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Lemon curd, orange curd, chocolate sauce, and caramel sauce and divy it up so you don't have huge amounts to use up in a small amount of time. Then research recipes to use it up with (River Cottage lemon curd muffins) or purchase a fine quality vanilla ice cream and have an ice cream social.

Think about all the nice Valentine desserts you could make with your stash of sweet saucy goodies.

Soup, creamy wonderful soup. Beans, white or black or red with onions, celery and whatever a good recipe calls for --Soup!

Chicken wings and beer for the game (geaux Tigers!) on Saturday and on Sunday, we will have baked beans with ribs with a salad. I made some homemade chicken stock and that will be the base for soup on Monday.

I worked at Whole Foods and shopping in the middle of the week does help, a list helps and the 365 brand, esp the olive oil, rocks. We are always pleased with the wine specials and if something is "off" or not up to standards, bring it back and get the refund. Check out the pet food, can and bag. It's not from China. Shop careful and mindfully and you can have very nice meals. The bulk bins rock, esp for flour and other things you may be trying for the first time, you can purchase just what you need to find out if that recipe needs to go into regular rotation for your family.

We will be grilling, pork and chicken. I have a bag of yellow squash that will be grilled with the meat and lots of salads. It's very hot and I plan to have things done in the kitchen early and do a quick reheat of the food as needed. I made lots of sugar syrup for drinks and sorbets.

I love to make the buttermilk pralines, the recipe is old, but effective with a creamy tang to the candy.

Bless the hubby, he grilled chicken with the burgers yesterday. Today, I start clearing out and washing the lettuce and made a honey mustard dressing. So it's a Sunday salad with sliced chicken breast and homemade dressing.

Red beans and rice for Monday. I'm craving pasta and that will go on the menu this week.

Of course, I explore topics in depth. If I want superficial, I'll go to sites that skim. I want information. lots of it, to process. I am a trained baker, in depth is a good thing. I plant my own garden, so I better know what grows best here. I dry my own herbs, so I better know how to do it and read on how others do these things. It's not just a foodie thing, it's a taking care of my business thing.

My daughter's first furniture purchase was an Ashley sofa, and you can sleep on this thing, it's so comfy.

I cool my broth, put in mason jars and then into the fridge. Next day, I tilt and if it jells, I do the happy dance because it's golden, rich, dense and delicious. Congratulations on your success, strange as it may be.