Sorry you're being forced to take a day off instead of working from home when it is OK for you to work from home on other days! I mean... ugh!!!

34g arugula, 260g tomatoes, 20 Cal worth of "blue menu" zesty italian dressing while waiting for the red potatoes and the carrots to boil so that I can "grill" the strip loin steak that will go with them!

351g raw, 308g cooked... I snagged 126g... the rest went to the parental! Plus 280g red potatoes and hmmm.... maybe 600g of carrots

Oh: and 37g dried strawberries right after.... me thinks I've got me bunnies today!

Today we're having patty melts for lunch, which is easy cause I precook the burgers. We have hamburgers on Wednesday, so I just cook six instead of three, put the other three in the fridge, and warm them for the patty melts on Friday.

I'm doing a lot of cleaning in the upstairs room, as Eldest Son is going to move in this weekend, and it's time, anyway. I like to move furniture and clean Under and Behind stuff about once a month, and I don't think I've moved some of this stuff since I moved in last year. Cat hair does get everywhere. So I'm not going to work out at the gym today, I think I'm getting enough of one.

Tonight is carnitas and such, which is easy enough to do, since the carnitas are precooked. I just have to spread them out on a pan, drizzle them with their sauce, and frizzle them a bit under the broiler to get that lovely texture. Then dress them on tortillas with pico de gallo and roasted peppers and a lime squeeze, and they are good.

I will be good tonight, I promise

Just for Connie, it will be something "silly" such as frozen sockeye salmon (skin on, bone off fillets, straight to the pan.... at home I would do pink salmon instead of sockeye... but dad has 'standards' and wants tastier even if it means higher co$ts in terms of calories and dollars!). Probably with carrots and potatoes again like yesterday (I had two two lb bags of carrots in dad's fridge that I am trying to empty before I head home for a week...)

But, yes, I did start the day with 200 Cal (58g) worth of "fruit jellies"... you know the little orange, pear, and other fruit type shapes... https://caffeinecam.com/presidents-choice-real-fruit-jellies-225g-7-9oz-imported-from-canada/

<-- by the way, I don't know what these guys are smoking... but this price is like 6 to 10 times more than what I pay for this product depending on full price vs sale.

Found dinner! Picked up a couple of super fresh looking zuchinis at the store - yellow and green, sauteed them in a tsp of olive oil and a dab of butter, with a red pepper, a carrot, some ruby gem potatoes and then added veggie sausage left in the fridge. A spoonful of sour cream and avjar (red pepper spread) made it all feel pretty luxurious. Ate half tonight - half left for tomorrow - just about right at 400 calories for a big plateful of beautiful colours! (not just green )

Dinner tonight was turkey kielbasa, broccoli with a slice of cheese, tossed salad and another slice of the yummy cornbread!….dessert/snack is going to be walnuts and chocolate hummus!

Mashed potatoes do NOT come out of a box but cheese does belong on broccoli….it was all nice and melty and gooey!……changed dessert to a chocolate rice cake with peanut butter!

I'm a little ashamed to admit...I actually prefer instant mashed potatoes. But I blame this on the fact that my mom served homemade mashed potatoes with dinner nearly every night when I was growing up, and I didn't taste the instant variety until I was older, so to me, they were like a special exotic treat 😂

Also frequently found on our dinner table was broccoli topped with American cheese. It's a classic!

We buy Bob Evans mashed potatoes. They are in the cold section or deli depending on which Walmart I’m at. They are actually close to the real thing and they cook in the microwave. Super easy!

PAV8888 wrote: »

conniewilkins56 wrote: »

Mashed potatoes do NOT come out of a box but cheese does belong on broccoli

where else would mashed potatoes come from?

They grow these things in the ground called potatoes!

Shoot!…scratch the pasta, I forgot I have corn on the cob I need to fix!