Monday night dinner was Beddar then Cheddar dogs with sauteed red pepper and onions on fresh hot dog buns.
I made 2 batches of really good maple cornbread today. I baked them in the Lodge cast iron pan they call a mini-cake pan. The outside comes out crisp, but the inside stays soft and tender. The flavor, using both maple sugar and maple syrup is wonderful (of course, being a Northerner, cornbread is always sweetened! unless you add fresh corn kernels.) We ate cornbread with our beef stew, but most of it will go with the chili to the ice fishing derby tomorrow. Yes, the smart folks will not go out on the ice, which is not thick enough yet this winter to hold the weight of a truck, snowmobile, fishing shanty, or maybe even a person. There were 3 deaths in the last 2 days of people who ventured out on the ice of Lake Champlain.
I made chili for my husband to share with his buddies while ice fishing tomorrow. But we ate leftover beef stew for our dinner.
Mike, I used the key lime juice in a bottle from KAF, a birthday gift. The pie doesn't look great, kind of mottled, but my husband said the flavor and texture are excellent. His only complaint is "it is too thin." The KAF recipe calls for only 1 can of sweetened condensed milk, whereas most of the recipes I looked at call for 2 cans.
I made a Key lime pie (my husband's request) and blueberry lemon muffins.
Our Friday dinner was chicken thighs, steamed fresh green beans, and cauliflower salad.
I made venison stew for my husband to take to a pot-luck. I had a chicken breast and cauliflower salad.
Mike, that's how my peas behaved back when I grew them in my big garden. They'd keep producing, as long as I kept picking, but only up to a certain point. Then, they just turned brown and died; reached their life expectancy, I guess.
I've not tried growing spinach in the Aerogarden, but it doesn't do as well under the gro lights or in planters on the deck as lettuce does. I think it is not a 'cut and come again' type of growth.
I just put in my order for seeds of delicata squash, yellow summer squash, and what I think might be the honey nut squash BakerAunt loves so much. Yesterday I planted more lettuce and spinach in the sunroom.
We had burgers grilled on the deck (on an inch of fresh sleet/ice) and fries.
Aaron, I have visions of a huge field of little brown and white eggs rolling around. That's free-range, right?
Joan, you did hit the jackpot! Here, eggs are 4.89/dozen (down from 5.89) and 2% milk is the same, 4.89/gallon. I need to shop on Wednesday, and I'm not looking forward to it.
Tonight we grilled ribs on the deck, and also had roasted veggies and cauliflower salad. Three nights ago it was -17, and today it was mid-30s.
I baked 2 loaves of rye bread today.
We had chicken salad sandwiches, on garlic and herb bread.
Mike, your French onion soup looked delicious -- that is what I was expecting when I ordered it at a restaurant last week! And yes, we watch the Mt. Washington weather closely when there are warnings. Life is different up there!
I made those Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies today, but added chocolate chips. They are really good, and I'll be making them again. I doubled the recipe and put half into the freezer.
