Early in the week, I made a double batch of Sloppy Joe mix for the freezer and us. We ate that for a few days. Last night, I made Fettuccini Alfredo from "Papa Rossi's Secrets of Italian Cooking." Because it has a stick of butter, an egg, a half-cup cream and 3/4 cups Parmesan, I make it only a couple of times a year, but it sure is a treat.

I also made Kelsey Nixon's Slow Cooker Irish Oatmeal, but did something different this time. The recipe calls for cinnamon. Instead, I used KAF Winter Spice. I leveled off the 2 teaspoons, but will round them next time. It gave the oatmeal a different flavor, a good flavor, with slight lingering spicy heat afterward.

Not much cooking this week, made a sweet potato casserole - simple sweet potatoes sliced and shingled into a dish, sprinkle with chopped nuts, brown sugar and cinnamon. Didn't cook much protein - had bought some rotisserie chicken leg quarters and had been eating that pretty much the whole week. On Friday, we had a birthday dinner for my mom and I made Mochiko Chicken - teriyaki flavored deep fried chicken bites.