better but not great

The beef with leftovers was a nice plan, but it really wasn't good as stir fry. Once again I failed to make the Chicken stew. It needs fennel. Wal-mart doesn't sell fennel & Safeway hasn't had it when I remember to look for it there, though I have seen it in the past. If I ever come across fennel at random though, I know exactly what I am going to do with it. Some of the dishes didn't get made because I again failed to thaw meat in a timely manner, or got sidetracked from what I was going to use it for & never got back to it until the meat had sat too long in the fridge. I've got to get a handle on that. The wasting food thing is much better now that I used to be though. I need to keep track of what I am cooking & what I think of it more often. My memory is shot.