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\nContents:<\/p>\n
\nContents:<\/p>\n
8 large potatoes
\n3 huge carrots
\n2 small heads of lettuce
\n2 good sized heads of broccoli
\n1 bunch of bananas
\n8 medium apples
\n1 pineapple, already peeled
\nseveral green onions
\n2 large onions
\n3 packages of fresh green beans, tightly together about 5 cups
\nfresh ginger root
\n1 honey dew melon
\n1 full bunch of celery
\n2 cartons of mushrooms
\nseveral red peppers of unknown variety<\/p>\n
We came home via back alleys because I realized that I don\u2019t have to deal with curbs and the constant variations in the height of the sidewalk that way.\u00a0 The asphalt through the alleys is fairly uniform.\u00a0 The scooters have plenty of room to zoom around us.\u00a0 The few cars in the alleys are involved in finding home and parking.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t seem to work well to try to walk quickly when pulling the cart.\u00a0 Even with it empty, it catches on my heels and flips or twists.\u00a0 So I limit myself to shorter, slower strides when pulling it full.\u00a0 I only spilled some of the produce off the top once, when I was just getting up the ramp from crossing the necessary street just before home.\u00a0 No distinct curb to blame.\u00a0 I just picked up my pace a smidge to cross and it was counter-productive.\u00a0 Nothing suffered.\u00a0 Carlie was carrying the 2 dozen or so eggs, as well as 2 bouquets of flowers, a little bag of sesame seeds, and a pair of bargain slippers that ended up fitting Natalie.\u00a0 I was just able to lift it up the steps at the entry of the apartment, about 7 of those.<\/p>\n
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\n(vegetable photo art by Natalie)<\/p>\n
We already ate the broccoli and mushrooms since I just fixed our main meal this afternoon.\u00a0 Here\u2019s what I made.\u00a0 All measurements are approximate.<\/p>\n
mix together:<\/p>\n
6 cups cooked rice
\n15 ounce can of tomato sauce
\n1 tsp thyme
\n2 tsp basil
\n2 tsp oregano
\n1 tsp rosemary<\/p>\n
cook 2 1\/2 pounds ground beef in stainless steel wok, drain fat as needed<\/p>\n
move meat to outer sections of wok and add one onion, diced, and saut\u00e9
\nadd about 3 cups of sliced mushrooms to the middle
\ncook with lid on until mushrooms have softened<\/p>\n
mince and add 2 very large cloves of garlic<\/p>\n
add:
\n2 tsp salt
\n1\/4 tsp black pepper
\n1\/4 cup butter
\nand finish cooking vegetables until suitably tender<\/p>\n
add 16 ounces cream cheese to meat mixture, stirring\u00a0 on low heat until melted and blended<\/p>\n
butter\u00a0 a 9 x 13 baking dish
\nlayer half of rice in the bottom
\nfollow with half of meat mixture
\ndo that again
\ngrate 1 cup of gruyere cheese and spread evenly on top<\/p>\n
bake at 375 F for about 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted and casserole is bubbly.<\/p>\n
Goes well with broccoli on the side.<\/p>\n
Carlie photographed the fruit:<\/p>\n
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Natalie was commissioned to draw the face per Carlie\u2019s specs<\/p>\n
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My version of expanded cart capacity:<\/p>\n
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Now its time to get off of my feet for a while.<\/p>\n
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