There was a lady who used to post on MyBloggers: Sumkindabitch, or something like that, and she often would mention what she was cooking for supper. I enjoyed that so much, because it was like talking to a friend. Yes, sad to say, I have arrived at that time of life when what's for dinner and that twinge in your thumb are interesting to me. One of these days I'll do a "You Know You're Old When..." as if that probably hasn't been done many times before.

So why don't I do a better job of telling you what I'm cooking? I don't know, time gets away from me, I suppose. Part of it was I got the idea I had to give you recipes all the time. The recipes I post are often ones that caught my eye, either because they were outrageous, or I thought I was going to try them. But sometimes I do share the recipe for something I just made.

For the most part, I have no idea what I'm going to cook for the next meal until it's time to start preparing it. And once it's done, I feel like 'there's lunch out of the way, now what in the world am I going to cook for supper?'

Today's lunch was no different. Mr. Kitchentales works so hard, I want to put a delicious meal in front of him. What I came up with today was a variation on breakfast food.

I sliced half an onion and a couple of potatoes into a cast iron skillet with a little olive oil. Covered with a lid, they cooked on low until browned and tender through. In a separate pan, I put some "Pieces and Ends" bacon (it's scraps that have a lot of meat on them) in a small frying pan and cooked them slowly until they were absolutely crisp, even the fat. When the potatoes were done, I put them in the skillet along with a couple tablespoons of sour cream and some snipped chives from the garden. If I had put cheddar cheese, they could be called Loaded Country Fried Potatoes.

I fried a couple of eggs in the bacon fat in that small skillet, and that was lunch. We could have had toast, but didn't.

Okay, I do know what's for supper this one time: leftover pasta cheese pie. He likes it.

Pasta Cheese Pie

Cook some pasta, usually spaghetti. In a bowl, combine cottage cheese, parmesan cheese, an egg, minced garlic, and salt and pepper. Depending on what I have on hand, I'll add pesto, Italian herbs, chopped spinach, cooked bacon, feta cheese and so on. When the pasta is done, drain it and let it cool somewhat. Stir the pasta into the cheese mixture and turn it into a pie pan or a baking dish, making edges and then a depression in the middle. Bake it at 350 for 30 - 40 minutes or until it's heated through and the cheese is bubbling. Top it with heated spaghetti sauce to serve.

I'll serve it with garlic bread made from a loaf I baked last week. I probably won't make a big deal out of it, just brush with olive oil that's had minced garlic sitting in it all afternoon, and toast it under the broiler.

And some kind of fresh spinach side dish: either as a salad, or steamed.