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Plants and food
Jun. 9th, 2005 05:54 pmLast night I brought salad greens as my contribution towards dinner. The most pleasing part: some chives, basil, and arugula from the porch. Not a lot, but it was extremely satisfying. And the storm last night helped a lot, too: the marigolds are all sprouting now, and some of the other plants look much happier. The lavender that never flowers even has some buds on it! (Though not from last night's storm.) Still to do on the porch: rearrange the plants (so there's room to walk and sit, and to partly block the kitchen windows), get rid of the disintegrating plastic container, plant mint and nastutium, and consider what other plants would enhance the area. Oh, and order the darned vermicomposter already, though I'm thinking it might not work on the porch after all, with the bright sun I get, even if it's sheltered by something else.
The work plants are doing well, too, needing transplanting. And the odd stalky plant has finally shown a third leaf.
I have all sorts of things I want to cook for Shabbat and/or Shavuot, and it's easy to think about making them all as I sit in the slightly chilly office. Whether or not I can face the heat once I'm home, well...
The list: challah; green salad with spicy chicken (with mango? if so, need to get mango); steamed Brussels sprouts (with garlic?); roasted potatoes and onions (though potato salad might be nice instead); roasted garlic; boiled artichokes; possibly meatloaf? (if I get ground turkey at Trader Joe's); limeade and/or iced mint tea (mixed?); sauteed mushrooms and onions; strawberries and rhubarb with dumplings; sauteed spinach, onion, garlic, and mushrooms; pizza with herbed mozzarella, sundried tomatoes, olives, and the sauteed spinach stuff. Oh, and cheesecake, but I buy that. If there's time to get to Brookline, maybe some turkey thighs with chutney of some sort. And it would be good to make some salmon (versatile for cold or hot).
Not that all of this will happen, of course. But it does use most of the vegetables I have around :-).
ETA And some of what I make may also depend on what I find at the farmer's market tomorrow. (The Copley Sq. market started Tuesday; hooray!)
The work plants are doing well, too, needing transplanting. And the odd stalky plant has finally shown a third leaf.
I have all sorts of things I want to cook for Shabbat and/or Shavuot, and it's easy to think about making them all as I sit in the slightly chilly office. Whether or not I can face the heat once I'm home, well...
The list: challah; green salad with spicy chicken (with mango? if so, need to get mango); steamed Brussels sprouts (with garlic?); roasted potatoes and onions (though potato salad might be nice instead); roasted garlic; boiled artichokes; possibly meatloaf? (if I get ground turkey at Trader Joe's); limeade and/or iced mint tea (mixed?); sauteed mushrooms and onions; strawberries and rhubarb with dumplings; sauteed spinach, onion, garlic, and mushrooms; pizza with herbed mozzarella, sundried tomatoes, olives, and the sauteed spinach stuff. Oh, and cheesecake, but I buy that. If there's time to get to Brookline, maybe some turkey thighs with chutney of some sort. And it would be good to make some salmon (versatile for cold or hot).
Not that all of this will happen, of course. But it does use most of the vegetables I have around :-).
ETA And some of what I make may also depend on what I find at the farmer's market tomorrow. (The Copley Sq. market started Tuesday; hooray!)