I would also suggest adding some mustard to the ham and potato soup. I plan to cut the rest of the ham off the bone today, and then cook the bone for soup. Last summer for a "chowder pot-luck" I made Dutchess soup and added chunks of potato (so that it qualified as a chowder!) and ham - it was excellent. I might use some of the ham to make that again. I also will put some into the freezer for omelets, egg muffins, etc.
No cooking here tonight! A food truck has been coming to the parking lot of a daycare center near us on Fridays and Saturdays for the past month. This is a real treat for such a rural area. So I picked up San Diego style fish tacos for our dinner - delicious! However, it's not quite the same as sitting on the pier over the waters of the bay on a sunny day, not when it's raining and the temp is 34*.
I made beef stroganoff for dinner tonight.
I was at TJ Maxx this morning, first time in ages, and I found nothing to buy!! I also went to Joann's and the one item I wanted to buy there was out-of-stock! A half hour drive, each way, and I bought nothing except a tank of gas. Baking is more fun.
So I made a 9 x 13 pan of date-nut coffee cake when I got home.
We are having planned overs all week! Then I'll have to cook again, and it will be ham and split pea soup, or maybe a ham and 15-bean soup.
We haven't seen our resident fox for a couple of weeks, Mike. About a mile from here, there were two dens of rabid foxes a few months ago, which Fish and Game trapped; it might have been part of that crew. However, last night we saw, on camera, the bobcat saunter through the back yard.
I began baking all the cookies I've been making and freezing for the previous 3 weeks. I have a couple more dozen to bake.
Today I made tomato soup, which we had for dinner with onion-wild rice rolls. I also made a fruit-lime jello mold, which will be part of our Christmas dinner tomorrow evening.
I got a quart of garden tomatoes out of the freezer and made a sauce with rice for a dinner of stuffed peppers and some of the garlic knots I made yesterday.
Today I made Buckeye Bars. Not sure they belong under "Baking" because they are no bake. But they are also no cook. The best part is they taste just like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, and who can resist peanut butter and chocolate?
I'm looking forward to your new recipe, BakerAunt. The Sandwich Rye Bread is one of my favorite recipes. I often substitute pumpernickel for the medium rye.
Today I made garlic knots, to serve with the Christmas Eve ham. I need to decide on another kind of roll, to make tomorrow, for those who don't eat garlic.
Len, that trick to softening butter sounds great, and thanks, I'm glad to know it works.
We had pork chops with sauteed onions, and cauliflower and asparagus.
I think that combo should work fine in the recipe for the lemon braid. The consistency of the filling would be about the same. It sure sounds delicious.
We had baked fish with baked potato and butternut squash.
