Day 55 - Leftover Management

I have no idea how Julie Powell managed all the FOOD she produced! She made nearly 2 recipes a day for a year. She fed only herself and her husband most days. WHAT did she do with all that FOOD?!? I had plans to cook today, but opening the frig ... it was all about leftovers, leftovers, leftovers. Leftover carrots. Leftover parsnips. Leftover risotto. Leftover Canadian bacon. Leftover bacon. Leftover tapenade. Leftover cilantro. Leftover polenta. Leftover pork chops. You get the picture. A little leftover management was in order. For lunch I had a leftover pork chop and leftover polenta. For dinner I reheated the last of the leftover asparagus and lemon risotto. I set out some leftover crackers and leftover goat cheese. I dressed a green salad with leftover vinaigrette.

The green salad was interesting. Organic baby spinach, arugula, and spicy mustard, with some curly parsley. I threw in some clementine segments, and coarsely chopped dates and pecans. It was delicious. Clearly, we do NOT need no stinkin' lettuce!

Here's a chuckle. I am a luddite to the core. The last on the planet to get a cell phone, for example, and then only because my architect made me when we started this house. Fifty bucks a month and it goes for DAYS without being used incoming or outgoing. Do you see links on this blog? No. I don't know how. Do you see photos on this blog? No. I knew how once, but I forgot. And so on. Well, after last night's information-sharing among North County Humane Society board members, I am emerging as the resident computer geek.

I volunteered to post kitty ads on Craig's List. I volunteered to set up a Facebook page for North County Humane Society. Which means I've had to start one of my own for practice. I volunteered to lead the effort to get NCHS on You Tube. Oh brother, Learn By Doing at it's finest or at its worst, I'm not sure which. We'll find out!