20 Wednesday May 2026
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. soup, bbq, big girl pants, blessed, chicken, family, food, Glowy, grandson, homemade, moments, spatchcocked, widow
on Sunday we (well, my housemate) cooked a spatchcocked chicken on Glowy for dinner…
afterwards I took the leftover bones and meat and started chicken soup…
finished it in the morning and had a delicious cup of soup for lunch;-)…
18 Tuesday Nov 2025
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. soup, basil, big girl pants, blessed, craving, delicious, family, food, moments, widow, zucchini, zucchini basil soup
the other day when I was talking with my daughter, she mentioned they were having zucchini basil soup for their supper…
made me realize that I hadn’t made it for ages, so then I was craving it, lol…
yesterday morning I started it… it is a simple recipe with just a few ingredients…
after cooking it, it was blended and made a delicious smooth soup…
cooked some chicken thighs to add to it…
so tasty…
16 Thursday Oct 2025
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, chicken soup, dinner, food, frozen, frozen dinners, grandson, gravy, homemade, moments, simmer, widow
I started soup on Tuesday afternoon and let it simmer for hours…
while that was happening, I also made a batch of mashed potatoes for the frozen dinners I was preparing from some of the leftovers…
we had these containers that were divided into three sections, so I decided to use them…
mashed potatoes went into each and then, turnip and peas and carrots into another spot… chicken, stuffing and cranberry sauce went into the final spot…
once more gravy was made, it was frozen and then fit in on top of the potatoes… all three meals have gone into the freezer for another day…
once we had soup for supper three containers were packaged up, two went into the fridge for the next few days and one went into the freezer…
nice to have a few meals ready for nights when I can’t think of what to have;-)…
11 Tuesday Feb 2025
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, cold, hungry, mashed potatoes, moments, naps, tired, widow, wonton
had wonton soup for supper…
seemed like just the thing as I haven’t felt particularly hungry…
I’ve been eating yellow peppers and vitamin C throughout the day in an effort to stop a cold from giving me grief…
the only thing I’ve been feeling is tired… I slept for eight hours straight overnight, which is not my usual pattern, and was still tired all day…
made mashed potatoes for tomorrow’s supper to go along with a roasted chicken and some type of salad…
then took a few naps and read a bit…
a quiet and restful day…
06 Sunday Nov 2022
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, chicken, moments, weather, widow, zucchini, zucchini basil
cooling off again, so it appears I need to make soup…
recently, it was zucchini basil, with the basil I got in my grocery order…
came out nicely… I added a bit of poached chicken to finish this cup off…
four containers filled and ready for the fridge and freezer…
wonder what kind I will make next…
24 Sunday Apr 2022
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. soup, big girl pants, flowers, garden, gloomy, homemade, moments, morning glories, rain, snow, widow
it feels as though the weather has been all anyone is thinking about these days…
it has been raining for days and then it turned into snow… there are puddles (or lakes) everywhere and many people have been struggling with water in their basements…
with another gloomy day, I decided to make soup… I used up not-so-fresh zucchini, carrots, onions, celery, and the last of the frozen cauliflower in the freezer… then I added various bits and pieces to season it up…
the result came out nicely and I will have some tasty lunches over the next few days…
felt like a good use of my time on this dull day…
24 Thursday Feb 2022
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spent some quality time in the kitchen recently…
I made Thai Shrimp Soup from leftover shells and shrimp that I had a few days before…
I cooked enough spaghetti for three meals and then prepared a mushroom and chicken sauce which will go with two meals of the spaghetti…
finally, I produced a grilled cheese and onion on sourdough sandwich for my lunch…
I enjoy working in the kitchen, particularly when I can assemble a number of meals for the coming days…
23 Saturday Oct 2021
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, cooking, meals, moments, neighbours, sauce, tomatoes, weather, widow
I didn’t leave the house today and spent most of the day reading… I was enjoying a favourite author’s story and had trouble putting the book down, lol…
when I wasn’t reading I was making soup and meat sauce…
the soup is delicious… I used half of a roasted butternut squash, onion, celery and coconut milk… there is enough for two meals which is great… as we adjust to this colder weather I think soup will be a welcome treat…
the meat sauce used tomatoes from my neighbours, onion, oregano and ground beef… it made a lot and I will probably freeze a bit and use the rest with spaghetti…
it is always nice to have a few meals prepared and ready ahead of time;-)…
02 Saturday Oct 2021
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. soup, beans, big girl pants, blessed, cooked, cooking, cool weather, corn, flowers, fun, garden, moments, widow, zucchini
over the last three or four days I have cooked a lot in the kitchen…
I produced a beautiful corn chowder with some leftover corn on the cob…
then I made zucchini-basil soup with most of my basil and added a bit of chicken to the recipe as well…
and finally I free-styled Calico beans… didn’t have as many canned beans in the house as required nor any molasses, but it came out great anyway, lol… and it was nice to have some of my dahlias around…
there is certainly lots of choice in the fridge just now…
will be putting a few of them into the freezer for lazy days…
22 Tuesday Jun 2021
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. soup, big girl pants, blessed, curry, family, flavours, food, lunch, memories, mom, moments, scent, widow
today, as I was eating my cauliflower soup for lunch, I was thinking about my mom…
she loved curry… at that time it was not one of my favourites, but yesterday I popped some into the soup…
tasted pretty good and the smell certainly brought back memories of times with her;-)…
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