. This morning I belatedly cleared my driveway of snow. My arms are exhausted. I can't believe I still do this at my age, but that's another story.
Now I have a long, 3-day weekend ahead of me and as usual, not sure what to do with it.
I have sort of been in the mood to go to Ikea, which I usually do maybe 3 times a year. They're in a city about an hour's drive, though, so that's part of the problem. It would be much easier to go there right after work, cutting the drive in half, but then, who feels like doing that after a long workday, in the dark? I never do.
Do I NEED anything there? No, not really. They had a great deal on duvets, though, one for $10, although I never cared for their strange prints and patterns. Must be something about the Scandinavian sense of design; just doesn't appeal. I do love to wander through there, even just poking around at the ground level floor through the small stuff.
I am excited to see my cancelled check for the CSA cleared, proof that I'm accepted into this season's harvest share. I won't start pickup up of my weekly produce each Sunday til June 29, but it goes til Nov 16. I know how to cook most of what they're growing, but I'm less familiar with using Swiss chard, fresh beets, bok choi and eggplant. I will learn! If anyone has some fantastic recipes using any of the above, let me know.
I'm so happy that February is halfway over. Underneath the foot of snow on the ground are an slowly spreading mound of snowdrops waiting to bloom. Always the first sign of spring, long before the daffodils or other bulbs.
We're going to get another 3 inches or so of fresh snow this afternoon. Enough is enough.
More snow, oh no
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Hope the prediction for more snow is wrong!
February 16th, 2014 at 12:49 am 1392511786
Red beets, yellow beets? We like beets, they are very healthy but I'm so hung up on peeling beets and the mess I make. Admitting to being lazy, I prefer to lengthy soaking, setting on heavy duty foil squares, sprinkling with OVOO, spices, wrap foil tightly and bake until fork tender. As a single, you might prefer to process [can or pickle in brine] and you have lead time to assemble appropriate sized jars. Not too flexible but make a fab apple & beet salad.
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If you have any other root vegetables on hand, you can just chop up them and the beets up , stir in a bit of olive oil, salt & pepper and roast in the oven. Beets taste really good roasted. You could probably do them alone, but I haven't tried that.
As you can probably tell, olive oil/salt/pepper is my go-to combination for veggies that aren't steamed or eaten raw. Easy, requires keeping few ingredients on hand, and the taste of the veggies comes through loud & clear instead of being masked. I'm a lazy cook who usually keeps things simple ... plus, I actually like the taste of most vegetables.