Hubby's time at Military Home #1 has officially come to an end! He got on the road this afternoon. It took longer than he'd hoped thanks to paperwork delays (blah), but he did make it out of there. Depending how tired he is and how the driving goes, he'll be here at some point tomorrow I'm thinking! Good times indeed!
I'm trying out a new recipe tonight - Pioneer Woman's turnip gratin (CSA turnips!). I think it'll turn out well (then again, melted gruyere cheese is generally a sign of deliciousness to come). My plan for tonight is to watch the World Series game and unpack more boxes - then hopefully get to bed plenty early because I've got a few things to do before hubby gets here tomorrow!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Furniture - what a novelty!
Of course, I haven't been living entirely without furniture - I had a desk, TV/entertainment stand, and a bed for the past couple months, but I didn't have much beyond that. Thanks to a remarkably quick move this time around, our household goods were delivered today and though I am surrounded by boxes, I'm equipped with the stuff to make our house a home, which is exciting indeed.
I do wonder how I will balance all this, since I still have to go to school and all that (details...) but I'm just trying to think of it as attacking a few boxes at a time. I already took care of a few boxes that were in the kitchen for instance. It's also great to have a couch to sit on and watch TV, and nightstands next to the bed to put things on. It really helps me appreciate the function of furniture in my life to have not had much of it for the past 2.5 months!
Of course, much more important than furniture, is the impending arrival of hubby! The most likely thing is that he'll depart Military Home #1 on Friday, but it depends on the approval of some paperwork, which is out of his control at this point. Either way it's coming up fast and we're both ready for him to get here already!
I do wonder how I will balance all this, since I still have to go to school and all that (details...) but I'm just trying to think of it as attacking a few boxes at a time. I already took care of a few boxes that were in the kitchen for instance. It's also great to have a couch to sit on and watch TV, and nightstands next to the bed to put things on. It really helps me appreciate the function of furniture in my life to have not had much of it for the past 2.5 months!
Of course, much more important than furniture, is the impending arrival of hubby! The most likely thing is that he'll depart Military Home #1 on Friday, but it depends on the approval of some paperwork, which is out of his control at this point. Either way it's coming up fast and we're both ready for him to get here already!
Monday, October 24, 2011
On the Road!
Our stuff is on the road, that is. Hubby has some paperwork to finish up, and of course I'm settled here doing the school thing, but today the packers came to our apartment at Military Home #1 and packed up the bulk of our stuff! By the end of the week I may well have a couch, kitchen table, washer/dryer, and a few other conveniences back in my life. This is good news indeed, but I also can't wait until hubby is here to help me arrange it all! I'll finally be putting things on the wall and making this house feel like home, and I'm so excited.
Here's hoping that by Saturday night we're curled up on the couch watching a movie. I would love nothing more. :-)
Here's hoping that by Saturday night we're curled up on the couch watching a movie. I would love nothing more. :-)
Eggplant Pizza
I'm on a roll with these recipes... today I want to share my method for making veggie pizza, and this most recent one happened to be an eggplant pizza. The great thing about pizza is that it can be a canvas for whatever you need to use up!
I found one recipe online that suggested broiling the eggplant first - this helped cook it a bit and make it soft enough to bite into when eating it on the pizza - just brush with olive oil and sprinkle on salt, then broil for a few minutes on each side.
I spread a somewhat thin layer of sauce on the dough, then sprinkle chopped up garlic and red pepper flakes on top. On this pizza, I also added some grape tomatoes I needed to use up, and put a few pieces of eggplant under the cheese before sprinkling the cheese on top, followed by the rest of the eggplant. Also, in case anyone actually uses this as a recipe, I put a layer of Crisco on the baking sheet before pressing out the dough.
I found one recipe online that suggested broiling the eggplant first - this helped cook it a bit and make it soft enough to bite into when eating it on the pizza - just brush with olive oil and sprinkle on salt, then broil for a few minutes on each side.
Next, it was time to spread out the dough. I used to make my own pizza crust, but I just started buying a frozen ball of dough at the grocery store and honestly, it tastes just as good and it's definitely easier. It was even easier than usual to stretch and spread the dough - I think leaving it out for a couple of hours (at room temperature) may have helped. My pizzas are rarely perfectly shaped - I just solve this problem by calling it "artisan" pizza. See? No worries!
Ready to go in the oven!
I cooked it at 370 or so, and 20 minutes later, it looked like this - yum!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Roasted Squash and Pepper Tacos
Here's the next installment of my CSA recipe series - I got this recipe from the website of my CSA - like others that I get there, just e-mail me if you'd like the recipe!
Especially in my first few boxes, I got a lot of zucchini and squash, and a lot of peppers. This has been the perfect easy and yummy recipe to help me use those things up! It's just a matter of slicing the zucchini, squash, and peppers, slicing up some onion, and dressing all that with olive oil, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and cumin. The filling is roasted in the oven for about 30 minutes, and then I put it in some whole wheat tortillas, and top with salsa, shredded cheese, and Greek yogurt (which I use instead of sour cream). I love making Mexican inspired things at home because they are such a great combination of scrumptious and easy, and this recipe is no exception.
Especially in my first few boxes, I got a lot of zucchini and squash, and a lot of peppers. This has been the perfect easy and yummy recipe to help me use those things up! It's just a matter of slicing the zucchini, squash, and peppers, slicing up some onion, and dressing all that with olive oil, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, and cumin. The filling is roasted in the oven for about 30 minutes, and then I put it in some whole wheat tortillas, and top with salsa, shredded cheese, and Greek yogurt (which I use instead of sour cream). I love making Mexican inspired things at home because they are such a great combination of scrumptious and easy, and this recipe is no exception.
Filling ingredients, except for the onion
Finished product! Yum!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Kale Chips
I first made kale chips earlier this year. To be sure, they don't totally substitute for potato chips, but they make you feel much better about eating them, and they do satisfy a craving for something salty and crunchy. Even better, they're super simple to make. I've used a couple recipes as a guide - one on Allrecipes and the other from Smitten Kitchen.
First, I ripped all the leaves off the ribs and made sure they were roughly in bite size pieces. Then I drizzled them with olive oil and sprinkled on some salt, then tossed it all together. I baked it in a 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes (I think maybe 13 minutes total... but who's counting?).
Just wanted to share one way I've used the kale I've gotten in the CSA share. It's great to have a way to make it into an easy snack!
First, I ripped all the leaves off the ribs and made sure they were roughly in bite size pieces. Then I drizzled them with olive oil and sprinkled on some salt, then tossed it all together. I baked it in a 350 degree oven for 10-15 minutes (I think maybe 13 minutes total... but who's counting?).
Some of them may have found their way into my tummy before I took the photo!
For whatever reason, they were even better than I remembered them being. I do think I may have put on too much salt, but you know - live and learn!
Just wanted to share one way I've used the kale I've gotten in the CSA share. It's great to have a way to make it into an easy snack!
Friday, October 21, 2011
This Week's CSA Haul
It's been a while since I actually photographed my CSA veggies, but I made sure to do it Thursday after I got home. Here's what's in season now:
Beets, kohlrabi, turnips, cilantro, mustard greens, kale, eggplant, a few peppers, onions, sweet potatoes, green beans, and mixed salad greens.
I'd never heard of kohlrabi before, and I still have yet to taste it. According to Wikipedia, it's German for "cabbage-turnip" - fun fact! I found a recipe for roasted kohlrabi that I'll be trying later in the week.
I'm also excited about the green beans - they are one of hubby's favorite vegetables, and he'll be here sometime next week, so I'll wait to cook them til he's here!
I'll be sharing a few more specific recipes in the days to come, to share how I'm using my local veggies.
I'd never heard of kohlrabi before, and I still have yet to taste it. According to Wikipedia, it's German for "cabbage-turnip" - fun fact! I found a recipe for roasted kohlrabi that I'll be trying later in the week.
I'm also excited about the green beans - they are one of hubby's favorite vegetables, and he'll be here sometime next week, so I'll wait to cook them til he's here!
I'll be sharing a few more specific recipes in the days to come, to share how I'm using my local veggies.
Nothing is Guaranteed
Just wanted to follow up and share that I found out my friend Laura passed away yesterday morning (see this post). In some ways, I have been grieving on and off, but in others, I'm not sure the reality is fully sinking in. Her father was generous enough to share online that she passed peacefully, and we all know from last week that these were her wishes, but the sorrow stays with me nonetheless. Laura's father also posted in a journal entry that one thing everyone can do to honor Laura is donate blood - particularly since blood transfusions kept her alive for most of the last year of her life. (Full disclosure: needle issues have kept me from donating in the past, but I hope to work through that to start donating in the future.)
If you are one of my readers who was also friends with Laura, my thoughts are with you the same way they are with her husband and family. I wish I could be with you all right now and give each one of you a big hug.
If you are one of my readers who was also friends with Laura, my thoughts are with you the same way they are with her husband and family. I wish I could be with you all right now and give each one of you a big hug.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Well That's Encouraging...
That time in the law school semester has arrived... we are more than halfway through, and suddenly the happy shiny 1L's (first year students) are getting the gist of what's to come. My small section had an info session today about preparing for exams, organized by our mentor so we could hear a few 2Ls and 3Ls who had our professors talk about the exams. We all left much more freaked out than how we'd entered - but ultimately that will be a good thing, because we need the motivation and the info to understand WHY we need to be thinking about finals now. In our school, along with most other law schools, our entire grade depends on one final exam. So it's kind of a big deal.
Possibly the most "encouraging" aspect of this session was the number of time various forms of a certain word were used - a word that starts sh and ends it. As in, "You'll be s***ing yourself" or "Everyone will be scared s***less." (Law school is not a G-rated place, in case you were wondering.)
Good times in law school... seriously though, for the time being I feel okay. I just need to sketch out my plan of attack now so that I can at least mitigate the stress I am under in late November and early December. I know at the end of the day, I'll be fine (probably) but I hope to get from here to there as calmly as I can manage!
Possibly the most "encouraging" aspect of this session was the number of time various forms of a certain word were used - a word that starts sh and ends it. As in, "You'll be s***ing yourself" or "Everyone will be scared s***less." (Law school is not a G-rated place, in case you were wondering.)
Good times in law school... seriously though, for the time being I feel okay. I just need to sketch out my plan of attack now so that I can at least mitigate the stress I am under in late November and early December. I know at the end of the day, I'll be fine (probably) but I hope to get from here to there as calmly as I can manage!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Excellent News
Hubby finished his last piece of training at Military Home #1 yesterday, which means today began his time tying up loose ends and out-processing so he can move here and live with me! I may not have trumpeted it on the blog very much, but I've been very impatient for him to get here and to be able to spend at least a bit of time living like a "normal" couple - whatever that means!
Depending on how things go, he'll leave either earlier or later in the week next week. Things like weather and airplane maintenance had to go right in order to not keep him there even longer, so I'm pretty darn excited that things worked out for him yesterday.
Yay for at least a temporary stop to the long-distance marriage!
Depending on how things go, he'll leave either earlier or later in the week next week. Things like weather and airplane maintenance had to go right in order to not keep him there even longer, so I'm pretty darn excited that things worked out for him yesterday.
Yay for at least a temporary stop to the long-distance marriage!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
BLT Goat Cheese Pasta
I made up an impromptu recipe today, and I thought it was quite good if I do say so myself. Wanted to share the love for the easy, flavorful dish!
Ingredients:
8 oz short-cut pasta (I used a sort of elbow like shape)
2 slices bacon, chopped
2 oz grape or cherry tomatoes, halved
1-2 handfuls of arugula or other greens
2 oz goat cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Start water for pasta and cook according to package directions, making sure to pull it out of the water at al dente or just before. Over medium-low heat, start to brown bacon in a pan. When you drop the pasta in the boiling water, add tomatoes to the pan with bacon. Saute about 5 minutes, than add greens to pan with bacon and tomato to allow them to wilt. When pasta is finished, add it to the pan with other ingredients, and stir in goat cheese, allowing it to coat the pasta. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
*Quantities are estimates for about 2 servings.
Yum! I was really quite pleased with myself, and pleasantly surprised to throw such a delicious lunch together. Then again, I'm a fan of pasta dressed very simply with butter, salt, pepper and cheese, so I'm not exactly hard to please. :-)
Ingredients:
8 oz short-cut pasta (I used a sort of elbow like shape)
2 slices bacon, chopped
2 oz grape or cherry tomatoes, halved
1-2 handfuls of arugula or other greens
2 oz goat cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Start water for pasta and cook according to package directions, making sure to pull it out of the water at al dente or just before. Over medium-low heat, start to brown bacon in a pan. When you drop the pasta in the boiling water, add tomatoes to the pan with bacon. Saute about 5 minutes, than add greens to pan with bacon and tomato to allow them to wilt. When pasta is finished, add it to the pan with other ingredients, and stir in goat cheese, allowing it to coat the pasta. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
*Quantities are estimates for about 2 servings.
Yum! I was really quite pleased with myself, and pleasantly surprised to throw such a delicious lunch together. Then again, I'm a fan of pasta dressed very simply with butter, salt, pepper and cheese, so I'm not exactly hard to please. :-)
Friday, October 14, 2011
Tribute
A quick note to start - this post is my way of dealing with some rough stuff. A good friend of mine is being moved to hospice care after an 11-month battle with hypoplastic myelodysplastic syndrome, which is a bone marrow disease. In some ways I feel selfish that this post will focus on my experience, my grief, my story, when to me this is really about her, her husband, her family, and her closer friends. That being said, I am here on my blog right now and I'm writing this to share and process my own story of friendship with this amazing woman. Just wanted to start with that, and then give myself permission to focus on Laura's effect on me - as one example of the many people she's touched in her life.
I first knew who Laura was from her blog, alis volat propriis. We had some mutual online friends in the wide military spouse community, so I first got to know her that way. Last summer I found out she and her husband would be moving to my location (which I've recently called Military Home #1). I was interested in widening my circle and thought she'd be a good person to know, so I messaged her to ask if we could meet up. She proposed meeting at the gym to do an elliptical workout while chatting, and I agreed.
During that first meeting in August, it became clear to me that this was a wonderful person who immediately put me at ease. I was a newly married military wife, and my husband had only been graduated from school a short time, while hers had been in the regular military a bit longer, and they'd been married about 2 years at that point. I guess it isn't that much longer to be married, but at 3 months for me, she seemed worlds wiser and more experienced than I was, and in some ways that was very true. From our very first meeting, Laura embraced me fully and let me right into her life - and introduced me to some other women who had more experience with the military than I. She invited me to regular lunches and made me feel like part of their group, despite the fact that most of them had already dealt with deployments and other things that I hadn't faced yet.
As we got to know each other better, I realized that Laura was the type of person, and military wife, that I wanted to be as I moved into the newest phase of my own life. She was realistic and didn't sugarcoat, but she always found the best in things. When her husband was overseas, she moved to DC and worked, giving herself a full and vibrant life - making the most of all the time she had. She was warm, caring, funny, and giving. I was so grateful that she was one of my new friends, and I looked forward to being able to spend time with her until the spring.
In November, after a group of us had had one of those lunches I talked about, some symptoms she'd been experiencing finally caused her to go to the hospital. After her blood tests showed incredibly low counts, she was transferred to a different local hospital, and then a more specialized one in another state (near her home), and was diagnosed with her disease. At that time, in addition to feeling sad about her diagnosis, I was disappointed that she wouldn't be moving back to MH #1 anytime soon. As I said, I'd looked forward to having her around longer, particularly as hubby was about to leave for training (the same type of training her husband had been through a couple years earlier).
She kept us posted as the months went on, through her joys and disappointments while waiting for a match for a bone marrow transplant. Her transplant happened in July, and in the past few months she developed various complications - she and her parents kept those who knew her updated through an online journal.
Based on the updates, it became clear to me this past week (Wednesday morning, actually), that this battle was not going to have a happy ending. It really hit me hard, in part because, to be honest, I hadn't really let myself face that possibility. I know that I was living in a world of denial, but while I knew it was serious, I quite simply chose to believe all this time that she would get through these tough times and get better.
As of this morning, I've read an update that says that Laura was able to express her wishes to her husband and parents. She no longer wants life sustaining medication, just pain medication.
There is nothing I can say to really put this in perspective. The only perspective I have is to be glad I was lucky enough to meet Laura and have her as a friend. She will continue to influence how I live my life, for the rest of my life. I of course grapple with why this had to happen to her, and with the general unfairness of it all, but I know there are no good answers to those types of questions. For my part, I suppose I will just have to continue processing what I feel. I have been lucky to have friends near and far offer their support the past few days, and of course I'm grateful.
If you're reading this, I'm just sending out a general hope for prayers and thoughts for Laura, her husband, the rest of her family, and her network of friends.
I first knew who Laura was from her blog, alis volat propriis. We had some mutual online friends in the wide military spouse community, so I first got to know her that way. Last summer I found out she and her husband would be moving to my location (which I've recently called Military Home #1). I was interested in widening my circle and thought she'd be a good person to know, so I messaged her to ask if we could meet up. She proposed meeting at the gym to do an elliptical workout while chatting, and I agreed.
During that first meeting in August, it became clear to me that this was a wonderful person who immediately put me at ease. I was a newly married military wife, and my husband had only been graduated from school a short time, while hers had been in the regular military a bit longer, and they'd been married about 2 years at that point. I guess it isn't that much longer to be married, but at 3 months for me, she seemed worlds wiser and more experienced than I was, and in some ways that was very true. From our very first meeting, Laura embraced me fully and let me right into her life - and introduced me to some other women who had more experience with the military than I. She invited me to regular lunches and made me feel like part of their group, despite the fact that most of them had already dealt with deployments and other things that I hadn't faced yet.
As we got to know each other better, I realized that Laura was the type of person, and military wife, that I wanted to be as I moved into the newest phase of my own life. She was realistic and didn't sugarcoat, but she always found the best in things. When her husband was overseas, she moved to DC and worked, giving herself a full and vibrant life - making the most of all the time she had. She was warm, caring, funny, and giving. I was so grateful that she was one of my new friends, and I looked forward to being able to spend time with her until the spring.
In November, after a group of us had had one of those lunches I talked about, some symptoms she'd been experiencing finally caused her to go to the hospital. After her blood tests showed incredibly low counts, she was transferred to a different local hospital, and then a more specialized one in another state (near her home), and was diagnosed with her disease. At that time, in addition to feeling sad about her diagnosis, I was disappointed that she wouldn't be moving back to MH #1 anytime soon. As I said, I'd looked forward to having her around longer, particularly as hubby was about to leave for training (the same type of training her husband had been through a couple years earlier).
She kept us posted as the months went on, through her joys and disappointments while waiting for a match for a bone marrow transplant. Her transplant happened in July, and in the past few months she developed various complications - she and her parents kept those who knew her updated through an online journal.
Based on the updates, it became clear to me this past week (Wednesday morning, actually), that this battle was not going to have a happy ending. It really hit me hard, in part because, to be honest, I hadn't really let myself face that possibility. I know that I was living in a world of denial, but while I knew it was serious, I quite simply chose to believe all this time that she would get through these tough times and get better.
As of this morning, I've read an update that says that Laura was able to express her wishes to her husband and parents. She no longer wants life sustaining medication, just pain medication.
There is nothing I can say to really put this in perspective. The only perspective I have is to be glad I was lucky enough to meet Laura and have her as a friend. She will continue to influence how I live my life, for the rest of my life. I of course grapple with why this had to happen to her, and with the general unfairness of it all, but I know there are no good answers to those types of questions. For my part, I suppose I will just have to continue processing what I feel. I have been lucky to have friends near and far offer their support the past few days, and of course I'm grateful.
If you're reading this, I'm just sending out a general hope for prayers and thoughts for Laura, her husband, the rest of her family, and her network of friends.
Here she is after the National Half Marathon in March 2010 - before I even met her. She ran the Army Ten-Miler about a year ago, roughly a month before she entered the hospital (and definitely when she'd been feeling under the weather already). She really is amazing.
Another, just to share the stunning smile that will always be my image of her. (I cropped her hubby out of this just to respect his privacy, as I don't know if I'd have his permission to put his image here - but as you can see, she's standing next to him in this photo, which I got on her Fbook page.)
Laura, I am blessed to have met you last year and to have been able to spend the time with you that I did. I hope you know how much you mean to me. One of the main things I am taking away from my emotions this week is yet another, painful reminder that we should always tell the people we love how much they mean to us.
And that's really all I can offer by way of conclusion - if you've read to this point, thanks for "listening" as I use my blog for emotional therapy today.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Cheesy Zucchini/Squash Casserole
I found a winner of a recipe last week, and used it to use up some of my remaining zucchini and summer squash. I had most of the ingredients on hand, and the steps involved were relatively simple!
The main ingredients are zucchini (and squash), cheddar cheese, onion, and panko bread crumbs. I'd be happy to share the recipe with anyone who wants it, but it's a bit difficult to link to and I don't want to have any copyright issues posting someone else's recipe!
I'm glad to have added another keeper to my CSA recipe stash, for sure.
What delicious recipes have you been finding lately?
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Absorbing the Music Scene
After moving from Military Home #1 to Military Home #2, I've realized that I'm very influenced by the general music scene going on around me, specifically on the radio. Though I liked country music to some extent before (especially pop country), I really embraced it at Military Home #1. I had two country stations on my pre-set stations and they were some of the most reliable to play good music.
Here at MH #2, the country station on my pre-sets isn't quite as reliable, and more importantly, I've found another station that I love (in addition to NPR, which I've started listening to on the way to school). I guess you could say it's a mix of rock, pop, and alternative? Mostly I'd say the music is cooler than I am, but I consistently enjoy it and I'm loving the new songs I'm discovering. It's probably pretty obvious that my music tastes tend to be pretty mainstream, so it's not like I knew all these groups before. This city where I go to school also happens to have an amazing music scene, which I haven't taken advantage of yet but I hope to soon!
Anyway, just wanted to share my love for this radio station, and the odd phenomenon where I take on the musical "ambiance" of my surroundings. :-)
For some examples of songs I've been listening to, I'll put in some links -
"Lucky Now" by Ryan Adams
"Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People - which I may have heard of eventually but I first heard it on the radio
There are others I enjoy, but I'm not sure I even know the names of all the ones I like!
What's been on your iPod/radio/Pandora lately?
Here at MH #2, the country station on my pre-sets isn't quite as reliable, and more importantly, I've found another station that I love (in addition to NPR, which I've started listening to on the way to school). I guess you could say it's a mix of rock, pop, and alternative? Mostly I'd say the music is cooler than I am, but I consistently enjoy it and I'm loving the new songs I'm discovering. It's probably pretty obvious that my music tastes tend to be pretty mainstream, so it's not like I knew all these groups before. This city where I go to school also happens to have an amazing music scene, which I haven't taken advantage of yet but I hope to soon!
Anyway, just wanted to share my love for this radio station, and the odd phenomenon where I take on the musical "ambiance" of my surroundings. :-)
For some examples of songs I've been listening to, I'll put in some links -
"Lucky Now" by Ryan Adams
"Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People - which I may have heard of eventually but I first heard it on the radio
There are others I enjoy, but I'm not sure I even know the names of all the ones I like!
What's been on your iPod/radio/Pandora lately?
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Blog Roll Updates
Hey everyone! I was just looking through my blog roll over there on the left <-- and realizing that many of the blogs I had up there are outdated. I went through and got rid of some that I know are not updated anymore, and added one or two, but I wanted to put out an invitation that if you want me to put your blog there, and it isn't already there, please either let me know in the comments or get in touch with me another way to let me know!
(So many posts these past couple days - when it rains it pours!)
(So many posts these past couple days - when it rains it pours!)
Radishes on Bread with Herbed Butter
One of the vegetables I got in my CSA box last week was radishes - which puzzled me a bit. (Also, upon further examination, I think I may have also been eating some turnips that I thought were radishes - one bunch was white, which may have been turnips, and the other was red.) I didn't know if I liked radishes, or how I should eat them, but nonetheless, there they were.
My solution to this was to hop on Food Network and see what I could find. I settled on Radishes with Butter and Salt by the Barefoot Contessa, which looked simple and had really great reviews. As a bonus, the recipe called for me to add herbs to the butter, and I definitely had some herbs to use up. I tried the recipe the other night, and it more delicious than I'd hoped. It's one of those cases where the sum of the whole is greater than its parts. I tried some raw radish/turnip by itself, and it wasn't awful, but it wasn't super yummy either. When sliced and then paired with some toasted bread and herbed butter, it was really really delicious. I paired it with a salad of greens from the turnips (that I thought were radishes at the time) and had what felt like a light, yummy, relatively healthy dinner. It made me happy, and I will be excited in the future whenever I get radishes! This was definitely a CSA success.
Salad along with toasted bread topped with herbed butter and turnip slices. I also had some bread and butter with the red radish slices after I had this first portion.
While I'm sharing food pictures, there's this one too - I went to lunch with a friend yesterday and got this "sandwich" which was actually a bunch of bread slices topped with brie, walnuts, and apricot preserves - yum! I will definitely be looking to go back to this cafe.
That's the latest on my culinary adventures - both at home and around town!
My solution to this was to hop on Food Network and see what I could find. I settled on Radishes with Butter and Salt by the Barefoot Contessa, which looked simple and had really great reviews. As a bonus, the recipe called for me to add herbs to the butter, and I definitely had some herbs to use up. I tried the recipe the other night, and it more delicious than I'd hoped. It's one of those cases where the sum of the whole is greater than its parts. I tried some raw radish/turnip by itself, and it wasn't awful, but it wasn't super yummy either. When sliced and then paired with some toasted bread and herbed butter, it was really really delicious. I paired it with a salad of greens from the turnips (that I thought were radishes at the time) and had what felt like a light, yummy, relatively healthy dinner. It made me happy, and I will be excited in the future whenever I get radishes! This was definitely a CSA success.
While I'm sharing food pictures, there's this one too - I went to lunch with a friend yesterday and got this "sandwich" which was actually a bunch of bread slices topped with brie, walnuts, and apricot preserves - yum! I will definitely be looking to go back to this cafe.
That's the latest on my culinary adventures - both at home and around town!
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