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Wrensday: Lunchtime during a remodel

What's one to do when your kitchen is torn up and it's time to feed hungry grandfellas their lunch? 
 
Just heat it up in the microwave - as it sits outside on the porch floor. 
 
 
Yum, yum. . .
I'm just glad there is an outlet on the porch!  And the weather was warm and sunny.
 
*Many of you who know me know that I don't really like using a microwave oven.  It's true.  I don't.  I'm making an exception in these coming weeks while things get put back together in our kitchen. 
 
Last night I actually took a premade lasagna that I froze a month ago to my daughter's house to cook it in her oven while I babysat the grandlittles.  I have several more freezer meals ready to heat up in my crock pot or electric saucepan.
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  1. UnknownFebruary 13, 2013 at 8:47 AM

    I'm so jealous that you have a remodel going on. Mine is still in the future..:( Can't wait to see it...:)

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  2. LottieFebruary 13, 2013 at 2:31 PM

    Thanks for the link about the microwave. I wish I had not used it so much when my children were little.

    When we remodeled our kitchen in a previous house, my husband did all the work and it took over 6 months. We moved the stove and table in the living room (no dining room) and I cooked every night. It turned out cozy! We didn't have a microwave, but if we did, we would have used it!

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