Good recovery to you! Agree with @LulusMom1, throw some pizza and more takeout in there if there are good GF options for you, and focus on getting better.
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You are my (our) hero!
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Wow! you are doing lots of great cooking under horrendous circumstances! My sister is staying in Raleigh since Black Mountain still doesn’t have water either, like so many communities in your area.
You are a heroine!
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Much of that is Aldi ready/minimal prep meals! Don’t give me too much credit 
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You are surviving and taking care of your family! You get lots of credit!!!
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I’m impressed with all of it, but most of all I’m impressed that you’re still scrawling out a meal plan despite all the hurdles - kudos!
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Sunday:
Canadian Thanksgiving
A roast turkey, cauliflower cheese, a quick stuffing in the bird, sweet potatoes with brown sugar and pecans, roasted squash and home-made cranberry sauce. Purchased rolls and pumpkin tarts.
Thanksgiving Monday:
A more decadent stuffing with the turkey liver, heart, pecans, apple, dried cherries, dried apricots, mushrooms, celery and onions.
Also, leftover turkey and sides from Sunday.
Tuesday:
Probably Tom Kha Turkey, which has become our favourite turkey transformation 2 days after Thanksgiving over the last 4 years
Wednesday:
Smoked pork hock purchased on Sat (frozen right now), maybe sauerkraut, maybe potato dumplings
Thursday: pasta with tomato sauce, it’s been a while.
Friday: probably maple ginger salmon with rice, sides to be determined.
Saturday: lemon oregano lamb chops, sides to be determined
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I love this idea! But I would not toss the bean liquid (gasp!) – sub for half the broth.
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Last week I solo dined on a Cornish game hen. DH was not a fan and it was not too exciting but it made terrific gravy and enough leftovers for a casserole and stock. I also baked an acorn squash which was a side with the hen and a meal in itself when I stuffed it with a sausage sage squash stuffing. More chicken breaded and pan fried and sliced over a Caesar salad. There was a burger meal too . I should write out my menu like Christina, I did when there were three of us.
I canceled my family visit because the weather Has turned into raw and rainy and not good for apple picking and they had a close escape from Florida the Monday before storm number one was bearing down. They picked the wrong week to fly to Disney!
Saturday I went to our local farmers market and got corn and a designer acorn squash for another round. I stuffed it with a meaty Mac and cheese and it worked really well. That was Sunday dinner,
Corn fritters Leftover fried chicken and salad Monday.
Leftover Mac and cheese squash tonight.
Wednesday tbd
Thursday a possible trip to Aldi for more tbd.
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@shrinkrap Are your loved ones well after the storm here? You mentioned did not reaching them for a while.
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The eventual response was " Yep, the usual. Lots of rain and soggy ground but sunny today."
Thank you for asking!
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That mac and cheese stuffed squash sounds amazing. I have an acorn squash in the fridge, just waiting for the right moment to shine. But with long-weekend travel plans and leftovers to clear out, today (and tomorrow) is not that day. I’m adding the idea to next week’s list.
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Hello from lovely - and actually overcast! - Pasadena, CA.
Cooking for two adults, with an emphasis on cooking once for leftovers/new meals.
Making:
Black bean soup/stew with extra veggies
Probably consumed as: soup, taco/burrito filling (with the broth drained and returned to pot), chili burgers, topping for taco salad, served over or with cornbread and/or sweet potatoes/baked potatoes
If the soup lasts to the point of boredom, I’ll add frozen corn, rice, and cheese, and use that as filling for grab-and-go burritos for freezer.
Baking:
Cornbread (Jiffy Vegetarian) - extra pan for freezer
Zucchini/Carrot Bread, as have lots of both that need to be used
Hope everyone is well!
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I kept all the liquid and added a bit more broth for the texture I wanted. Very tasty, honestly!
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Greetings, People.
Equipment update: my oven-door issues are simply a worn and failing hinge. Parts have been ordered to replace both sides, and a quick repair is in the works. In the meantime, I’ve been baking in the counter-top oven, and haven’t managed to torch anything yet.
Freezer update: I failed on my mission to add-nothing to my freezers last week. Garden raspberries are accumulating (future jamming project), and chickens - of which I needed one - were BOGO last week, so I ended up with two. The second now frozen solid. Still, I took out more than I put back in, which I’ll take as a win. Aiming for better this week.
Cooking for two adults in the PNW.
FRI: Leftover Italian chicken and pasta (thinking a cream sauce, but haven’t picked a recipe yet). Either green peas in the pasta dish, or a Caesar salad.
SAT: Grilled beef. Spinach salad with blue cheese, garden raspberries, and walnuts.
SUN: NYT’s white bean and kale soup (COTM). Bread.
MON: Ottolenghi’s fish cakes in tomato sauce (I’ll use halibut). Rice.
TUE: Gozleme with red peppers and spinach. Tomato-basil soup with cheesy croutons.
WED: Zuppa Toscana. Bread.
THUR: Afghan aushak with leek stuffing. Lamb ragu. Yogurt sauce.
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I really like that Ottolenghi recipe and should make it again, and I want to partake of your Tuesday meal.
Glad to hear your oven issue is a relatively easy fix— always a relief when appliance issues are minor.
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Our oven door fell off near the beginning of Covid. It is hard enough to get the one (one!!!) Viking repairman in the area at the best of times, so you can imagine how this went. LLD ended up watching a few youtube videos and fixing it himself. I was incredibly impressed (and a little surprised). We have to treat the oven door with lots of gentle coaxing now, but so far, so good.
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One of my favorite meals. I use half leeks, half scallions.
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