Like I said, I got a huge bunch of spinach in my last CSA box, and mushrooms, that Toni doesn’t like, and more asparagus.
So I decided to make creamed spinach. But I just did it really simply, almost Deborah Madison Vegetable Literacy method. No roux, or onions, or anything like that. She says to sauté the spinach in butter and then add up to 1/4 cup cream for a pound and a half of spinach which is how much I had. But I wilted the spinach first – washed it, then put it in a hot pan until it collapsed, then drained it. Then I squeezed out as much water as I could, put it back in the pan with butter, and added the cream. It was really good – just creamy enough. And roasted potatoes, with a 1/2 lb. of the asparagus tossed in at the end. And sautéed mushrooms – more butter, white pepper, and garlic. And steak – Fountain Prairie wasn’t at the downtown market this morning, but when I biked out to the westside co-op, Knoche’s sign said T-Bone on special, $10.99. So I stopped on the way back, and got one. Watched a YouTube on how to cook a tender and juicy T-Bone in the oven.
Mark and Ethan and I made plates and ate out on the deck.
All that’s left is a small container with the last few slices of mushrooms and hunks of potato & asparagus. Mark even gnawed the last of the meat off the bone.
I was going to write about how yesterday – Friday – was too busy, and work spilled over into the weekend. It’s true that I worked a couple hours Saturday, and will also have to Sunday. But Monday’s slides are ready and I’m basically ready for Monday. Wednesday’s slides are NOT ready – but that’s miles away, and the slides set is about half done. The only reason I feel bad is that I told my co-presenters I’d send them my slides the weekend before. Oh, well, it’ll be fine even if I don’t. They’re both probably doing theirs last minute, too.
Writing about dinner was more fun.
Steak dinner
Tomorrow morning I think I’ll make rhubarb coffee cake to use up some of that extra rhubarb that came in the box, before I go to volunteer at Ride the Drive. Though the weather is saying thunderstorms. Maybe I can just not show up – if it’s rainy, no one will come to ride, anyhow, so they won’t need volunteers. Hmm.
