It was sunny with little puffy clouds, a very light breeze, and a temperature just above 80°F ( Read more... )

Thought I was finally getting over the cold and then had some sort of relapse today. I'm tired of feeling under the weather or whatever, really tired ( Read more... )

So yesterday around sunset they cancelled the winter weather advisory and told us we wouldn't be getting an ice storm after all. Before going to bed we turned on the outside lights and looked. Yup, Freezing rain, with about an eighth of an inch of ice accumulation. That's enough already to make driving pretty hazardous, and especially with the ( Read more... )

That's what I threatened to make from turkey leftovers, and Gary dared me. So I did it. Well, more or less. We had what probably should be described as turkey quesadillas actually. Dice up sweet onion and cilantro, shred cooked turkey and cheese (I used a mixture of swiss, brick, and cheddar, but chihuahua or jack would probably be a little better ( Read more... )

Realizing that between the rain and all Gary's away from home performances, we've hardly barbecued at all this year, so on Friday I pulled a ten pound turkey out of the freezer to thaw. Figured we'd roast it on the grill today. The weekend was beautiful, but of course today had to be thunderstorms and wind, so that killed the idea of grilling the ( Read more... )

First time this year.

Kohlrabi in sweet and sour sauce
Mashed sweet potatoes with melted butter
Sweet corn
The first tomatoes (tiny cherry tomatoes, but ripe)
Applesauce
Home made wheat bread
Wine (of course)

I ate too much of everything. Can't wait for the okra and peppers to be ready.

Celebrated the newly cleaned oven by baking another rhubarb pie. This one has strawberries in it as well, since they had some decent ones on sale at the market Saturday. Mmmm. I'm amazed how many people have been telling me they never tasted rhubarb. To me it was part of home cooking, something we had every spring, but I guess in an age of take out ( Read more... )

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