What’s New?
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New recipe box which I’m starting to populate with other people’s recipes.
Len made me this recipe box. Yes, I mostly keep recipes in a database, but this is a fun retro choice. |
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| New rubber ducky and new tiny cookware. The Ducky is for Eileen’s Critters! |
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| New table caddy: Len also made this. |
In My Kitchen In January
It’s been a very quiet month in my kitchen. Few new gadgets, not very adventurous cooking, but lots of good food to enjoy quietly as the snow has been falling. We did try a few ready-made food products. I’ve posted several of these photos during the month, but I wanted to show them again in this wrap-up.
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| Meatballs served with mushroom and onion gravy and fresh vegetables. |
Alice Cooks
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| Alice cooked creamy pasta and brought us bread sticks and salad to accompany it. |
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| Alice brought heart-shaped pasta and other anticipations of Valentine Day. |
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| Home made crumpets, fruit, mushrooms, and smoked salmon for brunch at Alice’s apartment |
What do I want to cook?
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| These are the New York Times recipes that I’ve saved in hopes that we will some day cook them. |
A toast from Alice
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We are so happy that Alice is now living in Ann Arbor as a graduate student
at the University of Michigan.
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Outside the Kitchen: Sad Thoughts
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14 comments:
Hello, Mae
Cute Rubber Ducky! The cocoa spoons look fun. All your food, the bread and the cinnamon rolls all look delicious. I am sure you are very happy to have Alice close by. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, have a great weekend. PS, thanks so much for leaving me a comment.
It's early morning here and after seeing all of this amazing food, I want to cook. LOL Some truly wonderful recipes. I should get a recipe box. I would like to try the Lentils and rice with fried onions that sounds like a good one to me. Have a great day today.
So much delicious looking food this month in and out of your kitchen.
I think your food looks fantastic. The food at my house hasn't even been close to that. But I noticed we did buy some of the same items at Trader Joe's. Love the new rubber duckie and all the Monas. Happy February. hugs-Erika
You are my kind of cook! "Impromptu cuisine leads to sort-of-new combinations. Maybe never to be done again in the exact same way."
That's a lot going on and I would say that there has been some adventurous cooking going on. Still keep Minneapolis and all in my daily thoughts.
The mini pots and pans with the pink duck are adorable! I haven't been to a Trader Joe's in over 10 years, but it sure was fun to walk through and put a couple of new items in the cart. Len's breads are beautiful! Have a great month ahead, take care.
Len is quite talented - nice caddy and recipe box. I used to have a trusty recipe box but I've gone strictly electronic for years now. Your little rubber ducky is cute as are your tiny pots. All of your food looks delicious as usual- especially Len's bread! Keep warm...
Sad times indeed these days. Love all the good food here tho especially a Cornish pastie. How clever is Len! Love the caddy. And i do like a rubber duck. Must be lovely to have your granddaughter (?) nearby. Thanks for joining in this month. Always fun to share in everyone's kitchen!
cheers
sherry
Forgot to say i also keep lots of recipes in hard format; i have several folders full!
Sad times in the world these days! Love all your food tho. I love a good Cornish pastie for sure.
now that is a gorgeous loaf of bread Len made! I'm also super intrigued by your to-cook list because I actually have the mujadara and sheet pan feta/chickpeas saved on my list as well, what a coincidence! I have been most saddened by the recent events in the US, it's really just incredible what is happening in the world, not in a good way...
Your recipe card file reminds me of my days working in libraries Mae, many moons ago, now I have an expandable file, and some electronic storage and cookbooks. Love all the Trader Joe ideas, never been there being an Aussie, but it looks like fun, and how lovely to cook with Alice Love a good pastie too. Precious times.
An interesting month with lots of good food and fun, Mae! Love the mona lisa fridge magnets and your cute pink valentine's bundle- and that pink rubber ducky - I love how many fun rubber duckies are about in the shops. Len is so talented with his woodwork skills and bread baking skills.I love your comment about the meal that will never be the same way again - I have lots of those but love how they often taken parts of other successful meals and morph into more good meals - same same but different! Enjoy your time with Alice! Hope it is some small comfort in a world where good and pretti people are killed so senselessly!
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