The kids were building a fort in the living room so I made my way into the kitchen. I needed to think about lunch and dinner. I poked around in the fridge. I was actually able to see into the fridge pretty clearly. (One of those things that "tightens up" when I am single parenting is the kitchen. I am much more inclined to keep the fridge decluttered, for example.)
I spotted some mystery "wet" in one of the crisper drawers. As I unloaded the potatoes, carrots and red cabbage to clean this up, I realized I should use these veggies since there is a new shipment coming in this afternoon. (I also discovered a mystery "thick and dry and brown" under the kitchen table when I pushed it back so I could open the fridge door wide enough to pull the crisper drawer out!)
Pretty smoothly and easily, I made three dishes using up the potatoes, carrots and red cabbage. Half the cabbage became some of Jamie's mom's cole slaw, the potatoes were split between roasted and a small batch of potato salad for me (I'm the only one who eats it...and I *should* stay away from starchy veg, but...I figured it was a good use of the two potatoes that wouldn't fit into the roasting pan), the carrots were popped into the roasting pan before I realized I could have used it in the cole slaw.
I only threw out the eggplant and one tomato from last week's CSA share because they went too ripe before I could serve/make something with them. I still have a bunch of peaches...which I should blanch, peel and get into the freezer...
This is how I imagine most people operate. Staying organized, staying on top of things...I am curious to see how things continue.
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