Shelby

Yes, good idea! Thank you!

This and your witches hats are awesome!!!

@weinooI can't quit thinking about your meal above--especially the scallop ceviche. Heavenly. We're plugging along over here. Ronnie has been non-stop in the greenhouse. I think he said he has over 60 tomato plants sprouted. Help us lol. We got the garden all prepped so now we wait --April always gives us a surprise freeze so we have to be patient. I will be planting onion sets as soon as they get here, though. Misfits had packages of premade Spanish rice so I tried some--I'm so hungry for rice and I can take just a bit out for me when I can't stand the cravings anymore. It's not bad. Steak fajita-ish stuff and beans to go with. I SV'd our corned beef this year. Turned out well. Salad, deviled eggs, Brussels sprouts and mustard sauce to go with. I seem to be frying a lot of chicken lately Wings Ruben wraps with the leftover corned beef. Not as good as a corned beef on rye by any means but it was ok. Speaking of chicken, I wouldn't normally buy chicken tenders but the store had them on sale so I bought them all and vac packed and froze em Aaaaan roasted chicken. I need to back off the chicken lol.

I'm literally drooling. Looks delicious...moist...frosting looks amazing. I'll be right over.

I had two corned beefs left in the freezer that I purchased last year. Luckily because I didn't want to get out and go shopping. I had both a flat and a point. I chose the flat because it's bigger and SV'd it for 24 hours at 155F. Very happy with the results.

The bottom had slices of cheese. The top was the olive salad--I do think they drained the olive oil as much as they could out of it. I know it sounds weird but the top bread honestly didn't get soggy a bit.

They arrive just as you see in the picture--all put together. I've never had one get soggy. In fact , because Fat Tuesday is, well, on Tuesday, I have to order for the sandwich to get to me on the Friday before. It sits in the fridge just fine until then. I've even frozen one or two whole sandwiches and they are perfect after thawing. I highly recommend these if you're hungry for a muffuletta

I don't want hot weather but I am looking forward to having (hopefully) garden stuff to eat. I've been buying zucchini etc. and really they just don't taste as good--or maybe it's all in my head lol. Cajun style chicken over zoodles and the millionth salad of the week. I have a LOT of egg whites left over from @ninagluck's eggnog that I made that we've hardly touched. So. Pavlova. Yeah, it didn't get very tall and my dent in the middle didn't turn out so well but it tasted good. Bit of a splurge because I've yet to find sugar free sugar that doesn't leave a weird taste in my mouth. However strawberries are on the good list to eat so I figure that balances out lol. My mom and stepdad sent us these stuffed pork chops a while back. I've been saving them .....for a special occasion but I decided to just go ahead and enjoy them. SV'd. Really good. Mexican stuffed poblanos and beans Splurge night last night. Italian sausage and pepperoni with salad and some mozzarella sticks I bought from Misfits. They were low in carbs and actually really good and easy. Nice to have something new to eat.

The price on the limes is almost enough to make me get in the car and drive there.

I know right?! I mean. Vanilla beans???! Those are almost as expensive as a one night stay lol.

AGREED!!!!!

I got a package in the mail from my mom yesterday. She sent me these neat jar lids for fermenting: I have cabbage that's been in the fridge forever so I'm going to attempt sauerkraut again. Last time it got moldy. Crossing my fingers for this batch to turn out.

I haven't eaten there in forever, but I've always liked Olive Garden. The salads that come with the meals ARE really good. Since we eat so many salads now I am always on the lookout for new- to -us dressings. I can get this at Dillons which is a Kroger store. Good stuff.

I'm surprised I'm not waking up in Texas this morning. We had 60 mph+ winds ALL night out of the north. When it calms down I'm going to go outside and beat my wind chime to death because it's driving me crazy. On to the food: Oyster stew and salad. I need to stock up on frozen containers of oysters--those come in handy Stuffed poblanos using Sam's rotisserie chicken and RG beans. That same night, because I had some extra time, I experimented and made a "pizza crust" out of cottage cheese and eggs. If I recall the ratio was a cup of 4% fat cottage cheese and two eggs. I seasoned with Italian seasoning and added some grated parm. I had to bake it for much longer than the recipe said. It was.....meh. But, hey, I tried lol. Zucchini lasagna and salad Apple galette for dessert Venison chili and salad. Yes. More salad lol. And MORE salad. Big salad night with stuffed mushrooms SV'd steak--really tender, creamed spinach and the most awful cauliflower "risotto" that I found in the frozen section at the store. That went right in the trash. For the first time in a zillion years I didn't plan anything for Fat Tuesday dinner. I don't know exactly why except the weather has been a hinderance in getting deliveries (I'd have loved to have gotten a muffuletta sandwich from Central Grocery)...but also the carb thing comes into play too. Sigh. So, I thawed out the last of the oysters. Made a salad with some diced salami and a few croutons as an homage to the muffuletta. Sautéed some peppers and onions along with jalapeno cheese sausages. Did some deviled eggs. AND the splurge was a tiny pan of cinnamon rolls--it's not King Cake but close enough. The rolls were done in the little 6" pan that I got for the IP. I've been craving cinnamon rolls and if I made the usual big pan we'd have eaten waaaaaaay too many of them.

Well, I did some googling and I get what @Laurentiusis saying. I think once in a while beans are ok--I won't feel so guilty about making them. @Maison RustiqueI have tons of beans, too. I give a lot to my mom when she comes--I may mail her some soon actually. I wonder if your friend who brings you food would like some of your beans? Make him take a few bags