Happy Easter! Beautiful morning here in sunny Northern California. After a morning egg hunt we have settled down for an afternoon of sugar highs and homework. And preparing for Easter dinner! Our Fifth Crow Farms vegetable box included Artichokes, Cauliflower,Romaine hearts, Kale raab, Red radishes, Salad mix, Red cabbage, Bay leaves, and Tom Phipps Pebble
Last week was my niece’s birthday and I wanted to send her my favorite brownie pan, the Baker’s Edge Brownie Pan. However according to their website, they are sold out and don’t expect anymore until 2018. So I went to eBay to see if I could score a used on and the answer was, yes
My niece has a birthday this week and I was super happy to find her gift on eBay! Cannot reveal it here, not until next week. As a hint, it is a kitchen tool. Any guesses? Our box from Fifth Crow Farms contained Butternut squash, Romaine hearts, Parsnips, Broccoli, Cilantro, Dino Kale, Fennel and Brussels
Our last box of the season from Fifth Crow Farms arrived with Stella Blue Hokkaido winter squash, Green tomatoes, Carrots, Cauliflower, Dill, Baby head lettuce, Dino kale, Yellow onion, and Purple potatoes. Here is my menu plan for the week of December 3: Sunday: Dinner out with family Monday: Chicken legs with cauliflower and carrots,
Cross Country is over and Basketball is starting. One sport to another, that’s how we roll. This week we have two basketball games, plus a little travel and maybe a class or two. The menu plan will likely include a couple dinners out, or if I am really prepared, a slow cooker recipe with leftovers.
Busy weekend, with CCS Championship XC meet at Toro Park in Salinas, followed by a team party with varsity boys Lip Sync of Devil Went Down to Georgia, along with a National Charity League Ticktocker meeting and Thanksgiving dinner. Gasp, how did we keep it all together. Oh, yeah, caffeine. And, Manhattans. Tonight, DH made
Last week, I invited a friend for lunch. Makes me happy to cook for another mom, we had a nice curry chicken salad from the Frog Commissary Cookbook. This week, I am hosting another ladies’s lunch and we will have the Northern Italian Rice Salad with Shrimp and Clear Garlic Vinaigrette and the Oriental Chicken Salad,
I was sorting through the stack of recipes on the counter, trying to find a cookie recipe for this week’s cookie decorating with Donna (we get together every month during the school year and decorate cookies with flooded icing). Found all sorts of treasures, recipes made in the past year or so that our family
Our box from Fifth Crow Farms contained Red Kabocha winter squash, Red onions, Turnips, Summer squash, Melons, Basil, Arrowhead cabbage, Arugula and Beefsteak tomatoes. These were end-of-season tomatoes, so I stuck them in a low oven with olive oil and S&P to roast them for use this week. Mid-semester, I am feeling a little tired of planning