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Dinner, during another thunderstorm, was omelets.
We had quesadillas tonight, to use up some leftovers: thin sliced boneless pork, spicy tomato salsa, crushed pineapple, onion, peppers, bean sprouts, and shredded cheddar.
I made a loaf of black olive bread, and it rose so high the top burned on the upper elements in the Breville countertop oven! It's huge - about 5 inches about the sides of the bread pan. We'll see what it tastes like tomorrow.
I marinated and sauteed chicken thighs which I had with leftover potato salad. My husband was at a barbeque all day and wasn't hungry, so I have leftovers for lunch.
Our dinner was ham steak on the grill, potato salad, and spinach salad. I got the recipe for the spinach salad from a friend in San Francisco when we lived there in the 70s. I made it often then and when we moved away, but I have not made it for probably 45-50 years! It's just as good today as it was then, and I won't wait another 50 years to make it again. It has spinach, sliced water chestnuts, bean sprouts, bacon, and a special dressing. The spinach came from our deck garden.
Today I made a carrot cake with pineapple and walnuts, and a cream cheese frosting.
Dinner tonight was boneless pork chops and roasted potatoes on the grill, and Greek salad.
My sympathies, Joan. I will be thinking of you.
Italian Cook - I agree! I first made the baked pancakes a couple of months ago, and said never again will I stand at the griddle, flipping pancakes!! They came out exactly like my regular pancakes, except square instead of round.
YES! BakerAunt, that would be a great dough to try. If it is too soft to easily form the braid, I think, not sure, that you could add a little more flour? I don't what else would help. Maybe Mike can chime in with suggestions.
Yesterday was finally dry, but not much sun; today was gorgeous - no rain, full sunshine all day. The rest of the week should be the same, but getting warmer and possible storms on Friday. Today I spent hours in the flower beds - reweeding things I weeded in May, planting flowers I bought the first week in June, and mulching. My husband weeded the small in-ground garden in areas we had not yet mulched, as well as in the raspberry and blackberry patches. We're eating from the planters on the deck - spinach, several kinds of lettuce, beet greens and radishes. There are baby tomatoes on the Sweet 100 plant, and the herbs are overflowing their pots.
So sad for you, Joan, but you have a good attitude. I'm glad to know you rest when you can; continue to take care of yourself so that you can keep supporting Sonny. It's so good to know that you both have the support of family. I continue to think of you every day.
Dinner was grilled chicken, Greek salad, and ramen noodles. It's the first time I've ever cooked ramen, but my husband ate the spinach pasta salad that I had planned for dinner, so I had to dig into my "emergency meal" supplies.
BakerAunt, I'm pretty sure I have used several different dough recipes for this braid. I also believe I've used my basic go-to pizza/calzone dough, using a few tablespoons of butter instead of olive oil, adding a few tablespoons of sugar, an egg, etc to enrich it. Do you have a rich, sweet dough recipe that you've used?
Around here, most of the vendors at the farmers' markets have farms with nice farmstands. There are 5 farmstands within about 5 miles of my house. There are also some vendors selling baked goods, jams, maple syrup, etc. It is a ton of work, and costs the owner money, also, because they need to have more employees to cover the market place and the stand at the farm. All the farmstands are doing CSAs these days, which require less labor and yield more profit. But with so many of them in the Upper Valley, the competition is tremendous and the farmers have become very creative.
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