for a combo first course and salad and enjoed it very much.

Wendy