Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Be My Guest

While Tony's gone I'll be cooking for one and eating by myself most nights. Today I started some pulled pork in the crock pot before I left for work. Frozen into individual servings, it will give me lots of leftovers for the coming weeks. When I came home, I was greeted with a wonderful smell emanating from the kitchen. Before I went outside to cut the grass, I put two potatoes in the oven-one for tonight's dinner and one for lunch tomorrow. The potatoes were almost ready when I was done cutting, but were fork-tender after I showered and changed my clothes. I cut some carrots and prepared to dine.

When I'm by myself, I often eat sitting in front of the computer, but tonight I felt like doing something special, so I ate by myself in the dining room, using china, silver, and crystal. I used a place mat and napkin that coordinated with a flower I'd gotten from a friend, and gathered a plate, glass, and silverware from various parts of the house. The only thing I passed on was a candle, but since it was still quite light out, it wasn't necessary.

By time I arranged my pulled pork sandwich on whole wheat toast, baked potato, and carrots on the plate it was quite full. I poured myself a glass of lemonade; it was extra-special in the elegant glass. The food wasn't particularly fancy, but the atmosphere more than made up for it:

7 comments:

  1. Very elegant....did you phone your husband so he could at least talk to you while you ate?

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  2. I love it... so often I eat on a tray in front of the goggle box as I scoff the meal... I should do what you have done... it looks amazing...

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  3. Kathy-Great idea, but he's a couple of times zones to the west of me, and was still at work when I ate.

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  4. We never eat @ the table - we might as well get rid of it.

    Pulled pork is very popular here!

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  5. Dinner looks great - but I love the color of your dining room wall!

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  6. Sydney-usually the dining room table is a catch-all for Tony's things, but he cleaned it off before he left :-)

    Dawn-Thanks!

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  7. Good for you...if we don't treat ourselves well...we can't expect anyone else to....smiles.

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