Snow flurries!? ugh. It's chilly here this evening after a sunny day. Altho throughout the afternoon I couldn't make up my mind if I was hot or cold. One minute I needed a coat, the next I was sweating. Drove a neighbor to a greenhouse to get some flowers to plant her containers, came home and then drove my Mom to a different greenhouse to buy the begonias she always plants in front of her fence. We ended up at a second greenhouse where she bought three large hanging boston ferns which are gorgeous and some plants for her garden urns. I bought two flats of annuals, which I don't want to put out right away as we expect an overnight temp of 35 Sunday night or Monday morning. But I was afraid the plants would all be sold if I waited. Anyway, I fried sausage, potatoes and onions, and had corn as a veggie. Then Raspberry sherbet swirled with vanilla ice cream for dessert.

The last of the green pepper soup the neighbor gave me plus fried green tomatoes and I also fried some brussel sprouts before they went bad. Never tried that before, they got a little too brown, but tasted alright. It's almost 9pm. and I'm getting hungry for "something". Had veggies and dip, but that's not hitting the spot. ha. Maybe a little bit of cottage cheese.

Cream of Wheat was one of the staples on our breakfast table as children in the snow belt of central NYS. That, and Cream of Rice, Wheatena, Maypo, Ralston hot cereal, oatmeal, MaltOmeal, and some sort of chocolate Cream of Wheat were often options on the table to help stoke the internal furnace before we headed out the door on a long walk to school. Yum...healthful comfort food. ANYway, it's cold here, too! I made Ina Garten's seafood chowder (more or less) for us last night with homemade stock, shrimp, scallops, and cod. My version is full of vegetables, too....so good. It's going to be colder today and I think that I might do chili in the slow cooker to eat on all afternoon. Maybe the sprites and my neighbor will want to come over for some fireplace time. The girls are getting much better about letting the adults chat together while they entertain themselves in our midst. I can clear the central coffee table and put out a new jigsaw puzzle for them.

A new chicken dish for me. Donna on Cooking forum posted a recipe for Peruvian Chicken with a green sauce a couple of days ago. I have it prepped and ready to put into the oven in about another 45 minutes, green sauce made. I think rice and steamed carrot sticks for sides.