Grocery Delivery

This may be one of my greatest  highlights from the quarantine in recent days. I received my first grocery delivery in over 3 weeks. I still have food in my freezer and pantry, but I thought I should register with the free delivery service offered by our township. I wasn't sure how long I would have to wait for the delivery once I submitted my order, and since it is being offered as a free service, I imagine there are a lot of people who are taking advantage of it. I was very pleasantly surprised. I registered yesterday, gave my list over the phone this morning, and received my groceries by early afternoon.

 I am limited to 20 items a week. I know that most stores are still limiting number of items each household can buy, and I know that some items are still scarce. I asked for 3 dozen eggs and got them, 2 pounds of butter, the largest tub of plain yoghurt (no substitutions), fresh chicken and 4 litres of whole milk. Where my description was vague, I was more likely to get what I was looking for. I got a whole chicken, but if I had asked for drumsticks or thighs or boneless, skinless chicken breasts, I may not have received any chicken. Because I asked for 4 litres of whole milk, I got nothing......not 2 litres, not 2%, nothing. So I am learning this system. I received non salted Gay Lee butter which I will pay $6 a pound for,  This is not what I would have bought, BUT I was lucky enough to get some of what I needed.

This order of produce was great. I explained I was on a special diet that my doctor had put me on and so I presented a list of veggies I could have, and then said I would appreciate these either fresh or frozen. It didn't matter. It was just whatever was available. And so I received 3 fresh zucchini, mushrooms, a head of cauliflower, green beans and broccoli. I got a large bag of frozen blueberries (I had asked for the largest bag they could find) and Brussels sprouts. I am so grateful that they will honour a request for special diet items. The frozen produce went straight into the freezer, but some of the fresh produce will be cut up and put in the freezer later this afternoon.

I have cut up a rack of ribs for dinner. I have them in the crock pot right now with a keto BBQ sauce that I made using ingredients I had in my pantry. (apple cider vinegar, sugar-free ketchup I ordered from Amazon, garlic powder, smoked paprika, onion powder and stevia) I did not have cumin, (I forgot I had used the last of it when I made up my taco seasoning) so I added some ground cayenne pepper, chili powder and a dash of Braggs coconut amino acids. It tastes pretty darn good.

Yesterday I made a batch of yoghurt, a loaf of keto bread, and a big pot of beef vegetable soup in the morning. In the afternoon, I worked on another page assembly for a mini scrapbook. My sister heard from her surgeon and the surgery will happen a week from tomorrow. Yesterday and most of today has been cloudy and rainy, but right now the sun is desperately trying to come out again. I may spend some time out on my back deck and listen to the birds this afternoon. Spring is really on its way.

Glory of the snow???
Last Fall, just before the snow arrived, I bought a few packages of spring bulbs. I have one tiny garden under my front window which is still covered in snow. With the bulbs that were left over, I stuck them here and there, wherever there was a patch of dirt.  I found these small plants at the side of the house where I remember planting some small corms. I thought at first they were crocuses, but today they have buds that look like these may be Glory of the Snow. I hope so. They will look very pretty here and will spread very quickly in coming years. My first garden flowers!!!