Happening in the kitchen

[Lady Maverick]

Happening in kitchen today -
** clean & process freshly harvested asparagus & strawberries
** Biscuits, hash browns and hot links for DH breakfast (his current favorite breakfast)
** Chicken Nuggets in air fryer
** Green beans
** shrimp out of the freezer
** Chicken rotisserie into the freezer
** Lettuce clean & chopped for salad
** Jambalaya rice (zatarins) with hamburger & smoked sausage

[Nancy]

Made coffee ate food that was prepped ahead of time today.
Tummy is acting up a bit.

[Lady Maverick]

Happening in kitchen today -
** clean & process freshly harvested asparagus, strawberries, onions from the garden
** Prep Mediterranean style salad ingredients
** Black olives added to fruit category (who knew?!)
** Assembled ingredients for Chocolate blueberry yogurt protein drinks

[Nancy]

Made myself a yummy bfast today.
Thawing out meat for chicken soup from a rotisserie chicken.
That soup was yummy I added some chopped Spinach to it for a change with other veg.
[Clean out the fridge day.]
There is some for two more meals left over too.

I have been getting sliced meats at the deli
ham; turkey & beef.
I freeze two and have one for the week.
Ham San. a real treat or with egg for bfast.
Bacon yesterday was my bfast with cheese and toast.
I don't do that often but it was great and a real treat.
Tom. & bacon San. will be later this week.

Easy meals to free up time for gardening for the win this week.
Next boil up eggs.

[Lady Maverick]

Nancy - I am enjoying reading about your kitchen doings.

Happening in kitchen - 5/5/2025
** clean & process freshly harvested asparagus, strawberries, onions from the garden
** Prep Mediterranean style salad ingredients
** Chicken breast tenderloins out of the freezer
** Made 7 jars of cottage cheese portions. Will add strawberries to these jars when I get ready to eat them
** Made/fried chicken patties (shredded chicken, eggs, shredded cheese)

Happening in kitchen - 5/6/2025
** clean & process freshly harvested asparagus, strawberries, onions from the garden
** Prep Mediterranean style salad ingredients
** Chicken breast tenderloins cooked in BBQ & Butter
** Potatoes baked in Instant pot
** Eggs (14) hard boiled
** romaine lettuce chopped
** Beets prepared

[Nancy]

Today's progress and report on yesterday's successes.
I have been enjoing my mini subs.
what I"m calling sandwich on hot dog bun.

Boiled egg went in salmon salad on one of the above mentioned items.

The recipe I put up a few days ago on the diet dr. pepper or diet Pepsi has been tried with
my diet cran. juice and clear diet soda no vanilla creamer some half & half for a fun change.
It's excellent! I love the pink hue of it too.

I will need some no cook options for when the replace the stove hood.

[Lady Maverick]

Nancy - I love the drink idea. Thanks for sharing that combination.

Thursday May 8, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Tea jars made for the day. All jars get electrolytes, and one jar gets 3T lemon juice
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, hot links
** Hamburger meat out of the freezer
** Jambalaya into the freezer
** Lettuce chopped
** Tomatoes mixed
** Black olives sliced
** Cauliflower, riced cooked
** Mac and cheese made (1 lb pasta)

Friday May 9, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, hot links
** Chicken Teriyaki out of the freezer
** Hot links out of the freezer
** Hamburgers cooked with cheese
** Potatoes baked in the instant pot
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Smoked brisket, 2 Shulte sandwiches and a Chicken sandwich will be added to ready-to-eat (from Rasty BBQ)

Saturday May 10, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, hot links
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Pork steaks into freezer
** Carrots cooked
** Lettuce chopped

Sunday May 11, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = Breakfast burritos (eggs, bacon, hot link, onions, cheese, grape jelly)
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Chicken nuggets & dinosaurs cooked in air fryer.
** Ham out of the freezer
** Wieners out of the freezer
** Mexican style shredded cheese out of the freezer
** Cheeseburgers made
** Spaghetti cooked

Monday May 12, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, hot links
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Jalapenos stuffed and cooked
** Lettuce chopped
** Hamburgers cooked with cheese
** Roasted vegetables

Tuesday May 13, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, hot links
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Added a column for inventory date to spreadsheet

Wednesday May 14, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, bacon
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Shrimp out of the freezer
** Teriyaki Chicken out of the freezer
** Sliced Ham butt out of the freezer
** Rotisserie Chicken out of the freezer
** Shakshuka cooked. I forget about making this dish and always feel like I've met my new favorite each time I make it.

[Lady Maverick]

Thursday May 15, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Apricots & prunes dried fruit portions for the day set out
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, bacon
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Food spreadsheet updated. Remove food eaten. Add newly prepared & purchased foods
** Black olives sliced
** Tomatoes diced
** Lettuce chopped
** Tomato products canned/bottled (diced, paste, sauce, flavored, rotel, enchilada sauce, spaghetti/pizza sauce, marinara sauce) Inventory, organize, check dates, and update spreadsheet

Friday May 16, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Brazil Nuts set out for DH and me
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic, mint, basil, beet greens, swiss chard garden harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, bacon Not today. DH had lemon yogurt & protein drink instead.
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Food spreadsheet updated. Remove food eaten. Add newly prepared & purchased foods
** Hamburger meat out of the freezer
** Potatoes cleaned and cooked in the instant pot
** lettuce chopped
** Shrimp out of the freezer
** Sliced Brisket (3lb) from our DFriend BBQ place
** Potatoes (fresh, frozen, instant, canned) Inventory, organize, check dates, and update spreadsheet

Saturday May 17, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Apricots & prunes dried fruit portions for the day set out. Walnut portions set up for DH and myself.
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic, mint, basil, beet greens, swiss chard garden harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, bacon, and egg
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Food spreadsheet updated. Remove food eaten. Add newly prepared & purchased foods. Extra challenging when trying to capture the food that enters the house when we bring large amounts home at once.
** Lettuce chopped

Sunday May 18, 2025
Happening in the kitchen -
** Vitamins out, Micro food prep, coffee pot & tea kettle turned on
** 4 jars of tea brewed for the day. Electrolytes added to all with one jar receiving 3T lemon juice
** Apricots & prunes dried fruit portions for the day set out. Walnut portions set up for DH and me.
** Strawberries, asparagus, onions, peppers, garlic, mint, basil, beet greens, Swiss chard garden harvest, cleaned and processed
** Breakfast cooked = biscuits, hash browns, bacon, and egg
** Mediterranean style salad assembled
** Food spreadsheet updated. Remove food eaten. Add newly prepared & purchased foods.
** Lasagna baked
** Garlic bread made/cooked
** Lettuce chopped
** Tomatoes diced
** Beets sliced

[Nancy]

No cooking after I did my egg.
Cleaning before the estimator comes.
Moved pans off the stove & the cutting boards from beside it to the other wall.
Dishes are done.
Half of the counters have been cleaned off.
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Next the other side of the sink and move the portable fan.
Move the new fan in a box. X

[CathyS]

I'm getting better at making potato salad!

Boil 10 eggs the night before.
Remove the skin from 10 potatoes. Cut into small chunks and boil. Cool the cooked potatoes in the fridge for at least an hour.
Put 5 egg yolks aside after shelling all the eggs. Chop the whole eggs and 5 whites. Mix the 5 yolks with mayo. Add some pepper and paprika.
Now mix everything together. This will fill the largest bowl we have.