Mashed potatoes, brown gravy, sweet peas, whole grain rolls. Gonna fry up the cube steaks and then simmer them in the gravy. The mashed potatoes are going to be instant, but when you cook for seven adults, you cut the corners you need to cut. And the rolls are from the bakery down the street, but I don't bake or use the oven during the summer if I can avoid it.

it's been sandwiches and cereal all week. still have that kale in the fridge, so we'll have that sauteed over pasta.

Antipasto & garlic bread, I think.
We have a great selection of marinated goodies to choose from, and it's hot enough to want something light.

Salad.

Twice stuffed baked potatoes.

Simple, classic stuff.

Congratulations, Galileo, on your ovens!

Today we had workmen in and I got a new storm door going out of my utility room, which is just off my kitchen.

Lots of yard work done by them, too. Tree branches, lawn mowed, etc.


Cher

cooking over a steaming mass of lovage, tarragon and chives from the garden. I'm scrambling for sides, pretty much ran myself out of vegetables, I've got one giant bell pepper and some celery I'm gonna serve with blue cheese dip. I'm also making a cranberry rhubarb sauce with lemon mint simmered in it. Too much lemon mint. Turns out a couple of leaves would have been fine, I didn't need a whole stalk.

I have another $15 in kmart points built up ready to blow on vegetables, but I don't want to spend the gas to drive there for that (17 miles round trip) and it was raining today. If the weather's nice tomorrow I might bike over and stock up again. Biking might be good, my bunion's a bit sore from running 5 miles yesterday - the first 5 mile run I've done in probably 30 years.

we just haven't had much energy to do anything lately, and although we've got a lot of pantry item boxed and canned things that work well as sides, we don't have much atm for 'entrees' that isn't still frozen in the chest freezer.

...with pita and feta on the plate, and tzatziki of course. Pineapple upside down cake for dessert for those who can indulge in the carbs.

Thai peppers, straw mushrooms, onions, lots of garlic, shrimp and crawfish tails on brown rice noodles.