KFC

Yeah, I know.

It was easy and fast - needed to have that since the mid-kid had a cub scout meeting at 7:15.

Spaghetti supper at the VFD

The annual spaghetti supper at the Fire Dept was tonight. No cooking, yay! We had grilled steaks last night; almost as easy.

Hot dogs and hamburger

Back-to-school picnic at the mid-kid's school and the local fire department was grilling. Absolutely delicious hot dogs, I was rather astonished at how good they were. The fire dept. spaghetti dinner is on Saturday. Yay, another night to not cook!

Chicken soup

Because I feel like crap. Aching joints/muscles, chills, but no fever; queasy stomach. Kids had tomato soup.

Last night we had ham and biscuits and grapes. The DR table is still in pieces, so we're eating in the living room.

Chili

and home-made tortilla chips (well, I fried them, anyway).

Last night was a party at the neighbor's, so no cooking. YAY!!!

Yesterday we went to the Shaker Forest Festival. Not as nice stuff as prior years, but the food was better.

The toddler tried a little bit of everything:


Both the toddler and pre-teen got dragons:


We spent a lot of time looking at toy guns. I vetoed the rubber band gun, so the mid-kid picked a pop-gun.
Inspecting wares:

I want to play!


The toymaker demonstrating how it works:


There was general frivolity with the traveling Mother Goose:


Fun at the petting zoo:






Listening to music:

Ravioli

Frozen cheese ravioli with tomato sauce and garlic bread. I think I like the frozen pasta better than the dried... Cantaloupe, not the best.

Our kitty-corner across-the-street neighbor is having a cookout tomorrow afternoon, so no cooking of dinner. Yay! I just finished making a big tub of potato salad to take for that.

Garlic chicken

TMOTH cooked, since he had to get the mid-kid to karate by 7. It was quite good.

Fettucine alfredo and salads

Sauce from the grocery. It looks as if it's easy to make myself, but I was already running late. We ate by 7, but only by the skin of my teeth.

My boss gave me some home-made key lime pie to have for dessert. Yummmmmmm.

last night - chicken soup and foccacia

all home-made, thank you very much.
We had a stash of chicken backs in the freezer, so I made stock. Note for the future: COVER those chicken backs when roasting, otherwise clouds of smoke come out of the oven. Very plain soup: just chicken, onions, and carrots. Still, very nice with the foccacia.