Using What I Have Journal Entry #17: Clearing the Fridge
Since I'd made several things that only used parts of what I had opened, it was time for me to use them up. Thanks to this "using what's there" muscle I'm still developing, I was able to pull together a pretty great meal! First, I stuck some sweet potatoes in the oven. I figured that no matter what else I cooked, they needed a head start. (Yes, I happened to have sweet potatoes! I was excited about that. If I hadn't, though, this would have gone with the tater tots in my freezer, or some rice, or pasta, etc.--that's all part of the using-what-I-have discipline. But I was excited about having sweet potatoes, because I think they really elevated this meal.) You see that sweet potato with some non-dairy butter, salt, and pepper--pure delight, really. Next, I got my beans ready to bake. There was half a can of kidney beans and half a can of pinto beans in my fridge. That's not the usual choice for baked beans, but they were there! I also had a partial ca...
