Friday: Sweaters, Radishes, and Meals Unplanned

New Sweater

Today, I wove in the ends of yarn on the new sweater.  I tried it on, last night, and it fitted well (the mock cable rib up the center of the front provides some needed elasticity!).  Below is a picture which shows the mock cable rib a little better, but the shade of the wool is more purple in this picture (the actual color is better seen in the picture above).

Another Look

My daughter has spent the day in meetings, emerging from her room just once to have some lunch.  She warmed up leftover rice, teriyaki chicken, and steamed vegetables for her lunch.  I took the opportunity to practice the piano.

Today, when M came to tend to the garden, we harvested two of the radishes - I had been waiting until he came to see how well the radishes, at least, were growing:

Radishes in my Mini Vegetable Plot!

First Harvest!

We are going to leave the rest in the ground to grow a little bigger.  There are about 6 more radish plants left!  My daughter will probably eat the radishes as they are, in a salad or something.  I washed the leaves well, chopped them up, and sauteed them:

Sauteed Radish Leaves

They wilted down to almost nothing, but, there is enough for my daughter and I to have with our dinner.

Speaking of dinner,  I am afraid that I haven't made or followed any kind of meal plan, this week!  Here's a quick recap of what we've had:

Thursday (12/31):  On New Year's Eve, daughter made some Korean food, which we had for several meals and I baked some American style biscuits (not cookies) using refrigerated dough and we had them with our meals. 

Friday (1/1/21):  On New Year's Day, I made milk rice for breakfast, friend S sent us a tray of special treats on New Year's Day, as well, and neighbor S and family brought baba ganoush and salmon for dinner, which provided us with some leftovers that we enjoyed over a couple of days.

Saturday: we had leftovers for our meals.

Sunday: I boiled mung beans for our brunch, daughter had leftover rice and curries for her dinner and I had a scrambled egg on toast.

Monday: We had leftover mung beans for brunch, parathas and chicken curry for tea, and daughter cooked teriyaki chicken, steamed broccoli and snap peas, and rice for dinner.

Tuesday: I made waffles for brunch, and we had leftovers from Monday night's teriyaki chicken and vegetables for dinner.

Wednesday: I had leftover waffles for brunch, I think my daughter had a frozen burrito; I had a cup of noodles soup for dinner and daughter had leftovers from previous meals.

Thursday: Daughter had the last of the leftover fish cutlets for breakfast and I had some toast and cheese.  Later, I cooked rice, smoked sausage, and warmed up some previously cooked and frozen sauteed green beans for lunch and we had the leftovers for dinner.

Which brings us to today!  Daughter had leftovers for her lunch.  I had a slice of toast with leftover seeni sambol.   Later, I made some turkey meat balls and made a curry with them, sauteed some shredded cabbage, made a dhal (lentils) curry, the sauteed radish leaves, and cooked a fresh pot of rice.  We had the rice and curries for dinner.  I also cooked four homemade hamburger patties, as well, for an alternative dish.  I am hoping that what I cooked today will take us through the weekend and I can make a meal plan to follow next week!  I am also planning to order some groceries this weekend and pick it up on Monday.

I watched a couple of programs on TV in the evening and chatted with friend R.  I didn't go by to see her, today, but, hope to do so, tomorrow.

Today, I am grateful for:

- My new, wool sweater

- Radishes from the garden

- M watering the front garden for me

- Listening to daughter play the piano

- Working appliances

Today's joyful activity was harvesting the radishes!  LOL!

Plans for tomorrow include taking down the Christmas decorations and visiting friend R.

How was your Friday?  What are your plans for the weekend?