I think this was my weekend of taking in strays, or being a good Samaritan, or something like that. On Friday, I worked at home, and Mark got back from his Door County vacation. We had chips (leftover from new students orientation at library school) and fresh salsa and corn pudding for dinner. I made […]
Which I’m writing about on Tuesday, for Pete’s sake – Saturday we went to the farmers market for Cows on the Concourse. Petted cows, watched grilled cheese mass production, bought the first sugarsnap peas of the season. And a bunch of flowers. And two bunches of asparagus to make into shaved asparagus pizza for Heike’s […]
I’m making the vegetable pie on the cover of the January Bon Apetit, with modifications, chiefly I’m leaving out the eggplant & fennel because those aren’t vegetables I generally have on hand in January. I’ve got roasted tomatoes & red bell pepper from the freezer. I’ve got sweet potato from the indoor farmers market today. […]
Tonight for dinner I made vegetable croquettes, little fried patties that used up that stalk of broccoli that’s been in the veg bin for probably three weeks, the dab of mashed taters left from Thursday or Friday last week, the dab of pumpkin purée left from Sunday’s sticky pudding, and the last few leaves of […]
In the last week or so, I’ve had, or created, several opportunities to eat vegetarian versions of meat dishes. On Thursday, for lunch, I had a sandwich made from slices of mushroom-pecan paté, really just vegetarian meatloaf, leftover from the first small plates buffet. It was a good, traditional, sandwich – the paté, grainy mustard, […]