We had ham steaks, potato salad, and cole slaw.
I plan to buy my tomato and pepper seedlings tomorrow. I'll hardened them off on the covered back porch for a couple weeks, but not transplant them to the garden until at least after May 15, possibly not until June 1. We need to get the electric fence set up, and try to get rid of the woodchuck before I plant, also. I think the bear and the bobcat are not likely to eat garden plants.
Dinner tonight was beef stroganoff with asparagus. Unfortunately, not fresh from the garden but the freezer and last year's garden. Still delicious.
I have dough for chocolate chip - oatmeal cookies chilling in the fridge.
Last night we grilled marinated chicken thighs, with smashed potatoes and buttercup squash.
I baked 2 loaves of buttermilk whole wheat bread.
Yes, the weather sure is a roller coaster this year. It is 28* and going down right now, at 2:00 a.m. Our last average frost date is May 15; I've been keeping records for 36 years now. I usually don't plant anything outside until Memorial Day, but may try a small planter on the deck with lettuce and spinach this week. And for once, I'd love two weeks of rain this year, as we are officially in a drought, but there is no rain beyond "a chance of showers" in the forecast for several weeks.
We had a stir fry with chicken, on angel hair pasta tonight.
We had split pea soup from the freezer, and gruyere rolls.
Baked beans and brown bread is a very old traditional New England meal. It was (and probably still is) the standard Saturday night supper for many. Twenty or thirty years ago, I baked it in empty coffee cans - til that became a no-no. Then we searched out stainless steel cans, for example, kitchen utensil holders. I still have some of those, but no longer make brown bread.
This morning I made Lemon Blueberry muffins with lemon streusel.
We had grilled steak, roasted potatoes, and broccoli.
We had leftover stuffed peppers, gruyere rolls, and green salad.
BakerAunt, I will continue making variations on that oatmeal bar theme. My husband loves them. I've decided I will not be trying the flapjack recipe Smitten Kitten posted. It calls for way too much sugar -- I would be sweeter than I like, and it's more sugar than I can eat.
I made stuffed peppers for dinner last night. We had just finished eating when we lost power, so we ended up just going to bed, in the dark. Most of our friends and relatives have solar panels on the roof or property, and back up batteries so they never lost power, but we have not invested in any of that yet. We do own two generators, but they are at the sugarhouse now. We ended up with about 2 inches of heavy wet snow, high winds, and lots of limbs down.
I made another batch of the Oatmeal Bars, this time using homemade raspberry jam instead of apricot. I also drizzled chocolate over the jam before crumbling the topping over them. The chocolate is Raspberry Liquor Fudge Sauce from Stonewall Kitchen.
