I Had Almost Forgotten About Them

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A lot of the time when I go over to mom's, I'm scanning her cupboards and refrigerator to make sure she's using stuff up. Normally I know what she has since I do 90% of the preparation of her meals and shopping. But occasionally my sister will do some shopping as well and get mom some "goodies." The thing is, sometimes even the easiest tasks when you have dementia can become complicated, and my sister bought mom some cheese and ham and tortillas, so I had told mom at some point to make ham and cheese quesadillas. Now, the way I make mine is I put them open in the microwave for just long enough to get the cheese melted a bit (sort of to form the "glue") and then fold them and finish them off for a bit longer. I noticed she wasn't doing anything with the stuff, and so when my wife and I dropped her back off at home yesterday, I decided to make her a couple of ham and cheese quesadillas—but I have not had one of these in years and had almost forgotten about the idea of making them. This morning I made one for myself at home since I had cheese and two leftover tortillas from another meal, and man, was that good. These might become a snack staple for a while going forward.