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Zucchini/Potato Pancakes w/Basil/Lemon Yogurt

(it was good)

quite often hits the spot when in need ...

(green/red pepper & egg sandwich ... a little mayo, of course)

Mincemeat crostada ... happy happy

(filling Crosse & Blackwell w/heirloom Pippin apples)

It was dinner ... it was good

It was New Year's ... it was great

I don't need to cook ALL day to cook for a week ...

Three chicken breasts ($2.76):
One for Mil's mid evening treat ... she won't even eat an entire breast but prefers unseasoned
One for me ... barbecued w/sprigs of rosemary
One for me ... roasted w/sprigs of thyme/cloves of garlic/slices of lemon

boiled small organic yams

Chicken breasts are fried to crispen skin/flavor then roasted for about 45 minutes.
Important NOT to overcook as some of this gets reheated in the week and is quite juicy!
The yams boiled just til tender so they can either be reheated, fried or even eaten cold...they're so yummy and sweet.
The chicken breast with the garlic is quite large and will provide two meals for me. This one is quite nice with sauteed mushrooms and all are eaten with something green and fresh.
(Some of these cooking shows are so full of it!)

A late breakfast ... Apple Pancakes

Why Sunday a.m. is so delicious ...

simple, quick, nothing fancy
warm pureed sweetened raspberries
buttery biscuits (in a can)
small chunk of thick sliced bacon
coffee, of course!

Saturday nite ...

Steamed sweet neck clams
Lemon, (entirely too much) butter
Garlic toast
Cukes
G&T
(life is good)

Thursday nite ...

A taste for steak or is it a taste for horseradish sauce?!
Dipping these pan roasted fingerlings into ketchup at meal's
end was like dessert ... so was the horsey-sauce

Orange Walnut Bread w/Orange Cream Cheese/Yogurt

A late lunch ... but a fresh one!

Bow-tie pasta, fresh cherry tomatoes/garlic chives/basil from the garden
Good olive oil, tangy red wine vinegar, toasted seasoned bread crumbs

Did I make this?

Out come the Chinese dishes for Chinese take-away

No...well just the green parts! My favorite Chinese/American take-away
food combination and enough for two meals. The addition of fresh
veggies, melon just seems to round it all out.

Summer Favorites ...

I'm addicted to crispy fried chicken legs,
new potatoes w/lemon zest & juice, olive oil, green onion
Warm or room temp. with fresh tomatoes!

Fresh sweet cherry tomatoes seasoned just like a salad and
mixed with hot fini linquine. Another dish hot or room
temp.! and this with the addition of toasted seasoned
bread crumbs which makes this a little less runny and
a little nutty in flavor.
This is also quite good with cherry tomatoes halved and
sauteed in olive oil...herbs, garlic of course.
No cheese necessary!

Baked Calmyrna figs ...

(2nd box of these and now using puff pastry...fresh cream)

It's the season and I could not pass up the crate of figs at the grocery.
Tonight...two whole figs, prepared pastry, sweet butter, honey, cinnamon, sugar
with a dollop of mascarpone.

Gazpacho ...

How pretty this is and the tomatoes have not been chopped yet

A combination of Laura Calder's totally pureed cold tomato soup which also
included a little bit of bread crumbs and freshly made buttered croutons
and
a gazpacho recipe that appealed to me with some bits to chew.
This along with a bit of cold chicken was a very pleasant dinner and will provide
an anticipated lunch for tomorrow.

Brown Bread

...molasses, raisins, walnuts, graham flour...
For recipe, see my
http://oneadaycookbook.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-savory-seasoning-1960.html

Stuffed Peppers~~Roasted Potatoes in Tomato Sauce

A favorite winter time dish, but the local church thrift
sent me off with a bag or two of free! fresh produce.
Stuffed peppers called out to me and I made good use
of that hot oven by also baking a loaf of dark fruit & nutty
brown bread.
A week of food !

Currant Walnut Oatmeal Cookies ...

No, it's not dinner ... but it could be
and
you don't have to have kids in the house or anyone else for that matter to bake cookies!