I’m back! Well, I never went away but I did stop writing about the recipes I’ve made. This is mostly because I find I am making other people’s recipes, from blogs and from websites and from magazines. I tend to stick to standards and have not been inventive lately. I have been laid up with broken bones so Hubby had to do shopping, planning, prepping, and cooking. I am blessed to have a Hubby that cooks.

So now that I am no longer an “invalid” I have begun to cook again but not in an inventive way. This week we had pork chops with mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy, with peas as the green vegetable. We also had grilled salmon with baked potato and salad. And another dinner was fish sticks with broccoli. I also made a vegetable quiche with the magic ratio of 2 cups milk and 4 eggs. The liquid can be reduced to 1 ½ cups if there is a lot of filling items such as vegetables and the like.

Baking leads to overeating of sweets. This past week I baked brownies. From a mix. It was gluten-free. I must have bought this before my daughter had to give up sugar. It was about to expire. They were very rich and chocolate-y. I was able to store/hide them in the bread box so they were not eaten all at once. I need to avoid baking cookies because they get eaten in stacks. Even if I freeze some, I know where they are and a frozen cookie can be good to eat! Even store-bought cookies!

Do you pay attention to expiration dates on food products? To be honest I really only attend to dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and cottage cheese. On occasion I look at cans but most cans don’t stay in the pantry long enough to outlast themselves. I knew a woman once who actually honored the expiration date on a carton of eggs! We did go through the fridge to clear out old jarred items that were opened who knows how long ago.

Mostly I’ve been crocheting. Little things that finish quickly.

Here are some pictures: quiche, crocheted cup cozy, and dog Gracie hiding from the thunderstorm.