AKathy's "What's For Dinner?" 1/5

Happy Sunday! Going up to visit DH this morning so I can get home a bit earlier than normal. It is currently 72 and will be 33 when I wake up in the morning. Temps are supposed to start dropping quickly about 5 pm. Fortunately I remember to run out yesterday to pick up my dry cleaning, because all my winter pants were in the order!

Dinner will be soup tonight and then working on one of my UFO projects.

Good morning! I just saw that our temps are holding steady with high's in the 50s and lows in the low 40s/upper 30s. DH and I will walk soon ~ I'm glad the sun is shining.

Dinner is whatever I decide when I go to Raley's. I started a thread about a meal service called Gobble. Our neighbor is getting his first delivery today so I'm eager to hear all about it. If I ever started with one, I would want it to be prepared meals, not something I have to prepare. I can do that myself.

Continuing to take down Christmas.

Another soup meal in this house, I have my chicken vegetable soup in the crock pot..This is a tried and true recipe I have been making since it appeared in Cooking Light back in October of 2016...so yummy!

My walk yesterday was quite brisk as it was 20 degrees F...Today it is a toasty 25, so I am headed out in a few.

A nap is in my plans as I am working tonight...exciting life I lead!!!!

that’s a huge temperature drop oh my goodness. It’s currently 22° here in Western New York and we’re not getting the storm. I can’t wait till you post that your husband is home. It’s been such a long haul for you


leannec I always need to have at least 1 foot out of my covers. 
Dinner is a beef soup that’s currently in the crockpot. There’s potatoes and onions and carrots and beans and corn and of course beef. Today will be a relaxing day of watching the Buffalo Bills because the game doesn’t matter although we collectively hate the New England Patriots. 

 My mom flies out a week from yesterday to Florida so I’ll be helping her this week. Get the car packed or the car transport company to come pick it up on Friday.  

I found this info and posted it on the GOBBLE thread. HTH.

I’m about 3/4 of the way done taking down and packing away Christmas. I bought a lot of new stuff last year so there’s more type away.

Chili for dinner here tonight. DS is cooking. There are Fritos, shredded cheddar cheese, diced red onions and sour cream to go on top!

I am looking forward to getting back on a schedule starting tomorrow. I even did some lunch prep (boiled eggs) this morning after grocery shopping.

Hi everyone. Last night we had potato onion soup. Dh and I will enjoy the left overs for lunch.

Tonight is apricot braised chicken with rice, cauliflower rice, sauteed green beans, and fruit. I will also be having a salad of mixed greens with cauliflower, broccoli, kidney beans, and some cheese for protein and potassium. It dipped again when I got sick.

I bought some new meal prep containers by Rubbermaid to have a salad in the fridge type system. (I am low spend but felt this was needed) So far so good. I have lots of produce prepped and some in different ways to make lunch and snacks easier for me. I wasn't doing so hot and eating crap food and my body was mad at me. With the produce I can have a salad, a wrap, or saute some and have with pasta, rice, or rice noodles.

Have a few errands to run and then will be enjoying football. Last day dh is off. He goes back tomorrow 😞 He took off 2 of the 3 weeks but nice thing is he took all 2 weeks off for Spring break. It's nice that he can make his own calendar.

Yes! That was very helpful. Now I know they are single serve, come to me fresh but can be frozen. And are ready to eat with no prep.

scrapmaven, Actually no I did not, I did mostly days with 8, 10 or 12 hour shifts at some point in my career.
It wasn't till I retired and the management changed that I have NO tolerance for the "daytime" DRAMA. 
I still enjoy days now and then provided I can be assigned with my preferred surgeons🤣🤣🤣

My husband is on the back end of a 48 hour shift and my boys are out with friends so I made an early dinner of homemade mashed potatoes and gravy. It was so good!

We put away our Christmas decorations before the new year- I have no idea which day (we were off work Dec 23-Jan 1 and were sick the whole time so it all runs together!).
DS took his decorations down today

Dinner tonight is steak, baked potatoes and steamed broccoli. Between the holidays and being sick, we havent eaten well lately

We usually go for dim sum on New Year's Day, but schedules didn't align this year until this morning. And shock of shocks, for the first time EVER, we were seated immediately! I think most of the usual Sunday crowd was there last Thursday. It was busy, but we are so used to a minimum 30 minute wait (and this is one of only 2 restaurants I will happily wait for every time). DH dropped us at the door to put our name on the list and parked about 1/2 mile away to get in a little walk before eating. 

Before settling in for football and knitting, DH and I have some SSA/Medicare paperwork to finish.

I'm not feeling the need to eat anymore today, but pulled chicken legs & thighs from the freezer that are finally defrosted so have to be cooked. They will be roasted with Greek seasoning. Not sure on the sides.

I'm still full of these:

We are having Instant-Pot Coq-au-vin for dinner. Nice and cozy, as it was 16 F when I got up this morning and is now hovering right around 32. Freezing rain/snow mix is on the way. I plan to sit in front of the fireplace reading a book (possibly with a cat on my lap), and dreading work tomorrow. At least I work from home so I don't have to go out in it...but I DO have to get up LOL.

Laundry, errands & grocery run are all done and we (ok, DH) rearranged things in the garage so both our cars are inside. Have located the snow shovel, icy melt and snow scrapers, and have crockpot or instant-pot recipes planned for the rest of the week. Chili will be prepped on Thursday for Friday crockpot cooking when we are hosting SIL & BIL (a UT (Texas) fan!) for the OSU/Texas college football playoff game. (Go Bucks!) Should be fun!

ETA: I was planning to take Christmas decor down today but didn't sleep well, woke up with a headache and decided to chuck it until Thursday when I'll have time to take it down. 

ETA2: I always sleep with both feet out from under the covers - they just get too hot otherwise!