everyday eating during "unprecedented" times
Lulu didn’t feel well so I dashed out to the store and got some chicken for her and some odds and ends to eke out a few days’ worth dinners.
For lunch we made sandwiches with the smoked turkey from the Goldbelly box and finished up the dregs of the guacamole Doritos and nacho pretzel sticks—both surprisingly tasty. The turkey was fine.
For dinner we had leftover crab cakes (last ones!) with the leftover cauliflower and potatoes from another meal.
The barbecue arrived a day late and some of it was cold but defrosted. Disappointing because we got a good deal on a package that was just meat (and one stew) and the idea was to keep most of it frozen for meals for the other house. I really hate having to haul tons of groceries there so the idea was to have some fun meat on hand this summer and to get produce from the farm stands and farm store that is right near the house and not have to haul so much back and forth.
Anyway, the Brunswick stew defrosted and it was pretty gross. No lima beans and barely any corn or potatoes. Bland. Hopefully everything else is better? We made corn muffins to go with. I barely ate any and had some leftover paella as a snack.
For dinner we heated up some leftover crab cakes and roasted cauliflower and baby potatoes.
The weather was awful today! I also had a migraine so it was rough.
For lunch I had the leftover étouffée and Matt had the rest of the chicken.
We tried the new-to-us Italian place again and got saltimbocca with pasta. It was pretty good but I think their salad, apps and bread are better.
Matt’s kit for his birthday arrived and is fine! Lots of Goldbelly orders at once but we pounced when there was a good sale and set it up.
For lunch I had a chicken sandwich and some pretzels.
The étouffée was excellent! Lots of crawfish. We really liked everything from that order.
I ordered one of those weekender brunch kits from Goldbelly for the long weekend/as a early birthday treat for Matt from a smokery in Washington state. It was bake your own bagels and sliders with lox, smoked salmon cream cheese, Dungeness crab and a red king crab spread. We were excited because we don’t get Dungeness or red king crab here.
It arrived this morning and the bagels/rolls seem fine but they substituted every seafood item in the kit for something similar but not quite right. We got crab dip instead of crab meat, salmon mousse instead of salmon cream cheese and smoked salmon instead of lox.
About half of the items were not even the same brand we ordered from. Even the butter wasn’t from the creamery listed. Goldbelly is giving us a credit and said they contacted them to see what happened. The other option was getting it sent again but I don’t feel confident that they will actually send the right stuff and I don’t want to deal with that. Nothing but the baked goods was correct.
We can still eat it (I’m assuming, it’s still frozen) but I had to go buy cream cheese for the bagels and I don’t know if the dip would work on a sandwich.
For lunch we had salmon and coconut rice from the meal prep place and leftover cucumber salad. It wasn’t bad! I find the meals they sell without a vegetable a little strange, the portions are generally smaller too. Which is okay for lunch but makes for a skimpy dinner! If I wanted to cook a side, I’d probably just make the whole meal myself. They don’t sell a ton of sides so I don’t think it’s a way to make people to spread more or anything like that.
Since the SeaBear Goldbelly box was supposed to be basically all of our meals this weekend and now I’m not sure if that’s going to work, we ended up getting Greek food and saving the food I planned to make tonight for Sunday when nothing is open. I can’t go to a third grocery store this week.
For lunch I had some soup. Matt got something from a food truck near work.
The serviceberry is full of fruit!
I did another shop for ice cream and soda for the other house and took it directly there.
For dinner we had leftover pizza.
For lunch we split the leftover beef/mash/brussels from the other night.
I did a little grocery shop.
For dinner I made ahi tuna, corn on the cob and we had the leftover cold salads from Saturday.
I finished a shawl.
For lunch I had the leftover knockwurst. Matt mowed the lawn at the other house and picked up a sandwich.
My guild meeting/yearly auction was today but I had a migraine so I skipped it.
For dinner we got the pizza we talked about last week. We tried a new one with pesto, pepperoni and hot honey and I was skeptical but it was good!
We had a salad too but they forgot the dressing and parm so we had to make our own.
Lulu was dropped off at the vet this morning for tests about her cough. They have you drop them off before they open and then pick them up in the evening and wait around for the vet to talk to you which is a little odd but I guess works. It was awkward because she couldn’t eat or drink this morning in case they needed to sedate her for an x-ray so we tried to let the dogs sleep until she had to go and I fed the other two later. They howled and howled when she left.
I had paperwork and printer drama around lunch so I ended up having soup and pretzels/cheese and Matt picked himself up something.
For dinner I made baked potatoes and we had with leftover beef, leftover chicken and salad.
A potato exploded in the oven! I’ve never had that happen before. I almost thought it was a myth.
For lunch I had the last bagel and the last of the cream cheese. I also heated up leftover pilaf and baby potatoes as a snack, there was not much of either left but too much to toss.
For dinner we chopped up leftover beef and had it on rolls and made coleslaw and fruit salad to go with.
Rachel Eats Dinner 