Dodge Eats!: May 1 - 31 Self-Isolation Meals

Friday, May 1, 2020

B- Oatmeal, pear
L- Salami, cheese and crackers
D- Different pasta lasagna + peas
Hearts and cribbage

Worked out way to attach nose pinchers to the mask pattern

Have been sprouting seeds. I put tape with the name to tell things apart!

Saturday, May 2, 2020

B- oatmeal and pear
L- Lentils, rice and banana muffins
It's Alisha and Chris's zoom wedding!
D- Blount Lobster Bisque + sherry, Broiled (picked up from neighbor's give away box) grapefruit, crackers and J had toast too.

Using t-shirt to make the ties so the masks are in mass production now! Child and adult sizes.

We ate at Blount while in Rhode Island. I didn't realize the bisque was from there until I cut it open to cook!

Watched wedding on husband's computer will have to get a few photos to put here!

Sunday, May 3 2020

B- Oatmeal, pear
Online - making pasta and ravioli class (with JoAnn)
L- ravioli with potato stuffing, peas, tomato and butter sauce
D- Salmon with butter, potato salad and asparagus
T - trail mix and muffin - J

https://www.takewalks.com/online-tours/

Monday, May 4, 2020

B- Oatmeal - tart but fresh blueberries
L- Hotdog, potato salad, BBQ beans
D- Salmon, mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts
Made beans
Worked in backyard

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

B- Oatmeal
Made Cheese cake for Bernie with Alex
L- Black beans with rice
D- Mex chicken, added salsa to rice, beans (added cumin), quesadilla, sour cream, salsa
T- Cheesecake with cherries Bernie's last class as professor!
Cribbage and crossword puzzle from Ellen

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

B- Oatmeal
L- Beans and rice
D- Russian chicken dumplings, brussel sprouts, tomato sauce, green beans
Cribbage

Thursday, May 7, 2020

B- None
L- Tuna Sandwich with Potato Salad
D- Beans and rice, Cheese Cake
Cribbage

Friday, May 8, 2020

B- Oatmeal
L- Salmon patties, egg powder, water, celery, canned salmon, grilled onions, cracker crumbs - fried in oil with rice and peas
D- Ravioli, chicken dumplings, sauce and beans

Saturday, May 9, 2020

B- Oatmeal
L- Beans - rice with hoisin sauce and red onion, squash
D- Leftover pasta, asparagus

Sunday, May 10, 2020

B/L Mother's Day crepes by Alex! Blueberry jam, cherry topping and sour cream
Cantaloupe and blueberries by Bernie!
D- Leftover pasta, baked cauliflower and fresh spinach salad with red onions O&V by Bernie!

Weekly Garden Photos

Monday, May 11
B- Oatmeal
L- Rice with Chicken Gumbo Soup on top (my idea, was not very great. Needed more vegetables or something to carry it off)
D- Pasta with zucchini and sausage, Bernie put cracker crumbs on top of zucchini and air fried them
Finally done with the pasta - I froze in to large of a container... We tried to change it up a bit each time we had it so that helped.

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

B- Oatmeal - also Loquats picked up from neighbors box during morning walk
L- tuna, celery, red onion, mayo on dave's bread and potato salad
D- sausage hash and eggs with asparagus

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

B- Oatmeal
Made black beans - celery, onion, bacon, spinach, chicken boullion
L- Tuna Salad sandwich with potato salad and apple slices
D- black beans and rice
T- Pineapple Granita and short bread cookie
Cribbage

The secret was putting in metal pan to get it really frozen.
Just used pureed canned pineapple, a little lemon juice and sugar to make.

Thursday, May 15, 2020

B- Oatmeal for A, Defrosted waffle for J
L- PB&J sandwiches and apples for B and A Apples for J

Online Zoom Graduation

June tried new morning yoga class (and another one in the afternoon!

Bernie got retirement cards!

Irish cousin's granddaughter

Saturday, May 16, 2020

L- Made pizza with dough from the store, turkey pepperoni, grille mushrooms, and mozarella cheese - used Ragu pizza sauce and sprinkled oregano on the top too. Served with fresh strawberries.

Took online class for how to make sour dough starter. Made two bottles of that - and started making what he calls Fake Sourdough bread.

D- Black beans with celery - on top of broiled broccoli and rice.

Made three of these - only baked two of them.

One frozen for later!

Today is the 33rd anniversary of cousin's - we did not attend in PA, but I know most of the people in the photo!

This is what the fake sourdough looked like an hour after mixing it together.

I made too much starter, but since I had two jars decided to keep both of them. One will be stored hidden away, the other will be by the coffee maker (more in the sunlight).

Sunday, May 17, 2020

Finished making the bread.

Gardening.

Took online drawing class.

L- Fresh Fake Sourdough Bread and White Borsht Soup with potato, hard boiled eggs, sausage

D- Bernie made grilled cheese sandwiches with the rest of the fake bread, served with egg drop soup.

Here is what it looked like in the morning! I floured counter then put the dough on it - stretched to an oval, fold two times, turned the dough, made new oval and folded again.

Then I placed it into the pan to rise for 90 minutes.

While bread was rising I tended the garden.

The onions looked like they needed some dividing up - so I pulled them out.

and cut them where it seemed they should be cut! Then they were replanted.
Don't think I will do that again with these two grid boxes of onions.

Here is box A. Notice how the large tomato (front left) is growing so much. It is really happy there!

Another view Box A. Sideways so you can see the nasturtiums to the right of the basil in this photo.

Box B. The tomato in the back is not doing as well as the Box A one. I noticed after taking the photo that were were weeds in the chives. So went about checking for other weeds.

Without the chive weeds.

DH got labels so all the squares with plants are labeled now. I think this view shows the replanted onions.

After garden work, what it looked like after the rising. Then in the oven!

DH and I then took an online drawing class. Here are my attempts to follow directions. (his drawing looks much better).

DS changed the temp on the bread and removed it from the oven while we were in class.

Fresh from the oven!

Sliced up!

I started with this for the soup...

Added potato, sausage and hard boiled egg.

Monday, May 18, 2020

B- Oatmeal with dates and pecans on the side (to put on the oatmeal)
L- black beans and rice topped with carrot greens
D- frozen lasagna with extra sauce, sauteed broccoli and squash

Finished more masks for neighbors

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

B- oatmeal with pecans and dates from Oman on the side
L- tuna with celery and avocado - on Dave's bread
Made watermelon granita for after dinner!
DS went to UPS to return incorrect food item delivered, to friend to get more nose wires for masks.
D- ham, sweet potatoes, squash
T- watermelon granita
Hearts

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
B- oatmeal with pecans and dates from Oman on the side
L- avocado, tuna salad sandwich + potato salad
D- Cracker Barrel Mac and Cheese with chicken and peas

Separated the butternut squash - put two in pots and left one in the planter.

Thursday, May 21, 2020
B- nothing
L- Crepes with ricotta and berries (not received well) I had mine on oatmeal as there were not enough crepes
D- wide curly noodles with basil pesto sauce - green beans

Friday, May 22, 2020
B- oatmeal
L-lentil with curry sauce, celery, onion, carrots
toppings: coconut, apricot jam, raisins, apples, chopped almonds
D- leftover pasta with sauce, green beans, watermelon granita
made dough for fake sourdough bread in my toaster oven, first order of Amazon Fresh delivered!

Saturday, May 23, 2020
B- oatmeal
L- BLT with with fake sourdough bread, Campbell's Grilled Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
Took Cavatella online class
D- Cavatelli and fresh tomato sauce

Sunday, May 24, 2020
B-Oatmeal
L-Banana, p-nut butter, honey - made own sandwiches
D- rice cauliflower rice, lentils, hot sauce or coconut and pecans
Played cribbage - treat ice cream
Bake sour dough bread

Monday, May 25, 2020
B- Oatmeal
L- round up B pasta with green beans and sauce, A lentils with hot sauce, J sweet potato and cream soup
Started to make upside down lemon meringue pie
D- lobster bisque and sour dough bread

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
B- Oatmeal
L- tuna on sour dough
D- nachos, salsa sour cream guacamole chicken
T - upside down lemon meringue pie

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
B- oatmeal
L- avocado toast, salad with hummas, sunny side up egg with red pepper flakes
D- salmon, brussel sprouts and rice
T - upside down lemon meringue pie