My Burpee plants arrived last week and I put them in my planters yesterday. I have 3 tomatoes, Early Girl, Fourth of July and something called Fresh Salsa. One jalapeno and one sweet pepper. Two each of basil and parsley. It doesn't sound like a lot but if it all produces it should be enough.
Tonight was a simple dinner, a hamburger from the freezer, instant mashed potato and fresh broccoli.
I made meatballs yesterday. So yesterday I had spaghetti and a meatball with broccoli. Today I had bow tie pasta with a meatball and mushroom sauce and fresh asparagus.
I wanted something easy after doing yardwork so I pulled some chicken stock and a chicken thigh from the freezer and made chicken veggie soup and had it with a roasted pork sandwich.
I made a batch of my buns this evening but withheld 2 buns worth of dough to make a cast iron pan pizza for dinner.
I pulled a chicken stuffed pepper from the freezer and my last container of tomato sauce from last years garden. Had it with pasta, broccoli, cauliflower and carrot.
Several years ago, I tried Beyond Burgers a few times. Put on a bun with the usual fixings and it was really pretty good. I would not mistake it for real beef but it was pretty good. I think they have changed, improved, the formula since I tried it. But considering the fat content and sodium, I'm not sure it has any advantages over real beef, except of course to the cow. And with real beef, I have control over the sodium content.
I made chicken stock from some bones I had in the freezer, so dinner was chicken veg noodle soup with a hamburger.
I had some leftover chicken, pasta and brussels sprouts.
I roasted a chicken in a cast iron pan. Seasoned it with olive oil, salt and paprika. It was juicy and tasty.
I made a pizza with ground chicken and a little pepperoni.
I had a cheeseburger, oven fries, broccoli and carrot.
I have a pizza stone, a wood peel and a steel peel. When I got the steel peel I stopped using the wood one. I build my pizza on a sheet of parchment and slide it onto the preheated stone using the steel peel. After 2 1/2 to 3 minutes I gently slide the peel under the pizza, just a little, and use my other hand (gloved) to pull out the parchment. The pizza finishes directly on the stone. It works very well.
I made hamburger gravy using ground chicken and seasoned it with taco seasoning. Had it with pasta and carrots.
I had an Italian sausage, leftover mac and cheese and broccoli and carrots.
