YAY!
I could not be more thrilled... I've spent a lovely weekend with stentoriansista. We went to Larriland Farms on Saturday and bought probably $75 worth of fruit - raspberries, white raspberries, blackberries, probably 20 pounds of apples and peaches. We've got a raspberry crisp about to be made, blackberry wine sorbet churning and we're going to make apple bread and attempt either apple sauce or canning apple butter.
We were there for about an hour and a half at around 3 in the afternoon and when we got home, we were so wiped that we really couldn't move. The heat took it out of us, so we had a casual dinner, ate half the raspberries, watched TV and set up curried squash & apple soup in the crockpot.
Yesterday, I emerged from bed around noonish, cooked the chicken for the soup, pureed the soup and enjoyed a tasty lunch before doing a brief venture to the gym, Target and the wine store for prosecco (for the berries!). Then it was off to wiredwitch's birthday party, a Buffy the Musical sing along. While there wasn't a whole lot of singing along, there was a whole lot of verita, cheesecake, good food, good people, good times. Had to bug out a little early, unfortunately. I'd heard a lot about verita and after having had it, I must say... it was all true. Also, awesome.
Today we got up early so we could hit up G Street before stentoriansista had to work. Got a pair of work flats at Payless and stopped by Target for their wine cubes - got a sauvignon blanc for cooking/I feel like a glass of wine and a cab/sauv combo for the sorbet/I feel like a glass of red wine. Got home, took a nap, and then hit the pool for the first time in two years. And, y'all, I am wiped. I got a plan from SwimPlan, got there and then couldn't do a 25 meter lap of freestyle. So I threw it out the window, played with the kickboard and the pulley, and then felt better about it and did the remainder of the swimplan as written. So, my 30-45 minute workout took me a little over an hour. Got home, ate some food, got a couple of loaves of bread started and made the sorbet. And now I am sitting here. Very, very happy. We're going to have an awesome dinner of farm share food, fresh bread with the prosecco and berries and raspberry/basil crisp for dessert.
Blackberry Sorbet w/ Wine
(makes 4 cups)
2 1/2 cups pureed blackberries (about 4 cups pre-pureed - if you've got extra, freeze it to make blackberry ice cream)
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup red wine
lemon juice to taste
In small sauce pan, combine sugar and water. Heat until sugar is completely dissolved and then put in refrigerator to cool. (Most sorbet recipes want more sugar - closer to 2/3 - 1 cup, but I always find that to be too much sugar. Your tastes may vary) When mixture is cooled, combine it with wine and blackberries. Mix well. Add lemon juice to taste. Mix well. Taste and do a 'omg that's delicious' dance. Make in ice cream maker according to instructions. Rejoice again.
We were there for about an hour and a half at around 3 in the afternoon and when we got home, we were so wiped that we really couldn't move. The heat took it out of us, so we had a casual dinner, ate half the raspberries, watched TV and set up curried squash & apple soup in the crockpot.
Yesterday, I emerged from bed around noonish, cooked the chicken for the soup, pureed the soup and enjoyed a tasty lunch before doing a brief venture to the gym, Target and the wine store for prosecco (for the berries!). Then it was off to wiredwitch's birthday party, a Buffy the Musical sing along. While there wasn't a whole lot of singing along, there was a whole lot of verita, cheesecake, good food, good people, good times. Had to bug out a little early, unfortunately. I'd heard a lot about verita and after having had it, I must say... it was all true. Also, awesome.
Today we got up early so we could hit up G Street before stentoriansista had to work. Got a pair of work flats at Payless and stopped by Target for their wine cubes - got a sauvignon blanc for cooking/I feel like a glass of wine and a cab/sauv combo for the sorbet/I feel like a glass of red wine. Got home, took a nap, and then hit the pool for the first time in two years. And, y'all, I am wiped. I got a plan from SwimPlan, got there and then couldn't do a 25 meter lap of freestyle. So I threw it out the window, played with the kickboard and the pulley, and then felt better about it and did the remainder of the swimplan as written. So, my 30-45 minute workout took me a little over an hour. Got home, ate some food, got a couple of loaves of bread started and made the sorbet. And now I am sitting here. Very, very happy. We're going to have an awesome dinner of farm share food, fresh bread with the prosecco and berries and raspberry/basil crisp for dessert.
Blackberry Sorbet w/ Wine
(makes 4 cups)
2 1/2 cups pureed blackberries (about 4 cups pre-pureed - if you've got extra, freeze it to make blackberry ice cream)
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup red wine
lemon juice to taste
In small sauce pan, combine sugar and water. Heat until sugar is completely dissolved and then put in refrigerator to cool. (Most sorbet recipes want more sugar - closer to 2/3 - 1 cup, but I always find that to be too much sugar. Your tastes may vary) When mixture is cooled, combine it with wine and blackberries. Mix well. Add lemon juice to taste. Mix well. Taste and do a 'omg that's delicious' dance. Make in ice cream maker according to instructions. Rejoice again.