Food & a Bracelet

Quality groceries are almost always scarce in these times. This past week though I was able to make meals from some unexpected ingredients. Examples include: Tacos & Meatloaf.

Tacos

I had sesame oil, used canola oil, Louisiana hot sauce, cheap chili powder, expired mixed salad greens, some mild cheddar, some cheap sausage patties, a can of corn, a can of Del Monte diced tomatoes, salt, and pepper. I had to defrost the sausage and chop it into cubes. I sauteed it in 50/50 sesame oil and canola oil. I added the seasonings along with the tomatoes and corn. I let the liquid cook off from the tomatoes. I filled my shells withe the result and topped it with the salad and cheese. The salad greens were still reasonably fresh. I gave them a quick rinsing before use. This is the result.

Meatloaf:

Before I begin here is a picture of the ingredients I used.

I used more of the sausage patties. I diced the sausage, mixed it with diced squash from a food bank, three eggs, some crushed sesame bread sticks and placed in an oiled pan. I had mashed potatoes also from a food bank, and canned spinach. Canned spinach is TERRIBLE and difficult to make tasty unless put in a soup of some kind. Anyway, for a gravy I cooked about a handful of lentils sauteed them in the canola sesame oil combo ... CAN YOU TELL I LOVE SESAME OIL ... added some chicken bouillon, flour and water. Oh the spinach was just seasoned with soy sauce.

Bracelet

I'm broke. I'm just being honest (in my Future voice) ... so what did I do? I found a possible way to make money. I figured well what do I have lots of? Sticks! Fallen lumber! I'll make things with a knife and a few other tools. So far I've made this bracelet you see. I'm gonna try and sell it on Etsy.