Sunny Weekend
Jun. 3rd, 2008 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
evaelisabethWe had a {gasp} sunny holiday weekend, I went home early on Friday and proceeded to fall asleep on the couch for 2 hours. Kate was a little angel and as I was sleeping gave me some of her stuffed toys to keep me company :-) Saturday was our usual round of going to the market in the morning, after that Kate and her Papa went to a Birthday party and I went to the Gym for a swim and a sauna, it was lovely. I also made a German crumb cake with rhubarb, yum.
The next day I worked on some sewing, I got the first gusset set into the underarm of the Norman over tunic but frustratingly ran out of thread so I'm off for lunch today to buy some more so I can get this thing finished. The gussets really are the most fiddly bits, I just saw a pattern that split each square gusset into half and that seems like it would be easier to sew, I wonder if there is any documentation for this method? We had some very tasty green asparagus with grilled chicken. The weekend before we had the white asparagus with some home made Hollandaise which is what my Mom is used to, served with some new potatoes it was also extremely delicious.
Sunday afternoon Kate,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ursulaelisabeth and I went shopping at one of the local plant stores. We got a humongous pot for the Bay Laurel which was root bound, some African marigolds to keep the white fly off our tomatoes, six small geranium plants which smell heavenly, parsley, basil and miscellaneous seed. After we got home we made sure everything was in it's pot and collapsed in a collective heap, it's a good thing the asparagus and chicken was fast and easy or there would have been sandwiches ;-)
Yesterdayparadigmslost took the Kate to the Zoo, Mom went to her place to do some work on the garden and I vegetated in front of the TV with my sock knitting (I've turned the heel and am working on the body of the foot). I did manage to clean the oven (nasty business) and make some pretty tasty salads for everyone when they came back. The biggest success was the following
2 large aubergines
2 tbsp paprika (sweet)
1 tbsp cumin
2 tbsp olive oil
1 small lemon
1/4 cup pine nuts
100g feta
Mint (about 2 tbsps chopped)
cut the eggplants into approx 2cm cubes toss in 1tbsp of olive oil, salt and pepper to taste, then add the cumin and paprika, toss again till coated liberally. Bake in a hottish (200C in a fan oven) oven for about 20 minutes until just done. Leave to cool to room temperature. crumble in the feta squeeze over juice of 1 small lemon and the remainder of the olive oil, sprinkle with pine nuts and finely shredded mint. This goes very well with lamb as well as chicken. I used more olive oil than the recipe called for probably closer to 3 or 4 tbsps as I sprinkled some more on before the aubergines went into the oven.
Edited: you can of course only turn a "heel" on a sock ;-
The next day I worked on some sewing, I got the first gusset set into the underarm of the Norman over tunic but frustratingly ran out of thread so I'm off for lunch today to buy some more so I can get this thing finished. The gussets really are the most fiddly bits, I just saw a pattern that split each square gusset into half and that seems like it would be easier to sew, I wonder if there is any documentation for this method? We had some very tasty green asparagus with grilled chicken. The weekend before we had the white asparagus with some home made Hollandaise which is what my Mom is used to, served with some new potatoes it was also extremely delicious.
Sunday afternoon Kate,
ursulaelisabeth and I went shopping at one of the local plant stores. We got a humongous pot for the Bay Laurel which was root bound, some African marigolds to keep the white fly off our tomatoes, six small geranium plants which smell heavenly, parsley, basil and miscellaneous seed. After we got home we made sure everything was in it's pot and collapsed in a collective heap, it's a good thing the asparagus and chicken was fast and easy or there would have been sandwiches ;-)Yesterday
paradigmslost took the Kate to the Zoo, Mom went to her place to do some work on the garden and I vegetated in front of the TV with my sock knitting (I've turned the heel and am working on the body of the foot). I did manage to clean the oven (nasty business) and make some pretty tasty salads for everyone when they came back. The biggest success was the following2 large aubergines
2 tbsp paprika (sweet)
1 tbsp cumin
2 tbsp olive oil
1 small lemon
1/4 cup pine nuts
100g feta
Mint (about 2 tbsps chopped)
cut the eggplants into approx 2cm cubes toss in 1tbsp of olive oil, salt and pepper to taste, then add the cumin and paprika, toss again till coated liberally. Bake in a hottish (200C in a fan oven) oven for about 20 minutes until just done. Leave to cool to room temperature. crumble in the feta squeeze over juice of 1 small lemon and the remainder of the olive oil, sprinkle with pine nuts and finely shredded mint. This goes very well with lamb as well as chicken. I used more olive oil than the recipe called for probably closer to 3 or 4 tbsps as I sprinkled some more on before the aubergines went into the oven.
Edited: you can of course only turn a "heel" on a sock ;-