Is food wasted if the dog eats it?

I went and saw a few of my old high school buddies. I hadn't seen some of them in 10-30 years. Wow. It was so nice to see everyone.

So Saturday night, I went to FC Dallas Stadium to see Kings of Rock. It was a bunch of tribute bands...Metallica, AC/DC, Guns N Roses, Allison in Chains, etc. The bands were awesome. HARDLY anyone there. I bet there were maybe 200 people and most had free tickets from radio stations. It was downright embarrassing and obviously didn't generate any revenue for Frisco. The tickets were only $10. The concert went from 2:30pm to 11:30pm. It was a fun time. Still shocked no one showed.

So after buying a couple of MyFit Food meals, I decided to go back to cooking. The meals are okay, but when I microwaved some of them to heat it up, it overcooked the food. Fresh food is always good. Plus, I do like to cook. I just need to make the time. So yesterday, I was on a big kick. I made some chicken breasts in a different type of marinade. It was different and smelled good when cooking and it tastes good too.

1/2 cup olive oil

• 1/2 cup ranch dressing
• 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
• 1 teaspoon lime juice
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon Stevia

Then I made a huge salad and made my own salad dressing with apple cider vinegar, oil, crushed strawberries and some other stuff.

On Tuesday, I'm making baby back ribs. I made a marinade out of spicy mustard, ketchup, Worcestshire, lime, Slap Yo Mamma seasoning, and some Stevia. It is spicy and good.  

My daughter and I just can't eat that  much and she refuses to eat leftovers, so I'm cooking two chicken breasts at a time, two pork chops at a time and only 1/2 a rack of ribs. I read that Americans waste a lot of food. Mine doesn't really go to waste as I have a dog that eats our leftovers. Anyway, that got me to thinking. In a survey, is food counted as waste if your dog eats it?

Oh and I still have my beautiful and yummy mini cheesecakes from last week. I froze them. I ate one of them out of the freezer this week and it was really good cold. I also added a dab of whipped cream with some cinnamon sugar sprinkles.

I hope everyone enjoyed our lovely weather this weekend. You can't beat it.

So today's lunch time trip is to Trader Joe's in Plano. Hopefully it won't be too crowded since they just opened on Friday.