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I start the second half of nursing school in seven days. I'll be working at the jail clinic on Sat, Sun, and Mon, and going to class and clincals Tues-Fri. It'll be a trip.

This week's menues:

Today (Tues) -- Polish Sausage fried with potatoes, onions, and cabbage.

Wednesday -- Homemade chicken and dumplings with apple pie

Thursday -- Indian chickpeas with soslu, quinoa, and naan

Friday -- Beans and ham hocks with cornbread

Saturday -- Breakfast for supper

Sunday -- one-dish rice, hamburger, and veggies

Monday -- crock pot pork roast with potatoes and veggies

Tonight (Fri): leftover spaghetti, salad

Saturday: Out for Chinese with friends

Sunday: Kielbasa stir-fry (potatoes, sweet peppers, onion, cabbage)

Monday: Pork Roast, mashed potatoes, steamed veggies

Tuesday: Lasagna

Wednesday: Sweet Potato and Black Bean Chili

Thursday: Twice cooked pork, cheater's recipe using the leftover pork roast

(so we don't live on frozen pizza)

Mon: (busy day; kid's doc appt, lab 3:00-5:30, fin. aid appt 5:30) crock pot chicken stew, refrigerator biscuits (the kind in the tube).

Tue: (still busy, two more appts, and lab from 3:30-6:30) Spaghetti, garlic bread

Wed: (my lightest day; lecture from 12p-3p) calico beans and pork shoulder roast, and a very nice acorn squash from the garden, cornbread and a salad of garden kale chopped fine with dried cranberries.

Thurs: (clinical, 2pm-8:30) tacos (Mike makes supper on the days I have clinicals)

Friday: (clinical, 2pm-8:30) one-pot -- sauteed cabbage with pork, mushrooms and rice.

Saturday: (work 9a-5p) lentil stew with german rye

Sunday: (church 9-10:30; work 11:30-5:30) veg. soup (rework any leftover lentil stew) with hearty sandwiches (rueben, pulled pork if there's any left, maybe hamburgers), potato wedges.

I'm going to make a dark bread with stout, coffee and a bit of cocoa. Grains will be some long-cooking oats seeped overnight in the beer, rye and white bread flour. I'll let you know how it comes out.