Hopefully my lack of recipes has now been explained in the post below. You see, I’m without an oven this week. And while I often don’t use an oven, not having one at all has thrown me. In fact, I when I prepared my menu and shopping list for the week, I planned on meals that didn’t require an oven. But did require Halibut. And when I arrived at Wegmans to find there was no Halibut, I quickly changed my mind to a prepared salmon dish, forgetting there was no oven. Oh. How quickly I forget.
So…
Sunday night we rewarded our patience with the huz and the oven and headed to Iron Hill Brewery where the kids enjoyed chicken fingers and grilled cheese (get 2 and share), DH had a cheeseburger and I loved their chicken fajita salad.
Monday night, when I had mistakenly planned on the Halibut-fish soup but subbed it for a prepared baked salmon, I improvised and created noodles with homemade meat sauce. Not bad for using what was around the kitchen.
Tuesday morning I borrowed a neighbor’s oven (yes, I was desperate) and baked the salmon. Then heated it in the microwave with canned (I know, gross) green beans.
Wednesday night. Heated frozen Taquitos in the microwave. Served with salsa, mandarin oranges and peaches.
Sigh. I want to cook. I do. But I’m not feeling it without my oven.
(for the record, as I type this, the huz thinks he knows what the issue is with the oven, but “can’t deal with it now.”)
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