This is art, man.
3.28.2009
3.25.2009
You can thank me for the recent stock rally
Because this weekend I bought this: 
And this:
And this:
Just doing my part to help the economy! Gotta go play now.
And this:
And this:
Just doing my part to help the economy! Gotta go play now.
3.21.2009
One small step...
Yay Michelle!!!!! Way to inspire others and bring back the Victory Garden!
From the NY Times:
"Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of the South Lawn on Friday to plant a vegetable garden, the first at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II."
Catching up
This month has passed me by with no chance to lift my head up from what I have been doing. The job change has left me unusually tired with little energy at the end of night. This past week I have rebounded a bit and used that extra fuel to get some things in order for spring. Last weekend was full of activities, including the preparation of two delicious meals. Saturday night I made this recipe for roast chicken, which was very good. I didn't have the cast iron pan that the original recipe called for, so I just used a roaster.
I realize in retrospect that the cast iron would have made this dish perfect, as my bread pieces were a bit harder that they should have been. The chicken however, was perfect as was the fresh steamed broccoli from the garden.
We also ate some of the swiss chard from the garden.
I cut the leaves up, and sauteed them with some garlic and butter, and tossed them with lemon zest.
They were ok- Husband didnt care for them at all. They had a sharp, bitter taste to them. I wonder if the leaves were too large, and maybe I should have picked them sooner. I have never eaten swiss chard before so I'll give it another try before I give up on it completely. It was still a good meal, all in all.
Sunday was meat night. Husband suggested a steak, with twice-baked potatoes. Since I have never attempted a twice-baked spud, I accepted the challenge. Husband grilled the steaks, this time only rubbing a little salt, pepper and oilve oil onto the meat beforehand. Meanwhile, I made a compound butter for the steaks, with fresh chives and thyme.
The potatoes were were rubbed with olive oil and placed onto the oven rack for a little over an hour. Once baked, the tops were sliced off and the guts were mashed into a bowl with some sourcream, butter, carmelized onions, grated cheddar and chives. Potato mix was thrown back into the potato skin and baked for another 30 minutes.
Once out of the oven, a ridiculous amount of toppings were added to the potatoes, including bacon bits, cheese, chives and red onions.
Some more fresh gown broccoli was cooked, to ensure that we had something green on our plates!
Both were fantastic meals!
I realize in retrospect that the cast iron would have made this dish perfect, as my bread pieces were a bit harder that they should have been. The chicken however, was perfect as was the fresh steamed broccoli from the garden.
We also ate some of the swiss chard from the garden.
I cut the leaves up, and sauteed them with some garlic and butter, and tossed them with lemon zest.
They were ok- Husband didnt care for them at all. They had a sharp, bitter taste to them. I wonder if the leaves were too large, and maybe I should have picked them sooner. I have never eaten swiss chard before so I'll give it another try before I give up on it completely. It was still a good meal, all in all.
Sunday was meat night. Husband suggested a steak, with twice-baked potatoes. Since I have never attempted a twice-baked spud, I accepted the challenge. Husband grilled the steaks, this time only rubbing a little salt, pepper and oilve oil onto the meat beforehand. Meanwhile, I made a compound butter for the steaks, with fresh chives and thyme.
The potatoes were were rubbed with olive oil and placed onto the oven rack for a little over an hour. Once baked, the tops were sliced off and the guts were mashed into a bowl with some sourcream, butter, carmelized onions, grated cheddar and chives. Potato mix was thrown back into the potato skin and baked for another 30 minutes.
Once out of the oven, a ridiculous amount of toppings were added to the potatoes, including bacon bits, cheese, chives and red onions.
Some more fresh gown broccoli was cooked, to ensure that we had something green on our plates!
Both were fantastic meals!
3.11.2009
Still here!
Yo!
Sorry for the lack of posts recently. A new job for me and lots of overtime for El Hubo has made our house very chaotic lately. Add a new puppy to the mix and I am sure you get the idea...We did manage to get out into the world last weekend. We had a nice afternoon meal in downtown LA at this place, which was really fun. The food is great and the beer selection is extensive. We shared the rattlesnake-rabbit, duck-bacon, and mozzarella-sun dried tomato sausages. So good!
The garden is doing really well, last weekend was spent doing my required community service hours and weeding my own plot. I cut down all my broccoli heads, givng most to the food bank and keeping a few for myself and friends.
Everything else is buzzing along! more later...
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