AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 09/07

I started watching it yesterday while it was slow at work so I'll finish it up today! I also need to finish Emily in Paris and pick up a grocery order. I'm doing 15 minute challenges this morning so I can veg this afternoon.

I'm making cheeseburger soup for dinner. I've not made this recipe before so I'm looking forward to it. 

Hope you all have a great day!

It is so hot here I changed lunch reservations to an inside table instead of the patio. I'm meeting a few crafty friends for lunch and haven't seen most of them since my diagnosis. We used to have a 4 day annual retreat but haven't restarted since the 2020 Great Shut Down. Life changes make it harder & harder for us all to get together so I'm pretty excited.

I'm having shrimp tacos or ceviche. DH & DS are going to the Greek Festival so if I'm hungry later I'll get them to bring me home a gyro.

Running out the door to yoga . . .

It is hot here, though not as bad as a few weeks ago. Tomorrow is also meant to be as hot as today, then in the evening we'll get a storm and then next week will be much cooler.
Today was grocery shopping before lunch, then this afternoon I went to help with book sorting for the 2nd hand book sale at the end of October. We got so much done - sorted all the new books into categories, then priced and packed three or four non-fiction categories, 3 or 4 boxes of each. I'm home now and DH is just getting dinner ready. We are having lamb cutlets with grilled sweet potatoes and a beets, goats cheese and walnut salad.

Tonight is international football - Germany takes on Hungary at 8:45, but right now it's England v Ireland - so that will be our TV viewing.

Happy Birthday scrapmaven. May my favourite Virgo have a much better day today and I hope your technology difficulties get solved right away. Sending love regardless.

Today I need to get down to my craft living room and get cutting squares. I have the fabric and need to cut. I talked to my quilting teacher and she invited me to come for a lesson next week meanwhile she has been driven out of her house with a bathroom reno. Yeah somehow I am not going to come while you have work being done. Bang bang bang. I am going next Saturday. Yay!!!

I don’t need to grocery shop today because we have vegetables and food in the freezer. I will find something I am sure.

Happiest of Birthdays to our beloved scrapmaven!

lucyg said: "thanks for mentioning tomatillo pork. I’m planning to pick up a pork roast at Raley’s while they’re on sale and now I know what I’m going to do with it." I meant to mention the sale the other day. I found a nice 9-pounder that I had the butcher cut in half for me. Two butts for about $18!

Thank you so much cadoodlebug and rymeswithpurple. So good to hear that you got your results and you might finally have answers, so that you can fix this. Woohoo!?!?!? Not that you want anything to be wrong, but if it's something they can fix and it's not serious then so be it.

Oh Canadians, I am going to The Keg tonight with BFF (piano teacher) for dinner. We are both looking forward to it.

Happy Saturday! Our first cool front of the year came through last night and the weather this morning was glorious! I sat outside for my coffee and talked to DH when he called. Another day of great weather tomorrow then the rain/possible storms come back for next week. Also spent some time pulling out projects that I have planned or am working on. I have a 3 day quilt retreat next weekend and need to decide what to take with me.

DH is doing very well. He's up to 17 hours on the oxygen supplement during the day. They are starting to wean him from the vent at night. Once he is off the vent then he'll be eligible to move to rehab. He is also eating regular food now! Still on the feeding tube at night but we expect that to be removed by the end of next week. Still doing PT and OT and says he's feeling stronger daily. We are just impatient to move on to the next step of rehab. Thanks to everyone who asks about him.

Not sure about dinner, but I may pick up a gyro on my way home. Our favorite place has a location close to the hospital so it's an easy stop. I'm in super slow gear today and need to get up and out of here to visit DH.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY scrapmaven !!!  

 Hope your day is AMAZING!!!!💝

I am just back from a Baby Shower for MY DH's nephews wife...it was lovely...however WAY to long, and I have a huge headache.
It was tough for me as I knew only The nephew and his wife and His parents...I don't do well in crowds of people I don't know...and there were a ton of people there.

Anyway my plan is to make a ratatouille soup for dinner I have a ton of tomatoes, and my neighbor gave me a zucchini, and I picked up an eggplant....This is a first for me so I am sort of winging it!!!

Gypsygirl...I am so happy to hear your DH is doing so well!!!!

**GypsyGirl** I am so glad to hear of your DH progress. You guys deserve to celebrate every milestone, big or small.

I'm kind of jealous of the quilt retreat.

My ex fiancé used to make hamburger soup.  It was his mother’s recipe and one of three things that he knew how to make. It was actually delicious.  If you like how yours turns out, can you provide the recipe?  I am always on the lookout for a good soup recipe.

My Instacart Costco order from the other day was missing the rotisserie chicken.  So much for my easy dinner that night.  I love having my Costco shopping done for me and delivered to my door, but I hate when they don’t deliver all of my order.  I just notify Instacart and they reimburse me immediately, but it is annoying to go without something I was counting on.  The Walmart close by has rotisserie chickens, but they are not good.  They charge $2 more for them, they are smaller, and I don’t like how they season them.  I ended up just cooking one of the packages of ground turkey instead and made a quick burger out of some.

I had two kinds of bagged salad in the Costco order so that is going to be my dinner tonight.  Each of the salads are separated into two bags each, which I appreciate.  It seems to stay fresh longer when you haven’t opened one yet.  I will probably try adding some of the ground turkey to the salad for a protein boost.

I am staying inside today since the heat is back.  Well other than checking to see if the last of the blackberries is ripe.  I have been picking a huge batch every week and they are just about finished now.  I eat some fresh and then freeze the rest until I have gathered all of them.  I will make up some jam or maybe a batch of blackberry chipotle sauce.  It is delicious with chicken.  

The heat isn’t too bad today, it is only supposed to hit 87 today but that is too hot for me to work in the yard.  It is supposed to drop down considerably next Tuesday, so I will continue my yard work and bark distribution next week. I always feel so happy when I have been able to spend a day working outside in the yard.

bklyngal62 you want former first lady Laura Bush's cowboy cookie recipe on Southern Living magazine website. Not a single cowboy cookie I have ever eaten is as good as hers. I promise you store bought has nothing on these.

www.southernliving.com/recipes/cowboy-cookies-recipe

OMG, this looks like the cookie recipe that a coworker’s wife used to make for his lunches every single day!  She gave me the recipe, but I am not sure if I still have it.  I just called them Mrs. Sneed’s Cookies since she gave me the recipe.  I never heard of cowboy cookies before, but this sure looks awfully similar to what she used to make.  I’ll have to give this a try.  Thanks!