We had dinner at our neighbor’s the other night. Nadya is a widow who is full of life and good humor and she’s an awesome chef. She made a beef stew with a Latvian twist and gave us the left overs. With mashed potatoes and a tomato & cucumber salad, it’ll be delicious!

it was so thick it was almost beefaroni
lol

And turned it into salsa seafood. We ate the chicken, but there was still a lot of sauce and rice left. I added steamed flounder and some shrimp, that cooked quickly in the sauce.

will order pizza! A rare treat. Typically we make our own pizza.

running the oven of course! Homemade pizza and then apple crisp for dessert. Salads with local vegetables too.

I put half bread flour and half AP flour in the crust, it came out nice and crunchy.

friends made angel hair pasta salad, grilled chix parts, baked ziti, fruit salad, and b'day cake pops pumpkin/choc.

Family reunion was today. The desert table was awesome 👍.

i will make my own base. celery + onions. curry, celery seed, tumeric, little garlic. usually pasta, but started adding soy sauce then its chicken subgum. i could get some water chestnuts.