This past week I have been hanging with a woman I went to junior and senior high school with when we were younger. Today we had lunch at the auction barn. They hold livestock auctions on Thursday evenings. During the day there is a separate building for a farmer's market and a little restaurant type area. My sister-in-law's family works at the dining area so we stopped there for lunch. I ordered the bacon cheeseburger with fries and a side of homemade mac and cheese. She ordered the Hot sausage sandwich with peppers and onions and mac and cheese. We also both had cokes and got the coconut cream pie and 3 cheeseburgers to go (the pieces of pie were for us...the burgers for her hubby and his two crew members who are working on installing a metal roof at our house). Once home I gave my piece of pie to my parents who were just finishing up with their lunch. It is so nice living in a rural area where people just gather and shoot the breeze with each other over the tables there. Was nice to see some familiar faces of others we went to school with and talk more with her. I told her it will be bittersweet to see her hubby and the guys move onto the next job because they have been there for the last two work weeks. She told me that she could still come and hang with me and the folks because we have so much in common. Lunch was as good as any place to sit and share more about our lives. I am blessed to have reconnected after 30 years.

Lunch
 

I had a homemade cheeseburger with bread and butter pickles and fries.

I had a left over veggie burger with spicy hummus and black bean and corn salad on a bun

A huge salad with strip steak, jalapenos, onion and tomato on top.
Dressing was a very thin layer of ranch

Sweet tea to drink.

a chicken wrap.... you have no idea how sick I am of chicken....soon, I hope, this chicken coop hell will be over.

Lunch
 

I had a Sloppy Joe sandwich and fries.

For Orema!!!
 

I'm boiling chicken for dumplings to night.. so I have this wonderful broth so I made me some chicken / rice soup. My broth has half a big full celery plant, half a sweet onion, one stick of butter, chopped fresh parsley, salt and pepper then two table spoons of Orrenton farms chicken base add three huge chicken breast, cook till it had a robust boil then turn down to a rolling simmer. Well [I] took the chicken out to cool so I had this idea for some really good soup and it is fantastic.

Egg salad wrapped in red romaine lettuce leaves
Cheddar crisps
Unsweet iced tea
Greek yogurt with honey, cinnamon and pecans stirred in

Asian chopped salad out of the bag. It was good, reasonably priced, and easy to put together.

Hey Clayster (thanks, Besame!), I'm just seeing this. Thanks for the tip and for thinking of me :). Will get some soup this week.

I love good soup!

How on earth did I miss this? Geeez.

Today: leftovers of last nights dinner: zucchini/summer squash/potato/goat cheese bake with baked chicken with a small side salad.

Lunch
 

Leftovers - sloppy Joe sandwich, bread and butter pickles, and chips. Orange soda to drink.

Its a cool day on my Saturday, so I went for carnitas, beans and rice. Yum!

today-- made some lemon pepper chicken breasts. I'll slice some and place on a large bed of spinach with carrots, mini bell slices, avocado slices, pear, goat cheese and a quick balsamic olive oil vinaigrette.

Grilled chicken salad from El Pollo Loco.