We had leftover pizza and coleslaw for dinner and some of the pumpkin apple cake for dessert.

Yesterday I made a small pizza and chicken veggie soup. The soup had celery, carrot, cauliflower and sugar snap peas.

There's some leftover pizza for today's lunch.

Yum Len! And, Joan your pizza looks yummy too!

Has anyone ever heard of Charlie Bird's Farro salad? It's from the restaurant of the same name in NYC. The NY Times and Ina have both shared it. The farro is cooked in apple cider and it includes arugula, cherry tomatoes, Parmesan cheese and more. I finally learned to read comments before I make a newspaper recipe. One of the suggestions was to use butternut squash or beets in place of the tomatoes - the restaurant actually does a winter version with butternut. I was sold on that but I was out of farro and had bulgur on hand.

I searched for a winter tabbouleh and up came a butternut squash tabbouleh from Cookie and Kate. I decided to cheat and buy precut squash - I found some cut as crinkle potatoes and I cut them smaller. I roasted the squash last night (she had sautéed it) so it was ready tonight. It is definitely a keeper recipe - I can take some to work for lunch tomorrow

We had tacos with leftover beef which I had frozen. The beef was spicy but not taco-tasting. I substituted chopped celery for the lettuce. I had wrapped the celery in foil and it had stayed fresh for a couple of weeks. The cucumber I wrapped on the same day was mushy after a week. A lesson learned.

I made Oven Crisp Fish and Chips with Dill Tartar Sauce for dinner on Thursday. We had it with more of the coleslaw.