Produce Productivity

This was today's Flash Food haul. Tops Markets doesn't sell the best veggies.  Because of that, I prefer it when I can get them pre-packaged. The thing is, their loose stuff rots almost immediately.  But the branded pre-packaged doesn't -- however, it's convenient and thus very pricey.  Which is why I jump on Flash Food deals.

 

Vacuum sealing means I can freeze what I buy, and we have veggies that don't get soggy like the frozen bagged stuff that costs less.  One bonus is they were short one container of squash and told me to just grab one from the produce aisle.  The package I grabbed has a few extra days of freshness. I left that one up in the crisper drawer.   We had half a bag of beans with dinner, and I used the broccoli slaw in tonight's marinara.  

Frankie of course was right there while I was repackaging my plant-based bounty, eagerly chomping anything I dropped.  I also fed her little pieces of slaw.  Chances are what I didn't use today will go into a batch of dog food Wednesday.

This week I found a cotton night gown at Amvet's.  I paid the full thrift price of four bucks.  It's nicely detailed and in very good condition.  I also made a quick night shirt from old sheet and pillowcase material.  It's very big, but that will give me room to move -- I am an active sleeper.  The sleeves are way long, which is also fine because my hands have to be warm/covered or I can't sleep.  Wierd, I know.

I went to the Not My President Day march.  It was abysmally cold -- 16f with 20 mph winds.  But there was a great turn out.  Most cars that passed honked and waved. A small handful gave us the middle finger or cursed at us.  MAGA folks are so civilized... not!

Dinner was chicken parm, with breast from my frozen $1.99lb stash.  The green beans were today's FF, and the mozzarella was 75% off FF too.  I cut the breasts in half lengthwise.  Some of the dredging flour was brown rice and mixed pea.  Rather than using an egg, I had ranch dressing -- which works really well. It's cheaper than using egg too!

And on a sort of amusing note, my check oil light came on while I was on my way home.  When I pulled into the supermarket, I wanted to add more oil.  That's normal for my car.  However, I could not get my hood opened.  It was frozen shut.  However, on the way home, I hit a pothole, and that did the trick.  Gotta love city driving!

Once I was home, I dumped a bunch of oil in and then went in and got warm.  And Frankie did not want to go out!