No major errand running this morning after work - we had one heck of an ugly looking storm roll in about 0630 - big, roiling black clouds, thunder that shook the windows, lightning, flash flooding, trees severely damaged in the low areas and anything left loose just might have ended up in another county - those winds were wicked!! It was worse in my work area and south of us than it was at home though- I just had a few things blown off the porch and none were damaged.
The storm had a short lull and was down to just dark clouds and intermittent rain when I got off work so I went by the Farmer's Market area to see if any of the vendors were insane enough to be set up - Yup, there were a few crazies there
I bought a lovely mixed bouquet from a little girl; a smallish head of cabbage from another vendor, and then a mixed box with yellow squash, green zucchini, red tomatoes, and a purple bell pepper from my neighbor lady before the rain starting going sideways again. The bakery folks weren't there, so I guess I'm going to have to make my own muffins this weekend, doggone it
Just heard from my aunt that her grandson - who is one of the cousins who helps around our farm in exchange for hunting rights and is a lineman is now down south where the storms were worse, trying to get the lines back up and power back on - if y'all have any prayers to spare, send a few the way of the folks who are trying to get the power back on, and those without power as well.
I'd picked up some chicken breast (no thighs available) when I went to daughter's to keep an eye on the boys on Wednesday, so I put it in to the crock pot to cook for the stray cat this morning before I went to bed. This afternoon when I woke up, I swiped some of the cat's chicken from the crockpot and let it cool while I hard boiled some eggs, then made a bit of chicken salad for Hubby and myself for supper (my 'secret' ingredient in chicken salad is a few dashes of Old Bay Seasoning.) I will slice the tomato and fry a bit more than half of the zucchini to go with the sandwiches as it gets closer to supper time. I'll make a small portion of freezer slaw with half the cabbage and what's left of the zucchini grated and added in; then cook the rest of the cabbage to go with the smoked sausage I bought to make gumbo and needed to use up what was left.
The yellow squash, I'll slice really thin and add to pasta salad (glad I remembered to grab Feta cheese the last time I was at Aldi), and I'll make stuffed pepper boats with the pepper - I'm sooo lazy when I make stuffed peppers; I cut them into lobes, blanch them, throw a little pasta sauce in the bottom of my smallest crock pot, pack the boats (lobes) with meatloaf mix, top with a bit more pasta sauce, then after they're done and shortly before I serve them, I'll add some shredded mozzarella cheese to the top and let it melt. If we happen to have any of the stuffed peppers left over after a day or so, I'll throw 'em in the food chopper and chop 'em, heat them up, and put them on top of some pasta noodles.
Dang, I made myself hungry typing that - don't think I'm going to be able to wait the hour plus for Hubby to get home before I eat supper!! He'd rather eat supper by himself than deal with a snarling wife who has the 'hangries' anyway
Take care all; stay safe out there!