Ohio:

Dinner is staying down, tbtg. Before I took the tramadol (and got goofy), I made sure to thaw some hamburger patties, which I fried up later and sauced with an open can of tomato soup that needed to be used up. First I bloomed chili powder in the pan. When the soup had reduced enough I added frozen peas/carrots and some canned sweet potatoes. I served half over cold rice to cool it, and the rest will get black beans and cheese added to make a second supper tomorrow.

While that all cooked, I finally emptied the Horde's bin of spices-- mine and theirs. I threw out a few icky ones and kept a nice glass jar, after emptying it, to refill later from bulk supplies.

The lower spice shelf is now alphabetized with single-flavor jars, and the shelf above that is alphabetized with spice mixes-- adobe, chili powder, curry powder, 5-spice, etc. This way, it all fits. It's very different from our PA setup-- shoe boxes always overflowing A-M and N-Z spices. With more shoebox of bulk above these. When our 2nd fridge comes, a lot of the bigger bulk packs can go in there, like they do in PA. (Hardi and I have different ethnic cooming capabilities, so between us we have a huge variety of herbs and spices at all times!)

Then I cleared out a drawer in the sideboard, putting all the cordless drill stuff from that back into my pink toolbox. I think those drawers will be a great place to keep some of our overflow herbs and spices, just steps from the cooking zone and active-use spice cabinet.

I repurposed the lidless, heavy plastic Tupperware bin to be a dogwater bin. Takes less floor space because it's a rectangle replacing a big square Tupperware item that does have a lid (AND a lower cabinet to live in).

The toolbox went near its old kitchen spot, but between the wall and an HVAC register. I use that register to cool hot items down for the fridge, and sometimes I want them raised up-- the toolbox will make a handy shelf right there without obstructing the walkway to the back door.

~S~