thanks for responding

i wish i could relax My holmes-rayes stress score was over 400 i think... or just under, i forget.

i've had a nonstop litany of heavy duty stressors since... well... where to even start? My health took a bad turn starting last spring... but didn't explode until the end of November when damage from a previous bone graft resulted in bone infection. It's been jolly since then.

i managed to get a bag of red peppers that were on sale... ditto with some celery and some tomatoes... they were looking a little too soft to eat as is, but i made my special cream of veggie soup. That means i'll have daily veggie servings for a couple days. i found some vegetable cocktail on sale too... not as good as eating veggies but better than nothing.

i'm eating eggs for most protein right now... and there was this big mark down on bacon so i bought some and froze it in portions.

recipes... i need ways to make dirt cheap taste good. My dog has to be on special food so i can't scrimp on that.