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I had spaghetti, a meatball and green beans.

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Tonight I had something completely different, a burger with sweet potato and green beans.

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The same as yesterday, a burger and soup.

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Looks good, Joan, mmmmm bacon!

I'm going to have a hamburger on a freshly baked bun. To go with it, some turkey stock vegetable soup. The soup will have a little cauliflower, green beans and sugar snap peas.

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I made a batch of burger/sandwich buns this afternoon.

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I had a pizza crust in the freezer, so I made pizza.

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I made a batch of burger/sandwich buns. I didn't have whole wheat flour in the kitchen, although there is a back deep in the chest freezer. I didn't feel like fishing it out so I changed up the recipe a little. I increased the rye from 3 ounces to 4 and the bread flour from 4 to 7. Also, rolled them in sesame seeds, something I haven't done in a while. They baked up nice, but I haven't tried one yet, probably not until tomorrow.

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I made a stir fry with broccoli, carrot and some leftover chicken. Had it with rice.

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I made a (4 lb) chicken in the Instant Pot. On the bottom, I put a celery stalk, carrot, half an onion and several pieces of garlic, then covered it with a cup and a half of water. The chicken was seasoned with salt, a little garlic powder and paprika. Pressure cooked for 30 minutes and let the pressure natural release after it finished cooking. The chicken is soft and kind of bland (I probably should have reduced the cooking time to 25 minutes) but the broth it made is excellent. It's given me an idea on how to make chicken soup in it. Except for making soup, I probably won't make a whole chicken in it again.

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I had pizza again, this time with mushrooms, a few Greek olives and some BBQ pork tenderloin that I took from the freezer.

I have enough dough for one more pizza, I decided to roll it out and freeze it for another time, I have something else in mind for tomorrow.

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Wishing you a full and speedy recovery, CWC.

This afternoon I made rye pizza dough, enough for 3 small pizzas (1/3 each of rye, semolina and bread flour, hydrated with milk). So for dinner, I had a sliced meatball pizza with a side of green beans, cauliflower and carrot.

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Joan, your steak dinner looks delicious!

Tonight was more of the same, a stuffed pepper, sugar snap peas and cauliflower and some pasta.

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I made meatballs, stuffed peppers and a pork tenderloin on the BBQ this afternoon. Meals for the next 8 days.

While I was out there, one of my neighbors warned me about a large raccoon that was wandering around, I did spot it but it stayed in the back near the fence. Got my food inside just before the sun disappeared.

I think tonight I will have a pepper, snap peas and cauliflower and maybe mashed potato.

I know BBQ purists would never use a pan like I do, but I'm all about easy cleanup and when I do this, the food tastes just like BBQ.

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Joan, your soup looks delicious, and I love that bowl.

Today I made stock with the turkey bones and skin in the Instant Pot. It yielded about 3 quarts of liquid gold. The proportion of meat to bones on a 7 pound turkey isn't real favorable but it was delicious.

I haven't quite decided on tonight's dinner but I'm leaning towards turkey soup.

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I have a couple of small turkeys in the freezer, on Monday I pulled one out (7.5 pounds) and have slow thawing it in the fridge. I prepped it for the oven early this afternoon. It was still somewhat icy but not too bad. I split it down the back and seasoned both sides with salt, a touch of garlic powder and thyme. I put it in a 2 inch tall half sheet pan, it's a pretty good fit. It's in the oven now.

One hour 45 minutes later it is out of the oven.

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