Day 53 – Looking at the report in “The New York Times” the other day about how deaths are projected by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) to be possibly double by June 1st and that cases of Covid-19 are still going up made me incredibly sad. It was one of those days where I felt like we were never going to come out of this. I know in my heart we will but some days it is hard to believe that especially when reading news like this. Most days I try not to absorb so much of the news but then other days…. This too shall pass but it is just where I am right now.

When I made the “Old Fashioned Potatoes au Gratin” (click for link to recipe) on Sunday for our comfort food dinner we also cooked a whole ham so that we would have plenty of leftovers for the week. I love the cook once and have lots of leftovers to make into something new way of cooking. Now, these are not entirely new as they are still ham and potatoes but they seemed different enough to my family that my family did not complain. You can stuff the potatoes however you like with your choice of vegetables, cheese, and meat but this is what we had on hand.

Verdict: I liked this dish because it was super simple to make and everyone was happy eating it. My eggs were fried over hard while both of my kids liked their eggs over easy so they would run into the potatoes when they cut them open. Not my thing but that is how they like them. You can make your eggs the way you like them.

Bake your potatoes early in the day if you like or the night before so that all you need to do is scoop out the centers, mash, and reheat them while making the eggs to cut down on the time needed to make dinner.