Below, a photo-journal of recent garden, food and miscellaneous happenings. Scroll over the pictures for picture titles. Hope it makes you hungry…
Last updated: 3/9/2010:
3/8/2010: The result of my experiment with the farmers’ market red cabbage.
3/5/2010: Double berry lemon scones for the office.
3/4/2010: Leftover shredded chicken = chicken pot pie.
3/4/2010: Mid-winter soup.
2/28/2010: First real sign of Spring.
2/26/2010: Roasted chicken lunch stuffed with rosemary and vegetables.
2/26/2010: Roasted Garden Broccoli with Garlic Lemon Zest
2/25/2010: Swirled Egg, Spinach and Vegetable Soup
2/24/2010: Refrigerator staple.
2/16/2010: Chocolate chip cookies.
2/15/2010: First of the season broccoli in the afternoon sunlight.
2/14/2010: Valentine’s Morning pancakes.
2/9/2010: Perhaps the RGB’s favorite pasta.
2/4/2010: Breakfast of scrambled eggs, sautéed potatoes and caramelized onions.
2/2/2010: Lunch trio.
2/1/2010: Mid-winter lunch of pork, asparagus and celery root puree.
2/1/2010: Britta’s all-time favorite snack.
1/28/2010: My failed attempt of using leftover sourdough and overgrown arugula to create a bite-sized lunch for the carpenter. I can’t lie, it was nasty.
1/28/2010: We finally got a new door… two months after the dog broke the old one.
1/25/2010: Dinner with poached cod under a saffron lemon-mayo over chorizo, mussels and penne in a thyme broth with garden tomatoes, bell peppers, shallots, garlic and white wine.
1/22/2010: Flaxseed and Wheat Germ Dog Biscuits for the dog and her friends.
1/22/2010: Chukar BBQ sandwich.
1/20/2010: Winter dinner of trout fillet, crusted with dill, paprika and cayenne and roasted asparagus and potatoes under a sauce of white wine, dill, paprika and lemon juice.
1/20/2010: Bouillabaisse for a rainy day.
1/19/2010: Second chukar meal, a variation of the Vietnamese banh mi.
1/17/2010: First chukar meal.
1/15/2010: Mandarins for breakfast.
1/14/2010: Another TV dinner.
1/13/2010: Rainy day lunch.
1/12/2010: Substation sandwich and current read.
1/12/2010: Using more gifted key-limes.
1/11/2010: Typical T.V. dinner.
1/11/2010: Salvaged greens before they were sucked under.
1/11/2010: Another gopher victim.
1/10/2010: One of our final January batches of mandarins.
1/10/2010: Feelin’ inspired to play with egg yolks.
1/10/2010: Our attempt at creative use of leftovers.
1/10/2010: Kim’s idea of perfect breakfast food.
1/9/2010: We have zero excuse not to eat our greens.
1/9/2010: Ever wondered what the underside of a Mandarin tree looked like in January?
1/9/2010: The very last of our cherry tomatoes; we’re surprised they made it this long!
1/7/2010: It only took us somewhere between 30 and 60 years to create the ultimate Chicago-style deep-dish pizza. We rock.
1/7/2010: Britta’s afternoon at Laguna Beach (nope, not food-related, unless you count the detour to Spouts on the way home to buy pepperoni).
1/7/2010: Double berry lemon scones for breakfast.
1/6/2010: A fresh supply of garden herb-butter. Will be using this for next roast chicken.
1/6/2010: Another bucket of Mexican limes, courtesy of really good friends. Watch out for more Mexican lime pie.
1/5/2010: Our dog is going raw… so we’re de-backing a chicken (to save for stock) and giving her the rest for dinners.
1/5/2010: Four nights’ worth of dog-food dinners.
1/5/2010: Leftover duck and chicken = fried rice. Another way to use up good food.
1/4/2010: Where did the parsley go???
1/4/2010: Caught gopher; ha! Unfortunately, this was after 3 or 4 parsley plants went missing.
1/4/2010: It took ten lemons to make this cake with lemon curd.
1/3/2010: Touching base with Vietnamese roots: curry chicken with stir-fried spinach and Jasmine rice.
1/4/2010: An experimental breakfast omelet with beet greens. Makes the insides pink!
1/1/2010: An experimental lunch of Roasted Duck, Buttermilk-Smashed Potatoes and Baked Chard.
1/1/2010: New Years Day waffles with butter, maple syrup AND powdered sugar.
12/31/2009: Last lunch of 2009 – Baked Chicken with Lemon and Garden Herbs with a Winter Salad with Apple, Walnuts and Asiago. Not pictured: glass of 2008 Estate Viogner from Rideau Vineyard in Santa Ynez Valley, CA.
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