What's for Dinner, Sat., Feb. 22, 2025
Blanched broccoli and carrots with sesame sauce.
Crackers with Mexican corn dip
Sliced sausage with red onion and Dijon on crackers.
Cherry kombucha.
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for the crust.
It was okay, but I prefer high carb pizza.
https://www.heyketomama.com/low-carb-pizza-crust-pork-rind-power/
Good Evening
Two hurricanes means my and son’s cars are both down for repairs, there’s no easy way to get to a supermarket, so I’m pretty much living on granola and frozen burritos… But damned if I didn’t manage a shopping trip on the way home the other night and splurged on Brussels sprouts, strawberries, cat litter, and whatever else I could manage to carry home on the bus.
Tonight, it’s Brussels sprouts—probably the whole damned pound of them—halved and sautéed in olive oil with dried cranberries and walnuts, then a big splash of rasperry-walnut vinaigrette until it’s sticky. It’s earthy, sweet, tart, and and apparently something my soul requires after this long drought. For some reason (malnutrition? 
), this is a dish I often crave. Even my daughter has threatened to arm wrestle me for the last few bites.
And a couple giant strawberries for dessert. Yum!!
Brussels sprouts prepared that way is absolutely one of my favorite dishes. Yours looks delicious in the picture, along with the cranberries and walnuts. It's a bit of a coincidence that you must be talking about Helene and up here in NJ, on this end, my friend in FL and I were discussing how she is still not over those two hurricanes. She had to get a new car, also, and so did many of her neighbors (Treasure Island, right where the storm had a big impact). Her freezer was flooded and therefore decimated, and she's decided not to get a new one, being the only one left in her household now.
Anyway, glad you got some good, nourishing, healthy food and enjoyed it. Now you have me craving a giant strawberry. 
Helene killed my clutch (I’ve bought the parts but son still needs to find all his tools post move to make the repair) and Milton dumped a tree on his car (waiting for FEMA to cough up the money to bang the roof back out and replace the windshield). Followed by a forced move (landlord said he’s getting too old to do the upkeep) and every possible complication since October, it’s been a struggle.
So yeah, you know things have been dire when you’re craving simple fruit and veg. This feels like a turning point—and I’m hopeful the car is back in business soon so we start to feel more normal.
Eating a pound of sprouts was folly. I made it a third of the way through them and came to a screeching halt. Not even room for one of my Cindy Lou Who-sized berries for dessert.
I now hear my gran laughing from the past about my eyes being bigger than my stomach.
