Time to Plan

It's time to think about the next menu for mom. She will be needing food by next week sometime. In planning, I have to think about the future and what mom may have going (i.e, visitors, holidays).

In two weeks, it will be Thanksgiving and mom will have a house filled with visitors. Her visitors don't have the same nutritional needs that she has, so they may be eating foods she should not eat. If there isn't food for her already prepared and easy to grab for, she will eat whatever her guests are eating. Historically that has been a challenge for her.

I am thinking this time I will provide a full menu as I normally do, so that mom has ready-to-eat gourmet food throughout the holiday. Also, I want to make sure she has a full supply of food for the week following Thanksgiving so that she won't be tempted to eat any of those left overs that may linger in her kitchen.

Experiment
I had a new soup the other evening at a restaurant. It's called apple rutabaga soup. It's To Die For! I can't find a recipe that duplicates exactly the flavors that were in my soup, so this weekend I'm going to experiment with several recipes and see what I can come up with for mom. Mom LOVES rutabagas! And 'tis the season right now.