Coming home in the company of food

     Today I came home from a week-long vacation to an empty refrigerator. It was lunchtime, so I was pretty hungry but did not want to go out to the store. I opened my freezer to my stash of pods and found some homemade turkey vegetable soup. I took the frozen pod and ran it under cool water for a few minutes, then put it into a bowl and microwaved it for 30 sec. 
   

     What about dinner? I thought.  So while my soup was defrosting I went through my freezer and found a cod filet, a pod of mashed potatoes, and a pod of fresh asparagus tips. 

     Now the soup was defrosted so I microwaved it for one more minute to heat. I took some podded parmesan cheese and sprinkled the top. Soup with a few crackers was the perfect lunch for a weary traveler. I can worry about stocking the refrigerator tomorrow. It's great to come home to the company of food.