Weekend Six

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dawnnys

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1. Yay... asparagus season is here. Steamed asparagus with orange vinaigrette, chicken and biscuits, and tomato/mozzarella/basil salad was Friday's dinner.

2. Bought some snack-y food to watch SU's semi-final Basketball game Sat. night. (Boo hoo, we lost.) The cheese, however was a keeper. White Stilton with apricot and brandy. Best part is, I found it at a deeply-discounted overrun food store in the city - back to buy more before they sell out. Does anyone have experience in freezing this type of cheese? It's similar to blue cheese.

3. Made guacamole and added cilantro from the mystery garden. Good as a layer in a modified-7-layer dip (refried black beans, guacamole, and salsa, topped with cheddar cheese - gees, can you tell we love cheese?).

4. Planted red chard seeds in the peat pots that held my heirloom tomato seeds (that didn't sprout!).

5. Found a decent tube pan at the local consignment shop and since I dropped it (and dinged it), I bought it. Will make some kind of spice cake in it this week.

6. Made a stop near the walking park today, to an old Italian bakery which makes the best fresh-made bread in huge brick ovens. Came home and crisped it and had with leftover tomato salad for a nice lunch.

 
That Stilton sounds terrific!

My Sunday Six...

1. We also had asparagus today, since it's starting to be in season: tossed with lemony pasta, topped with salmon.

2. I made poppyseed cake last night, combining an Apetit CZ recipe and one from a very old Czech cookbook. And it turned out pretty well! Ok, it wasn't strudel, but it was a close second and it passed muster by the authority. smileys/wink.gif

3. Went to a southern French place that we really like for dinner, last night. We always order the same exact things... Eggplant Rollatini and Wild-Boar Lasagne. The Rollatini are technically appetizers, but I swear there's enough cheese in them to last a week.

4. Need to make hummus for dinner tonight...

5. I had "Essential Papin" out from the library last week, and am intrigued by one recipe in particular (but they all sound great). He takes phyllo dough, rolls it up, and then slices it into 1/4" strips. Then he tosses it with butter, oil, and sugar; presses it in a baking dish; bakes it for 15-18 minutes at 350*F; and then tops it with macerated fruit (or some other fruit concoction) when ready to serve. It sounds so easy... (I think it's this recipe: Fruit Tart )

6. Still trying to figure out what to do for Easter. Nothing is really grabbing me, at the moment.

 
Dawn that cheese will NOT freeze well. Been there, tried that. It'll come out all crumbly and weird.

Best to eat it all or share with a friend. Great in salads, by the way.

 
Same link - it goes to the homepage of WCHS/FOX eyewitness news - no link to

Good Morning America...

 
if you have a foodsaver, use that to vacuum seal the cheese and it will keep longer in the fridge

than normal. I also wouldn't freeze it.

 
my weekend six

DH and I went up Thursday for the weekend to our friend's lodge to help out while he is in the hospital with pancreatic cancer. sad times. they have a popular lodge that was packed full with snowmachiners. DH took care of snowmachines and wiring in cable to their bedroom and I helped make beds and clean cabins and do laundry---lots of laundry. and I cooked.

we baked a slab of salmon and also some meatloaf for Friday dinner. a huge pan of roasted vegetables and a mixed fruit crisp rounded out the meal.

Saturday morning breakfast was a baked fritatta made with the leftover roasted veggies. yum! we're putting together a lodge cookbook for a fund raiser and I have to write down recipes for these thrown together dishes I made. they were well received.

Saturday night dinner was someone else's lasagna(Safeway frozen, but actually quite good) and we baked up some asparagus and acorn squash that needed baking, and a nice big tossed salad with garlic cheese bread. leftover fruit crisp and freshly baked oatmeal cookies for dessert.

the lodge owner's mother is up from Oregon to help, and she is 79 and a delight. Her Nook konked out and was under warranty, so I took it in when I got to Anchorage and they swapped it for a brand new one. she will be pleased.

had to get a big hug from DH after visiting our friends in the hospital. bad memories. cancer is just evil.

 
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