Gardens, Pizza, and Tibetan Food

Walking around the Botanical Gardens

A water lily in the greenhouse

FOOD 

Lunch yesterday: pizza

Dinner yesterday: Tibetan food. Momo (dumplings), along with chicken, beef, and vegetarian dishes.

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Sunday with the family

 

Bonsai at the Matthaei Botanical Garden

Water lilies in the greenhouse.

Bonsai in bloom.

Inside the Bonsai Garden

Left to right: Tom, Len, Miriam, Evelyn, and Hayden

Alice in her living room.

Miriam and Hayden Cook Dinner

Chopped kale and kimchi.

Purple rice, mushrooms, cabbage, and sweet potatoes

Perfect easy-over eggs

Evelyn and Tom will drive home tomorrow morning, and Miriam and Hayden will fly home in the evening. We’ll be left here — though of course Alice also lives here in Ann Arbor.

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March in the Kitchen

 New in My Kitchen in March

New Mug Rack that Len made for some of our many mugs.
Len has been doing a lot of woodworking.

We have been using the new tray for many meals… such as this patè, cheese, bread, and chips.

Good Meals in March

We cooked at home for most of our March dinners. Here are photos — some new, some you’ve seen earlier this month. 

At Home

… and another roast chicken!

For Saint Patrick’s Day, of course.

We frequently have tuna salad in one form or another.

Alice made us some classic chocolate chip cookies.

Len made Pad Thai — super good!

Another meal that Len made.

Bacon on Special

I needed a few strips of bacon for classic Boeuf Bourgignon, so I went quickly into a Kroger store.
They had a special: buy one package get one free. So we have had about a year’s worth of bacon this month!

A Take-Out Meal: Food from the Himalayas

At Slurping Turtle 

Miso Soup

Seafood plate.

Sashimi with raw tuna and vegetables.

Final March Reading (not in my kitchen)

I’m not sure I’ll keep reading this in April.
The first 200 pages have been disappointing. I expected more from
Diana Wynne Jones.

Shared with Sherry’s “In My Kitchen” 

Blog post and photos © 2026 mae sander

What We Have Been Eating

Saturday Lunch at the Jefferson Market

Alice and her iced coffee.

Evelyn and Tom, visiting for the weekend.

We all ordered different things. Alice had this plate of eggs, sausage, and potatoes.

French fries and a sandwich

Breakfast burrito: scrambled eggs and black beans.

Photo from market’s website.

Between Meals: A Visit to the Botanical Gardens

Note: the central object is a stone cactus, or lithops, a type of stone plant.

Shamrocks for this week’s holiday.

Take Out Dinner from Everest Sherpa Tibetan Restaurant

Home Cooking: A Roast Chicken and Boeuf Bourgignon

 Photos © 2026 mae sander