Tuesday this week I taught my third cooking class at Orange Tree Imports. I think this one was the most fun yet. The theme was vegetable side dishes “easy enough for everyday, fancy enough for Thanksgiving”. We made from-scratch green bean casserole. Potato Poblano Gratin, pretty much the Gourmet recipe as is. I demoed making … [Read more…]
Seems like every morning this week I woke up at 4:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep. So, I’ve definitely been a bit draggy. I guess it’s because of the time change, fall back – but I like that Sunday with an extra hour (that was just last week) so much that I’m not too … [Read more…]
I’ve been home for almost a week and of course the most important thing is what I’ve been cooking. My last Canadian meal was a Tim Horton’s donut. I can’t remember what I had for dinner when I got home Monday. Tuesday morning getting ready to work, I brewed a pot of coffee with no … [Read more…]
Monday I made a pie. Tuesday Mark and I ate some of it for dinner, with ice cream. Thursday I took the last of it to work, and brought home the empty pie dish. Wednesday I made a test batch of Mexican chocolate rice pudding that was the dessert for the Eat Smart in Mexico … [Read more…]
I’ve been trying to write something since last weekend, or I guess that’s actually weekend before last since I started writing this Tuesday, and now it’s Wednesday, Thursday and I’m falling further behind all the time. Let’s see if I can at least remember the food. This is going to be a looong post, Blogger … [Read more…]
Sorry, I kind of left you hanging about the lump I found on my shoulder, last Saturday. I went to the doctor, and the verdict is it’s arthritis. I guess it’s sort of like the bunion I got scraped off from my left big toe, back in the early aughts, 2003 or so, a lump … [Read more…]
It seemed like a long hard week even though it was only 4 days. Tuesday I started off serving the pantry breakfast. It was the first UN-rainy day in forever, and as I already observed it felt great to bike to the east side. Came back and took Anna shopping for food to pack in … [Read more…]
I was having trouble figuring out dinner. I had some mung bean sprouts and some pea shoots and some radish shoots in the fridge that I wanted to use up. All local, all good, I just wasn’t sure our exchange student would like them. I had bought some cauliflower and some tofu and some cabbage, … [Read more…]
This time last Sunday I was out for a walk with Rachael, about to come home and start brunch prep. The house was full of people, family here for the wedding. On Tuesday we got another house guest, a medical student here from Malawi for UW’s Global Health Institute that my neighbor who’s a pediatrician … [Read more…]
It’s been cold and grey with temps in the 40s and 50s all week. I’ve been saying spring is arriving at a stately pace this year. The blossoming trees and tulips are done, and we’re on to Irises and Lilacs. And lots of wet foliage. And barn swallows nesting in the eaves at Helen C. … [Read more…]