We had kind of a made-up dinner tonight that incorporated several of the Squirrels' food needs and idiosyncracies.
Main dish: Stuffed Peppers. The stuffing was half a pound of browned ground beef, mixed with some chopped pepperoni, about a quarter cup of grated Parmesan cheese, and a small amount of no-salt tomato sauce. Mama Squirrel cut and scooped the seeds out of three large green peppers, filled them with stuffing, and placed them in a pan filled with the rest of the (15 oz.) can of sauce, then covered and baked it till the peppers were soft. This worked for the Squirrels who can't tolerate much tomato sauce, because they could have their pepper halves scooped out without any sauce. It worked for those who complain about carbs. It worked for those who have to watch sodium. It worked (more or less) for the small Squirrel who doesn't like anything Strange. You would think we had a whole treeful of Squirrels here, but no, that's just us.
Side dish: Steamed Cauliflower and Baby Carrots. Plain, baked in a casserole along with enough water to keep them from drying out. Could have been done on the stove top except that the oven was on anyway. Small Squirrel got a serving without cauliflower. Everybody else ate both.
Side side dish if you wanted carbs: crackers.
Dessert: Chocolate microwave cake (took 11 minutes in our microwave while I cleaned up some dishes), yogurt, and tangerines (bought on the quick sale cart).
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