There's a lot of talking about food going on here...
So, stentoriansista comes home tomorrow night, so tonight is my last big night to get lots and lots of kitchen time in. And I'm gonna. My plan for the night includes doing the following:
-roast a chicken (good size bird, too - 6-7 pounds)
-roast potatoes (I have a drawer full of CSA potatoes that I'll quarter, toss in rosemary, salt and olive oil and roast underneath the bird)
-garbage soup in the crockpot for work lunches (ground bison, stock, leftover tomato soup & tomato sauce, kidney beans, cannellini beans, an onion, whatever else I have in the fridge that feels like going in)
-Peach honey popsicles
- Peach sorbet (I may not have enough peaches for both of these, in which case I'll try nectarine sorbet)
-pickled carrots (no really. I bought ground mustard and pickling spices the other day. I've just been too lazy to peel & slice carrots.) I also got a purple kohlrabi from Leigh on Wednesday, so I may do a pickled carrots and kohlrabi for the house, too. (Hopefully without incident)
I wanted to make stuffing for the chicken, but I can't justify buying stuffing mix, sausage, celery and prunes to make my mom's recipe when I've got a drawer full of vegetables I haven't eaten. Not to mention that serving potatoes and stuffing is a bit excessive on the starch. We've probably finally accumulated enough tomatillos to make a salsa verde (now that the purslane's gone, no verdolagas for me), so I may crock on a pork loin that next week.
I really want to go berry picking at some point and get a crapton of tomatoes, sweet onions, peaches and apples from Larriland Farm. They're quite a drive, but they've got a huge campus, great selection and decent prices. I've been toying with the idea of making lots of jams to can and give to people for giftmas (who doesn't love homemade onion jam, peach chutney or apple butter? No one, that's who). Of course, I'd probably have to buy my third immersion blender. (They keep dying. I miss them)
I also made this pasta salad the other day and I really liked how it came out. I added chicken, which made it a meal. If I had to do it again, I would have added finer salt, more of it, and mozzarella with the chicken, I think. Still, it's a good, healthy salad, even if it's a lot of chopping time. And orzo falls through the holes of my pasta strainer. In case you were wondering. Which you weren't.
I think that covers it. I'm going to be spending $42 on a 5 pound block of cheddar (and $8 for a 8oz bottle of raw agave, which I'm going to start subbing for sugar) from a local cheese group that my CSA guy works with. That's... that's a lot of cheese.
Have I mentioned how hard it is to find popsicle molds right now? Not because people are making popsicles because it's hot out in the heart of summer, oh no. Because around August 1st, all of the summer stuff goes away and the back to school displays come out. I spent $10 on getting 2 sets of 4 really crappy popsicle molds called cool cones or some shit. One of them broke falling out of the freezer last night when I was manuvering the ice cream maker bowl in. (I plan ahead, I do) Not that I'm bitter. I'd've gladly pay $10 for these instead except that BB&B didn't have them. (At least, when I asked the guy at the desk for popsicle molds, he showed me these freaking cool cones instead. NOT COOL, cones. NOT COOL)
Also, apparently we're going to run out of sugar. Which, you know what? Fine by me. I'm just having a bitter day, I guess.
-roast a chicken (good size bird, too - 6-7 pounds)
-roast potatoes (I have a drawer full of CSA potatoes that I'll quarter, toss in rosemary, salt and olive oil and roast underneath the bird)
-garbage soup in the crockpot for work lunches (ground bison, stock, leftover tomato soup & tomato sauce, kidney beans, cannellini beans, an onion, whatever else I have in the fridge that feels like going in)
-Peach honey popsicles
- Peach sorbet (I may not have enough peaches for both of these, in which case I'll try nectarine sorbet)
-pickled carrots (no really. I bought ground mustard and pickling spices the other day. I've just been too lazy to peel & slice carrots.) I also got a purple kohlrabi from Leigh on Wednesday, so I may do a pickled carrots and kohlrabi for the house, too. (Hopefully without incident)
I wanted to make stuffing for the chicken, but I can't justify buying stuffing mix, sausage, celery and prunes to make my mom's recipe when I've got a drawer full of vegetables I haven't eaten. Not to mention that serving potatoes and stuffing is a bit excessive on the starch. We've probably finally accumulated enough tomatillos to make a salsa verde (now that the purslane's gone, no verdolagas for me), so I may crock on a pork loin that next week.
I really want to go berry picking at some point and get a crapton of tomatoes, sweet onions, peaches and apples from Larriland Farm. They're quite a drive, but they've got a huge campus, great selection and decent prices. I've been toying with the idea of making lots of jams to can and give to people for giftmas (who doesn't love homemade onion jam, peach chutney or apple butter? No one, that's who). Of course, I'd probably have to buy my third immersion blender. (They keep dying. I miss them)
I also made this pasta salad the other day and I really liked how it came out. I added chicken, which made it a meal. If I had to do it again, I would have added finer salt, more of it, and mozzarella with the chicken, I think. Still, it's a good, healthy salad, even if it's a lot of chopping time. And orzo falls through the holes of my pasta strainer. In case you were wondering. Which you weren't.
I think that covers it. I'm going to be spending $42 on a 5 pound block of cheddar (and $8 for a 8oz bottle of raw agave, which I'm going to start subbing for sugar) from a local cheese group that my CSA guy works with. That's... that's a lot of cheese.
Have I mentioned how hard it is to find popsicle molds right now? Not because people are making popsicles because it's hot out in the heart of summer, oh no. Because around August 1st, all of the summer stuff goes away and the back to school displays come out. I spent $10 on getting 2 sets of 4 really crappy popsicle molds called cool cones or some shit. One of them broke falling out of the freezer last night when I was manuvering the ice cream maker bowl in. (I plan ahead, I do) Not that I'm bitter. I'd've gladly pay $10 for these instead except that BB&B didn't have them. (At least, when I asked the guy at the desk for popsicle molds, he showed me these freaking cool cones instead. NOT COOL, cones. NOT COOL)
Also, apparently we're going to run out of sugar. Which, you know what? Fine by me. I'm just having a bitter day, I guess.