Kitchen is clean and de-cluttered!
good for you, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> We got rid of quite a bit of stuff. I had 4 potato mashers. 5 if you
> count that giant Amish type that I got some years ago. I actually kept it
> because I think it is funny. And it can be useful if I am making a ton of
> potatoes. I found something that appears to be a cake or pie server. I
> have no clue where it came from. Maybe it was a gift. It is certainly
> nothing I would ever buy. Tons of whisks. I rarely ever use whisks. And
> 5 sets of tongs. I bought those for a birthday party. Also had some of
> those large, clear disposable serving spoons, again bought for a party.
>
> We also had several cheap plates and serving dishes bought for various
> parties or backstage at recital. And a bunch of divided trays that I
> thought would be fun to use when we eat our food outside. And they are,
> but... They are more designed for little kids. They have too many
> compartments on them for them to be useful to us unless we are doing one
> of those clean out the refrigerator days where everyone gets two bites of
> a leftover. And we rarely ever do that sort of thing. Little kids love
> trays like that but we have no little kids who come to the house. Those
> things are cheap at Walmart. No sense keeping stuff that we no longer
> use.
>
> Got rid of a lot of old plastic containers. I think those things just
> multiply in our cupboards. There are always the ones with no lids or the
> lids with no containers. And then there were the things that sounded good
> at the time. The tomato keeper, the onion keeper. I also had some sort
> of slicer. I think it was for eggs or mushrooms. Never used.
>
> I even got rid of my food processor! I was going to use it tonight to
> prep the veggies for the meatloaf only to discover that not only was the
> blade beginning to rust but it looked like the rust had seeped down into
> the plastic. It was a cheap one. Hamilton Beach I think. The Big Mouth
> kind. I needed a food processor when I was on that raw vegan diet. But
> now? I rarely use it.
>
> I had a Magic Bullet that I bought on clearance at Costco last summer.
> Box never opened. Now I had to use it. It didn't work quite as well on
> some of the veggies. Particularly the onion. There were still big pieces
> in there that I just attacked with the kitchen shears. But it worked
> amazingly well on the spinach so long as we put some V8 juice in there. I
> have had to modify my recipe since we can no longer use some of those
> herbs, the flax seeds or the oats. I have seasoned it with salt, pepper,
> parsley and oregano but there are plenty of onions in it. Have mixed in
> ketchup and will be covering the tops (making individual ones) with HoMade
> chili sauce (yes, I know there will be comments on that). Have used a
> small amount of potato flakes in lieu of another starch. Yes, I could
> have used bread or cracker crumbs and I will do that next time if this
> doesn't work. But I screwed up and bought a box of potato flakes that
> expire in April. My bad. I just bought them too. I want to use them up.
>
> I actually didn't have to throw out much food today. I have been trying
> to keep on top of it but... Daughter found enough canned/jarred goods in
> the cupboard a couple of weeks ago to fill a paper grocery sack. Some of
> that was her fault. She insisted that we stock up on things that only she
> would eat. And then she quit eating them. Yes, I know some canned goods
> are fine to use beyond the pull date but we opted not to. Winter is over
> (hopefully) and we no longer fear being snowed in for a week. So I can
> buy most of these things as needed. We will still buy some things at
> Costco.
>
> Husband will be home for good in July, assuming he finds another job here
> locally. He will be retired from the military. There! I said it again.
> Retired. As in will be having probably TWO retirement parties. They will
> have one for him in CA and we will be having another for him here. So
> once he is home, buying things at Costco will not be a problem. When my
> daughter and I are home alone we seem to eat far more lightly.
>
> Ah, my timer is going off. Must go take the cooked down veggies which
> hopefully have now cooled and put them in the meatloaf mix for tomorrow.
>
> Tonight's dinner will be my own creation. Sort of a small calzone but
> with no cheese inside. Just some seasoned ground beef with perhaps a
> touch of thick pizza sauce to help hold it together. And pizza sauce to
> dip it in. Yep. My pizza sauce expires next month. For the next week or
> two we are buying minimal groceries and mainly concentrating on consuming
> what we have in the house already. Particularly the freezer. Because it
> needs to be defrosted. So off I go, to mix!
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