No, Dukey, No

First Jeter with the zucchini bread and now Duke has eaten my battery charger cord, so no new pics today. See if I can find my old camera. Duke has also eaten my dining room chair - almost half the seat is eaten as well as the wood on the chairs/table. Hopefully he will grow out of this habit soon.
Yesterday did make some grapeleaves with the leftover meat from the stuffed cabbage. Had to use lime juice instead of lemon but they were still very good. Also made tuna salad today. Col had a birthday lunch and she said it felt really good to be eating real food and not beans/lentils. My brother Michael came over last night and had the rest of the pea soup - must love him very much to give that one soup to him. Also, gave him some black bean chili, veggie burgers and some lentil soup. Matt didn't like the lentil soup made with sundried tomatoes and potatoes and brought it home from work. I'll try to make the very basic lentil soup he likes but only have 4 baby carrots left. My nephew Brandon wanted chicken parmigiana tonight and Col said we couldn't make because we didn't have the ingredients for sauce. I told her I had a can of tomatoes and she's like - what are you holding out on me!! Katy loves Chicken Parm, so we will be having that again tonight.

Olives, Olives, Olives

Well, I am in the midst of cleaning out my kitchen cabinets to see what hidden goodies there may be. But what did I find 6 cans black olives, 3 large jars of green and kalamata olives. This is on top of the 2 large jars of olives I have in my fridge. So, I have 2 cans tuna, 6 cans clams, black beans, red beans, lentils, rice and pasta. Few cans of manwich but no meat or buns, Spaghetti O's (Katy's of course) and enough coffee to last the month! Also, have some canned soups, tomatoes. But no real surprises. Now to make a marinara sauce that can be used for chicken parm, spaghetti, pizza (will have to learn how to make the dough). Going to make some flour tortillas - have cheese and will make quesadillas. Happy Meals!

Day 1 - No food to be bought for 30 days

Well, this all started out very unimaginatively. My sister, Colleen, who lives next door to me in Morris Plains asked if we had enough food to last for 2 days through the snow storm (if it gets really heavy). I told her we had enough food for 30 if I cooked creatively. Well - guess what! She challenged me to it. We are not allowed to buy any food for 30 days! We are both unemployed and this will help us pay our bills too!

We weren't planning on doing anything like this so we haven't even stocked up on everything. Already know we are going to need olive oil. Will be eating lots of beans, soup, pasta!