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Carole, Since your freezer is looking emptier you must be heading south in the not too distant future.

Wally, Those beets are wicked expensive.

DS is visiting to update my computer before the windows 10 witching hour. My 2008 Dell still works quite well other than no longer connecting to the printer. I certainly got my money’s worth from that machine.

Dinner tonight was a very good cut of corned beef along with the usual cabbage and potatoes.

Wally, I also eat beets but don’t love them like DH. My favorite way of using them is in an easy salad made from chopped peeled cooked beets, a diced peeled cored sweet apple, chopped celery and mayonnaise.

Nance, Blue plate specials are always good.

Dinner tonight was chicken scarpariello and boiled potatoes.

Dinner tonight is 5 cheese tortellini with Rao’s marinara topped with Parmesan and a side salad. Plenty of leftovers for tomorrow.

Carole, hope your DH's pain can be resolved…any updates on his jaw/neurologist?

Minus, that soup sounds wonderful. I don't suppose she's handing out recipes for it?? (hint, hint).

Maggie, good luck getting the meds sorted. I swear no one listens…Patients spend so much time explaining and then doctors wonder why patients are not compliant. RANT.

No fish. Beautiful out there, which is a balm for the soul. I threw two boneless skinless chicken thighs in the crockpot with some salsa. Sweet potato and garden green beans for sides.

Carole - glad the skin graft for DH was successful. I had 14 or 15 places frozen last week and the scabs are just now starting to peel off.

A neighbor brought me some hot, homemade chicken soup this afternoon. Creamy & no noodles, but it was packed with carrots, broccoli, onions, barley, and chicken. Perfect timing since I'd missed lunch.

So my leftover meatloaf & boiled new potatoes will have to wait until tomorrow.

We spent hours at the dermatologist's office yesterday. My appointment with the NP didn't take long. She froze some small growths on my face. DH's session was much longer and more complicated. The skin graft on his ear was successful. I won't go into details but he had pain last night and didn't sleep well.

Yay on fishing. Give us a report.

I made an oven dish for dinner with leftover fried eggplant, a homemade tomato sauce, whole milk mozzarella and parmesan cheese. The oven was the outdoor gas grill. We both enjoyed the dish a lot. Side was a chopped salad.

Reader, The wonderful aroma is an incentive to prepare meals that cook for a while. I also love the smell from baking but I would be tempted to eat more than I should.

Carole, I’ll bet the mashed potatoes would taste better if you added your own sour cream and chives to the regular ones.

Wally, Hope you get fishing. That is more important than what you have for dinner.

Dinner tonight was salmon with orange sauce, zucchini and tater tots for DH.