Drawer full of vegetables

[bill_schubert]

There are a very few vegetables I eat.  The system has worked for almost 68 years so I'm long past taking advice on the topic.

My wife eats a variety of them.  For some reason she filled up a refrigerator drawer full of squash and artichoke (who the hell picked up that and said 'oooh, that looks tasty?) other vegetable like things I don't want and then left for half a dozen days.  No intention there.  She just was using two brains.  One — I want veggies.  Two — time to go to see my son.  The two brains forgot to discuss the disconnect.  It happens to me all the time.

But now I've got to figure out how to salvage the vegetables.  The artichoke is history.  No saving it.  But the rest of the stuff in the drawer will, I think, go into a summer succotash ready for her return.  Maybe a casserole kind of thing that I can freeze in sections.  Worst case is it will be thrown out after the fact if it is not good.  I can cook veggies as long as I don't have to taste them.

Meanwhile I've got one more Dinnerly meal to eat.  Since they came for two I've been cooking once every two days.  Today and probably lunch tomorrow.  It has worked out pretty well.  Each meal is about $6.70 so I've been eating decent food and not spending money.  A good combination.

Other than that it is another quiet day.  Dana is likely to come home tomorrow now she has had extra time with her son.  So no more quiet.  Zoe will be happy for the chaos of having mom and Toby back.

Comments

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

In contrast I eat vast swathes of vegetables, and even I have only eaten a fresh artichoke once. A friend grew some and invited me over to partake. There was a lot of painstaking scraping and nibbling and hardly any vegetable. Yeah, nah. That was the only year she grew them.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Little hand grenades.

[sleepybadger.livejournal.com]

I am the same about veggies. THere are a few I like, there are a lot I don't like, and trying to force myself to eat them is just not worth it. Due to this, I have no suggestions for how to salvage them lol

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I drink v-8 and use a pea based protein powder for my almost daily drinks and I love fruit. I'm a theoretical vegan. Next time around the wheel.

[amw.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, i think artichokes look fantastic. They seem like a sugar-apple or a pineapple or some such interesting-shaped fruit that once you crack into them are full of delicious goodness. But then you actually try to crack into them and you can't. You get a miserly portion of something on some of the leaves and then a limp middle piece that tastes like cauliflower. (That's not a compliment.) It reminds me of meat on the bone in the worst possible way. Lots of fuss and hassle to get at very little deliciousness. Definitely a disappointing vegetable.