Survivor Day #4

Today the fridge is looking a bit bare. I was thinking all our fresh food would last a bit longer this week. We should have begun rationing food at the start. Among yogurt, cheese and applesauce, we have one apple left, less than a half-gallon of milk, some grape tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers, eggs, half a loaf of bread and the grapes went bad. I have a bag of carrots and potatoes that I need to save to take dinner to a family on Friday. Our freezer is stocked pretty full, so we'll be breaking out the frozen peas and berries tomorrow.

We ate cereal and yogurt for breakfast again...do you see a trend? Justin had a friend over to play all day today and for lunch I brought out cans of chicken stew, beef stew and a box of pumpkin soup. They turned up their noses to all of it and asked for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich instead. I knew we only had about 6 slices of bread left and if Justin didn't have a friend over I would have made them eat the stew. Maybe tomorrow. I made them 1/2 sandwiches (I was so stingy) and told them I'd make more if they were still hungry. I didn't want to waste ANY bread. They ate their sandwiches, carrots, tomatoes and chips in a dome-fort picnic outside. Travis and I ate beef stew inside. Not nearly as fun for us.



Today I was surprised by how possessive I was getting over the food in the fridge. When Justin and his friend wanted a snack later on of carrots and tomatoes with ranch dressing, I reluctantly gave them two or three at a time. I would have laughed at myself if I had been a fly on the wall.

For dinner I made canned salmon cakes with the green onions in the fridge and almond meal in the freezer. Justin was so happy for his favorite dinner and Tyler cried when he saw the cans. I left Travis to finish cooking dinner and I took off to go visiting teaching. When I returned, I noticed they had eaten all but two of the cakes. That was fantastic! They all ate a good dinner and were dishing up a "boys' night" treat of ice cream when I walked through the door. No snacks before bed for them, but Travis and I are craving popcorn right now...glad we have 16 pounds of popcorn in our food storage! It's going to be a good night!