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We sometimes get mice in the office when it gets cold, they come in via the warehouse which has poorly fitting doors (and those aren’t getting fixed any time soon). I soak cotton balls in peppermint oil and put them in little plastic cups lying down along the floor. Side benefit of having a minty fresh smelling office!

Stepson and his wife were in Portugal last month, so they brought this back for me

holy cow...I love the idea of a CSA subscription but something like this is really going to discourage people from continuing...unless you are preparing meals for foodservice! Given the choice of 40 lbs of carrots or 40 lbs of potatoes, I guess carrots at least give you more options for sweet or savory.

Comfort food, lasagne made a little healthier, used ground turkey and Barilla whole grain noodles. I use their no-boil noodles, which are a lot thinner, the chew was nice for a change. Some broccoli which needed to be used was steamed and tucked into one of the layers, and finely chopped mushrooms were sauteed with the turkey.

I glanced at the refrigerated case with eggs at Shop Rite yesterday, there appeared to be plenty. As I never purchase eggs, can’t comment on the pricing, only supply. Store brand large white eggs $6.69/dozen.

I had never been to this bagel shop before, apparently they went "all in" on Social Media Ready bagels. I didn't take a photo of some of the insane varieties of bagels (Dorito flavor bagel with it's dark brick red/orange coloration caught my eye), but here's a shot of the flavored cream cheeses and butters. Check out the blue "Cookie Monster" flavor cream cheese😬 I got a whole wheat bagel, which was quite acceptable. I did try a taste of the cannoli flavor cream cheese, which was lightly sweetened, a little vanilla, and mini chocolate chips.

There is a "Malaysian" restaurant near where I live (not outstanding, but there are a few dishes we like), but you can see there is very little authentic Malaysian food on the menu (similarly as noted by @liuzhou they seem to go for the easily recognized Americanized Chinese and Thai dishes).https://www.pasarmalamprinceton.com/menu.php

That does look like (as he notes in the video) a perfect biscuit to have with tea - my first thought is if a bit of almond extract would help with punching up the flavor?

I've been using a recipe that showed up in a mailer that a local Realtor sent out several years ago, I describe it as "cacio e pepe" sprouts - cut in half, toss them in olive oil, salt, a TON of coarse black pepper, and grated parmesan cheese before roasting until browned (I usually start them cut side down, then flip once halfway).

Lazy Chicken and vegetable soup made with freezer bits. Chicken breasts poached first in a flavorful stock earlier in the day, then shredded and stored in the fridge with some of the poaching liquid until needed. Chopped up some ancient carrot for the stock. Freezer yielded some roasted green beans, a cup or so of cooked rice, handful of mushrooms, half an onion. Added some fresh baby spinach just before serving.

Cooked off 5 lbs of sweet potatoes (couldn't resist the sale price), DH and I like to have the small ones for breakfast and I cut the others into chunks and roasted w/o seasoning for future use. Had one heated up with a dab of cream cheese and cinnamon.

Shrimp, scallops, diced zucchini in brothy tomato sauce over Barilla chickpea fusilli.

I've made crabcakes, or bought them from Wegmans in the past (their store made ones are very good). Maybe an indulgent cioppino with shrimp/crab/lobster meat this year. We often go to a local Spanish/Portuguese restaurant for NYE as it is fun/festive, but with it looking like yucky rainy weather, more likely to be staying in.

Indeed, opening an oil-packed tin can be a little nerve wracking, I always go as slowly as possible to minimize the risk of splashing fishy oil on my clothes!

It's that time of the year at work...