Chicken sandwich and potato salad.
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Pretty nice!
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Sopa de fideo. Soup base was made from canned roasted garden tomato puree, and some tomato-ey onions from the freezer (leftover from making marinara). Blended and strained. Added rotisserie chicken, canned black beans, avocado, and toasted fideo. Seasoned with cumin, oregano, and garlic. Cooked until fideo were tender.
Served with tortilla chips, sour cream, and scallions.
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Black eyed peas, collards and ham from the freezer. Savoy cabbage, snap pea, radish salad, slaw dressing and chives. Warm buttered baguette.
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Just pulled out my copy of PC&JTs and realized I had the eggplant salad marked and remembered that I posted it here LOL!
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Too funny! I seem to remember we may have even had a conversation about it here 
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Absolutely. They all add up to a whole lot of happiness.
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Tonight’s dinner (just like today’s lunch) was another experiment. I think I’m just going to call it Dan’s Oddball Fried Rice. This concoction had 1/2 stick of summer sausage, 1/2 of a large cabbage shredded, a few leftover carrots (shredded), one onion chopped, peas, corn and rice. Topped with a gentle amount of Mr. Yoshida’s Sauce.
It was OK… but the summer sausage was the dominating flavor and just a tiny bit too strong. I didn’t hear any complaints, so (I guess) the goal of a hot and filling meal was completed.
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Classic
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The fun of cooking , experimenting.
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I’ve picked up a bunch of oddball food items on sale/clearance and I’m trying to figure a way of putting them together into a tasty and healthy meal.
On the bright side, I’m still on budget for January and everyone has been fed!!
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I started out to make shredded chicken with garbanzos. Browned the BLSL thighs and garlic, added stock and white wine. Hmm, needs some color? How about ancho chili powder, garam masala, and smoked paprika? The result tasted just like the tortilla soup at my local taqueria, warming and hearty. I added mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, and spinach.
Now that I’ve figured it out, I’m going to use an ancho chili base for posole soon.
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I watched a documentary on you tube a couple days ago . What immigrants ate coming to the us early 1900 with nothing on their backs but family no money and would work hard to survive . How food was put on the table from nothing with nothing.
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And they didn’t have the benefit of the internet or youtube for ideas/suggestions.
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I admire the strength. My diet mainly consists of boiled white potatoes quarted incorporated with chopped cabbage and onion. Sautéed with whatever protein is available.
I really like it . Satisfying and nutritional.
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Have you seen the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movie (Roderick’s Rules, I think) where the professional musician talks to the boys about the “hardships” of eating burgers, fries, and pizza on the road all the time? 
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and… 100 years ago, lobster was prison food
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I’d like to watch that. Do you have the title or advice on how you found it?
There’s also a very good book from New York’s Tenement Museum called: 97 Orchard Street: An Edible History of Five Families in One New York Tenement. Fascinating! https://shop.tenement.org/product/97-orchard-street-an-edible-history-of-five-families-in-one-new-york-tenement/
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