25 Saturday Oct 2025
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big girl pants, blessed, chicken dinner, food, frozen, leftovers, moments, scratch, supper, widow
on Friday I heated up one of my frozen chicken dinners…
worked perfectly and tasted delicious…
happy that it worked out so well… and a lovely option to not have to start something from scratch…
27 Wednesday Dec 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, Christmas, computer, difficulties, early, family, food, gifts, leftovers, moments, relaxed, Technology, time, widow
had a quiet and relaxed day on Christmas…
got up late for me, about eight;-)… made tea and watched a Christmas movie while I had my breakfast and waited for the Ottawa family to contact me…
after some technical difficulties, we had a lovely visit and opened presents;-)… technology really is an amazing thing…
after saying goodbye to them, I got the chicken into the oven and may have watched another Christmas movie, lol…
my grandson arrived home from one set of parents, we opened gifts, and had a lovely lunch…
then he was off to visit the other set of parents and I may have had a nap…
tv shows and leftovers took up the rest of the day…
26 Thursday Aug 2021
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all of the day’s meals had some portion of leftovers from the day before…
breakfast was some of the leftover boiled new potatoes scrambled up with fresh eggs…
lunch was a salad made with some of the leftover chicken… it also included onion, fresh dill, celery, a bit of miracle whip… and a few slices of the baguette from the night before…
supper was a lamb shank with a leftover veggie medley of the new potatoes, carrots and asparagus… added a bit of red wine to the lamb gravy…
all of them delicious…
14 Tuesday Apr 2020
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big girl pants, blessed, fridge, friends, La Belle Baguette, leftovers, meals, moments, ready-to-eat, shopping, variety, widow
had some excellent meals yesterday…
started with an almond croissant and cheese for breakfast… lunch was a delicious chicken, stuffing and cranberry jelly sandwich on La Belle Baguette sourdough bread… ended the day with ham and scalloped potatoes that a dear friend dropped off…
and I made chicken broth from the chicken carcass…
there is still a great variety of leftovers and ready-to-eat items in the fridge;-)…
29 Saturday Jun 2019
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last night we ordered dinner…
one of my favourites… beef bones from Tony Roma’s…
with baked potato and Caesar salad… it was delicious and there were just enough leftovers for lunch today;-)…
06 Monday Aug 2018
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big girl pants, camping, Chinese food, family, feeder, garden, goldfinch, grandson, hot tub, leftovers, memories, pond, selfie, widow
today I continued with the packing…
my youngest grandson came over for a few hours and we spent time in the hot tub and filled the pond… we also counted down the days till we go camping…
we had Chinese food leftovers and managed a selfie… took both of us to get it, lol… it was lovely because he usually doesn’t want to be in pictures…
after he was picked up I went outside and watched two gold finches fly away from the feeder… so I sat outside for half an hour, but they did not return…
06 Saturday Jan 2018
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big girl pants, chocolate, coconut wraps, Evolution Sweet Greens, friend, grandson, leftovers, shopping, supper, veggies, widow
focussing on eating a bit better…
got an early text from a friend and she picked me up on the way to La Belle Baguette for some fresh bread… I picked up a cranberry baguette, a rye sourdough, and a chocolate croissant…
when I returned home I had half of the croissant, some Laughing Cow cheese, and a raspberry smoothie… delicious and a bit decadent…
not long after that, I ran out to the mall with my daughter and eldest grandson and when I returned home finished the last bit of shepherd’s pie with Evolution Sweet Green compressed juice, one of the few things I get from Starbucks… it has little sugar, lots of vegetables and few calories…
for supper I used the Coconut Wraps which were a Christmas gift from my daughter… I used up the last little bit of leftover steak, some mushrooms, green onion, pea pods, and garnished it with cilantro and shredded radish… made a bit of cucumber and onion salad to go with it…
pleased that I have used up most of the leftovers in the fridge… and have included lots of veggies in my meals today… this might have been where I fell of the wagon over the last month, lol…
02 Thursday Nov 2017
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wonderful start to my weekend…
dinner at Moxie’s with a dear young friend… they make a lovely lettuce wrap and I tried a kale and quinoa salad which was very tasty… even brought home a few leftovers…
happy to have a visit and enjoyed every minute…
looking forward to a restful three days…
22 Wednesday Feb 2017
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big girl pants, ChefsPlate, coconut, curry, eat, flower, happy, leftovers, purple, tulips, widow
first thing this morning I took a few pictures of my purple tulips…
really amazing how flowers make me happy…
also have tulips at my desk at the office… we always buy them in support of the Lung Association Breathe fundraiser…
tonight I made this delicious ChefsPlate Thai Sweet Potato Curry with coconut milk, swiss chard and whole wheat naan bread… it was delicious and also made me happy…
I was so excited to start eating it that the bowl was half empty when I remembered to take a picture…
can hardly wait to eat the leftovers;-)…
25 Tuesday Oct 2016
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aquasize, big girl pants, boost, leftovers, lunch, sky, treadmill, under the weather, widow
feeling a bit under the weather and had a very hard time getting out of bed this morning…
so slow that there wasn’t time to walk on the treadmill… that is a rare occurrence…
as I turned onto the road at the end of the street I saw this beautiful sky… luckily there was no one behind me so I could stop and get a photo…
did give me a bit of a boost…
then I had lunch with a dear friend… lovely treat…
picked up and taken to aquasize by another friend and afterwards had a bit of leftover dinner from last night’s meeting…
now watching a bit of tv and thinking of a short nap and a hot tub…
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