u/barkandmoone

Sweet potato
Onion
Jalapeño
Chickpeas
Ham dices
Hemp seeds
French fried onions

(UPDATE, I TRIED IT. THERE IS AN UPDATE COMMENT BELOW) I bought one of the Dr. K packs. Haven’t tried it yet.

My toes were poking out the side. I’ve had these vans for about a year & a half but I wear them during my nightshift stocking job & they have seen their fair share of squatting.

The canvas was pulling away from the soles & insoles. I was trying to figure out what’s an easy way to patch this & I had a eureka moment of duct tape 😂

Took like 10 mins tops, so if it doesn’t last long; at least I can do it until the duct tape runs out 🥳

I found this lady in my bathroom, egg sack in tow! She is both dragging it along & using her back legs to keep it close.

Time to relocate this gang.

https://apple.news/A0zGqcF9VQ6Ka4ydJ5XQP0A

There’s a link to the actual article. But let’s talk about our routines & what “7pm (or any other time)/“nighttime”) means to us.

Is this the period as we are winding down to go to sleep? Do the same timeframes still hit us even though we’re on a different schedule?

After many months of staying in different temporary places with only kitchenettes, I finally moved & have an oven again.

I saw these frozen chicken burgers on sale awhile ago, decided to bake them on the pan then once they were cooked I tore them up into pieces & added a mixture of frozen & prepared things:
Frozen:
Peppers & onions blend
Pearl onions
Green peas
Corn
Kale

I cooked:
Yellow rice
Chickpeas (then froze them)
A mixture of:black beans, black eyed peas, & Anasazi beans (I cook them all together, they get dyed a dark blue/grey together)
Red & green lentils

Sprinkled on hemp seeds.

I won’t be stocking overnight for long, I recently was told I’m getting switched to days.

How’s your night going? DM’s are open if anyone wants to chit chat 🌞

Walked by this plate when I went to the grocery store. Still there when I walked back. Lots of restaurants around in this shopping center, I wonder which one it came from 😂

Found behind Charlie's Denver early this morning in a pile of clothes.

This is the first time I’ve had a form of an oven since May. I’ve had my eye on these Trader Joe’s onion flowers… 😛

Why yes, I did top my onion flower with onion sprinkles. 🥰🧅

You can see the “AI Overview” at the very end at the top of the screenshot when opened, & it couldn’t tell me when season 2 aired 😅

I literally only googled it because I’m watching season 2 episode 6 & they mention she can’t smoke inside due to law & getting a fine.

I’m in my 30’s & watching the show for the first time. My impression of that scene was that “mainstream” stuff was trying to instill realtime laws & was trying to remember when smoking inside was banned (I was a small child & still remember smoking inside). Just kind of lame to have so much spoiled just because I wanted to know when a season aired.

Anyways, loving the show so far. I was an elementary school aged child when my parents had this on TV a lot in the evenings. When I first played it around a couple weeks ago, the theme song struck some strange core memory with me.

I have been almost exclusively shopping for veggies in the frozen section & have had practically zero waste across the board with this approach. The only non frozen things in this photo are:
Black beans & chickpeas: canned
Red bell pepper & jalapeño: fresh

(Not pictured but will 100% be included): fresh tomatoes.

This is a meal.

If you want to/need to add extra and/or animal based protein, that mixes in seamlessly.

I spent less than $7 on this “meal” that will actually end up being 4 ish+ meals for me.

A friend of mine was like “hey want to try one?” I don’t normally go for the limited edition flavors of any brand of chip (usually Lay’s is the front runner there) but I decided to try one of these.

Crazy.

Right now I am buying vegetables in the frozen section & pairing them with dry rice & beans. This particular photo features a steamable “Southwestern” recipe that includes rice & a sauce (the sauce is the main red “thing” in the photo)

Also featured as individual frozen bags:
-peppers & onions blend
-onions by themselves (r/onionlovers 🥰)
-zucchini
-edamame
-corn
(The “southwestern blend” is a Bird’s Eye Brand steamable pack with rice, peppers, black beans, & a red “zesty southwest style sauce” according to the package.

I will be adding ground meat to this meal (Trader Joe’s had ground turkey for $4.99 today) & this skillet will be 2 meals for me.