On Sunday, I made soup, using a bean-barley mix that I had on hand, along with some of the turkey broth I made last week, and carrots, celery, parsley, and onion. I seasoned with rosemary and thyme, and freshly ground black pepper at the end, but it was a bit bland, so I perhaps should have used more of the spices.

No cooking here,my husband has been very sick since Christmas Day I thought he was getting pneumonia and stubborn as an ox not wanting to go to the doctor,finally got him there today and he's got a good case of bronchitis and 4 meds and an inhaler.He was a smoker and he's vowed to quit as he has no air.I pray he'll over this and quit them nasty cigarettes,we shall see.I'll have to walk on egg shells for a while,pray for me too!We did Chick fil a tonight.I had cobb salad with fried chicken he only had grilled chicken nuggets.

So sorry your husband is sick, Joan, but hopefully some good will come as a result. I'll be thinking of both of you.

Our dinner was chicken thighs with Penzey's Greek seasoning, butternut squash, and mashed potatoes.

On Tuesday (New Year’s Eve), I experimented with making my Town Meeting Chicken [Turkey] Pie in a non-butter version. I made a half recipe, using about 3 cups leftover turkey and 12 oz. frozen peas and carrots. I had 2 ¾ cups of the defatted turkey drippings left. I heated it, then mixed a third cup of Clear Jel into ½ cup cold turkey broth from the batch I made last week. I added it to the drippings, and they thickened nicely. I added 2 Tbs. flax meal to give a nutritional boost, then added the frozen vegetables. I thought the “gravy” a bit thin, so I mixed up another 2 Tbs. Clear Jel with about ¼ cup of broth and added it. The other seasonings and the turkey were added, and I proceeded with the recipe, as I’ve posted it at Nebraska Kitchen. For the biscuits, I used as my base recipe one from Crisco oil for an oil-based biscuit. However, I used half whole wheat pastry flour, replaced the milk with buttermilk, and used 2 tsp. baking powder and ¼ tsp. baking soda, with just ½ tsp. salt. The dough was a little dry, as were the biscuits, so next time, I’ll use an additional Tbs. of oil. The biscuits rose well on top of the turkey mixture. I was pleased with the result, and my husband liked it.

I made pizza dough and I had pizza for supper,my husband just ate a bowl of soup.He has no appetite at all,hoping it'll pickup in a day or two.He has hardly ate anything since Christmas Eve.

I made a “throw together” lunch out of mostly leftovers after we returned from our morning shopping trek to the next town. I used the rest of the turkey broth and the leftover potato water. I added uncooked wholegrain pasta leftover from something. I added the small tomato that ripened from a green one. I chopped up a bit of onion. I threw in a small can of chicken. When the pasta was close to finished (and much of the broth absorbed, I added some torn kale and let it wilt. Spices were a bit of sweet curry powder, some poultry seasoning, and some pepper. I finished it with coarsely grated Parmesan on the part I ate. The other half is for lunch tomorrow.

I had leftover pizza and I scrambled 2 eggs for my husband and he didn't eat all of them, he had one piece of french toast this morning,sure wishing he'll get an appetite back.I'm good though...so far!