Not sure how that happened
Where I left off was Tuesday after the vegans – It was my first day back at work after Bootcamp. Catch up in the AM, then a planning retreat for a campus organization of which I am part in the PM. The...
View ArticleDay 4, Vacation slash work at home week
I think the only work work I did today was email. Tomorrow will have to be a different story. I taught the 2nd of the three cooking demos at Aprilaire I’m doing this summer – #1 was back in June, and...
View ArticleLast CSA box demo
Over the course of the summer, I’ve done three little lunchtime sessions for CSA box subscribers at a company here that makes furnace filters and dehumidifiers – air cleaning systems, basically.They...
View ArticleAsparagus pizza II
I made asparagus pizza for dinner tonight, and I liked it just as much as the first time. I put the pics on my Tumblr. But this one’s the best: asparagus pizza I also got my first CSA box of 2014. I...
View ArticleRelations
I’ve been wanting to make ramen salad – it seems like an early summer dish. I’ve been tinkering with the recipe – in 2006, I thought you needed to put in the seasoning packs, and use lots of sugar....
View ArticleRandom shots … er … thoughts
I saw this blooming tree in the cemetary, and thought it was a buckeye - but it's not Have no idea what these are, but they looked cool detached from whatever plant they belong on and lying on the...
View ArticleBurst cherry tomato tart
Or, post farmers’ market lunch with visiting Seattle friends. Cherry tomato, summer squash & corn galette – my version of Smitten’s – the basil got really black when baked Joe and Terry were here...
View ArticleSomething new, something old
For dinner last night, I roasted potatoes and threw in sugar snap peas at the last minute. Ate them on top of salad greens with egg and croutons. Tonight I made this broccoli casserole that I’ve made...
View ArticleFather’s day cooking
Mark wanted waffles for father’s day; his mom’s sour cream ones, that I made with strained yogurt. Rach bought some of this Wallaby nonfat Greek yogurt last time she was here, and even though I usually...
View ArticleOverabundance
I got two CSA boxes in a row, and then we ate carry out Friday, and at a steak house on Saturday. Contents on one vegetable bin, in upstairs fridgeThree cucumbers, 4 patty pan, 1 zucchini, a couple of...
View ArticleA cultural week
Rach got here on Monday and we had those big salads I was talking about last Sunday, topped with everything in the fridge, plus leftovers. Tabouli, beets, egg, leftover shrimp and steak, red wine...
View ArticleBirthday dinner
Julia Google Doodle Julia Child’s birthday is August 15th, which was a Saturday this year, so that seemed like as good a reason as any to have my birthday dinner that night, even though my real...
View ArticleThree CSA boxes in a row
Because of going to TIFF, and rescheduling boxes, I’ve had three CSA boxes in a row. Here’s what was in each one, with what I’ve made so far listed following various vegetables. Pictures to follow when...
View ArticleAdvising week
Advising week this year – which was last week already – at the library school probably wasn’t as busy as some. I had about 17 30-minute student appointments and last spring it was 21. I think I had...
View ArticleA week of harvest food pickups
At my computer at 7:28 AM on a Saturday, because we were awakened by Mark’s cat, who was trying to bury something in the bed … I will spare you the scatological details, but they involved a long-haired...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....