If you put cheese, nuts and fruit on a plate you are certified FANCY.
Whole Foods and Trader Joe's both have pre-made meals you can just heat up for lunch.
This is what JZ had for dinner: [link]
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Aug 31, 2020 6:00:31 pm PDT #25517 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
-t - Aug 31, 2020 6:05:44 pm PDT #25518 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm reading a collection of mystery short stories and in the last one I finished the orangutan did it.
I think this day might be defective.
Cass - Aug 31, 2020 6:08:57 pm PDT #25519 of 30019
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I have pretty much talked myself into not eating dinner because it's too much trouble right now, so I don't feel like I can help with that, sj.
Yeah, that's what I had too. I think I ate something today. That's adulting.
-t - Aug 31, 2020 6:16:10 pm PDT #25520 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Sometimes it is.
Beverly - Aug 31, 2020 6:18:04 pm PDT #25521 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I have to really watch the carbs--rice and tortellini are pushing it. So are the beans, but with the veg--plus raw carrots and occasional fruit and the protein, I walked that line pretty well. I'd live on bread and pasta if I could...but you know, pasta...or death? Sort of decides itself.
I will not primp veg--it never improves it, and it's a waste of time *for me* and a constant frustration of expectation. So I just won't. There are few that I'll eat raw or steamed, and I went with those.
ETA: -t, Rue Morgue?
E2TA: Maria, I'm glad the scare is over. Or resolved. Relieved.
-t - Aug 31, 2020 6:26:33 pm PDT #25522 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
No, Bev, a Futrelle. I suppose it may have been an elaborate homage but I really feel like, y'know, the orangutan has been done, I don't need to see it again.
Scrappy - Aug 31, 2020 6:33:02 pm PDT #25523 of 30019
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I make a baked potato with chili poured over for dinner when I am on my own. Or ramen with frozen veggies Thrown in.
Katerina Bee - Aug 31, 2020 7:16:46 pm PDT #25524 of 30019
Herding cats for fun
The first thing I cooked for myself was English muffins with Dijon mustard, cheddar cheese and a slice of tomato, grilled in the toaster oven. Yum. The next favorite easy dinner was a big russet potato and melted cheese. I felt pretty fancy when I learned how to make spaghetti and French bread pizzas.
Today there are more vegetables and way less cheese on my plate.
meara - Aug 31, 2020 7:27:48 pm PDT #25525 of 30019
My bff insists that I don't eat real meals I eat snacks. And it's often true. But tonight I got takeout from the fancy vegan restaurant and had a tasty tasty salad with tempeh and avocado and grapefruit and stuff. I often eat heated up Trader Joe's frozen dumplings, or pizza rolls, or cheese and meat and crackers, for lunch or dinner.
Beverly - Aug 31, 2020 9:51:26 pm PDT #25526 of 30019
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
It's hard cooking for one absent tomatoes, potatoes, peppers (including chiles, etc.), pasta, rice, and bread. I do eat the last three *sparingly* but meat and veg fast and easy...kind of sparse on the ground. Hot pockets are right out.