Sorry folks . . time got away from me.
We did much better today. Fruit for breakfast, leftover chicken salad in avocado for lunch, fried oysters, baked potatoes and salad for dinner.
Fried Oysters
That’s the first batch of fried oysters. They were good!
Nesco
The potatoes were baked in the Nesco outside. (Notice that freshly painted post!) 🙂
Fry Daddy
The oysters were fried outside in the Fry Daddy. Using up that free electricity!
Hope everyone is finding things in the house to eat and no one is going hungry! 🙂
Dar in MO says
Judy, We have been having lots of leftovers and things that are already in the house this week. I did have to go buy some more eggs and milk because I didn’t have time last week to buy the fresh things, but all in all, we are doing well with using what we have in-house. We haven’t eaten our any meal since Sunday (Mother’s Day), so for us that is a record. Thanks for all you do to keep us informed on many topics. I am a big fan of your way of life and being prepared. You should have known me when Y2K was coming on board. My DH really got overly prepared. 🙂 and then nothing happened. Thank goodness.. If I were younger we would be doing more of the things you and Vince are doing-getting a few chickens, planting, fruit trees, and investing in solar and geothermal alternatives. Keep the info coming. .
Barbara says
Eggs for breakfast, and everything else out of the frig and freezer as usual…
except my snack today….a trip to town to meet a friend at the coffee shop…I had a coke and because we talked so long and I got so hungry, I ended up buying a snack too.
The coke isn’t all that unusual when I have a long hot afternoon in town, but snacks that I don’t make myself are..
Carol Harper says
While husband did stop at Kroger today (we neede paper towels and while he was there, he bought bread and fruit and frozen veg) but we still ate from fridge, freezer and pantry. breakfast my usual coffe with milk and juice. Lunch was last night’s left over vegetarian beans. Dinner was mahi mahi en papiote (not sure of the spelling there and it eas the last of the mahi mahi we had in the freezer… Purchased from a restaurant supply store last November!), baked sweet potatoes and frozen “green” beans ( a mix of green, fava, yellow and Chinese long beans from last summer’s CSA subscription).
Clearly, I can make it througha week without issues IF i kept my stores of badics (bread, potatoes, frozen fish) more complete. Lesson learned! Thanks, Judy, for helping me find my weakness…
JudyL says
That’s the whole purpose of this . . to learn lessons. Your dinner sounds really good!
Tinkerfeet says
Well we didn’t do very good today. We had to go to the apple store in Las Vegas so we ate at the claim jumper. It’s one of my favorite restaurant so I feel bad but it was so good. Lol tomorrow is a new day.
JudyL says
That’s going to be us tomorrow. It won’t be our best day but . . it will be a fun day and that has to count for something. It would be crazy to be right there by your favorite restaurant and not eat!
Sherrill says
Your oysters made me remember how much my dad loved oyster stew. Whenever oysters were in season (I guess, months with an O in them or something like that?), my mom’d buy the oysters and made the ‘stew’ (more like soup). I HATED the oysters but loved the broth with crackers in it . YUM! I had cereal and milk, then at the quilt workshop, had a couple of different salads (I took a marinated salad), a pasta dish and a couple of assorted other stuff. For dinner, I finished the marinated salad and am yet considering the last of the pimiento.
JudyL says
I always heard it was months with “R”s when you didn’t eat oysters but I could be wrong. I think that’s May – August when the waters are too warm and they could have more than normal bacteria . . or something like that.
Carol Williamson says
Cereal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and hate to say it, Hamburger Helper for dinner – just didn’t feel like cooking a big meal for it. Everything was here in my pantry so that at least is a plus. I am enjoying finding and cooking up what is here, new ideas each and every day. Thanks for the challenge.
Norece says
Nothing new to report, we ate at home, no trips to town. Last week I went to the farmers market and I thought the prices were pretty high. Asparagus cost 1$ more per bundle than it does at Krogers. When we lived in Idaho it just grew wild along side the road. I should look into planting some.
Katie Z. says
Yesterday was a good day! I cooked a whole chicken, prepped bread dough, and made rice pudding from leftover rice, so we were well fed with leftovers!
Margaret R says
I first want to say that I love reading your blog and Facebook posts. I was a semi-prepper years ago when my husband worked for a company that paid flat rate. That meant that December through March when there was little work there was little pay. I learned to stock pile my groceries to always have at least four months of food for our family of four. We raised our own pigs and beef. I bartered for eggs and goat cheese. Now I am trying to get back into that process. I have started bartering for some things. I also like to buy my eggs, honey and maple syrup locally. I don’t have a garden but will be planting a little this year if we ever get spring in Michigan. Thanks for all your helpful information.
Cookie E. says
I was wondering if anyone has ever canned water for storage. I was reading about it on the internet. It seems like a simple process and certainly more cost effective than buying bottled water. Our water comes from a community well and we have an RO filter on our faucet.
Barbara says
Never heard of it, but how interesting. This will prompt me to search for more information. If anyone knows pros/cons I would love to hear more.
I have a water purifier under my kitchen sink (osmosis) so I don’t drink bottled water in plastic and I have too many allergies to put bleach or other things in water to purify it. Boiling would be my only option and that also comes with problems.
PegTurner says
I had eggs for breakfast, from my chickens, sandwich for lunch and the kids and I had ravioli from a box for dinner. Not very exciting or healthy but it was already in the freezer. Tonight we are having chicken gnocchi soup, using one of the chickens that I butchered. Judy you have inspired me to learn to can. So far I have canned 8 pints of turkey broth and last night I canned 5 pints of sweet potatoes. It is so much fun! I can’t wait for my garden to start producing so I’ll have something else to can! Thanks for all your great info!
Janice says
I have read on other blogs that when they are canning, if the canner isn’t full, they put in jars of boiling water to fill up the canner That way they start a stockpile of canned water. Jackie Clay has lots of good ideas on her blog for being prepared. Her and her husband homestead, off grid in Northern Minnesota. Love reading about this topic on your blog Judy.