On Apr 14, 3:43*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> Tonight I made another big pot of bean with bacon soup. *I keep saying with
> each pot that I make that it is the best ever! *Hehe. *I made this one with
> Great Northern beans. *They were tender at 50 minutes of cooking. *Added a
> bit more bacon than usual. *Some carrots, celery, onions, dries shallots,
> parsley, summer savory, two bay leaves, lots of black pepper, some sea salt,
> a jar of green tomatoes from Sur La Table, and a couple of squirts of lemon
> juice.
>
> I am really in love with those dried shallots! *I am starting to add them to
> more and more things. *They seem to add a depth to things that onions alone
> just can not do. *And yes, I know that I could buy shallots. *And sometimes
> I do, but they are a PITA to deal with, IMO. *I also like using the dried
> ones because they will help to absorb some of the liquid from whatever I am
> cooking. *And that seems to be a good thing.
>
> Also made some tuna salad for daughter. *To that I added salt, pepper, sweet
> relish, celery, green onion, mayo, parsley, summer savory and a little lemon
> juice. *Let it sit for a bit then drained off the extra juice.
>
> Sometime later this week, I will start accumulating things for meatloaf. *I
> plan to make a ton of the stuff. *I hope I can get to a store that sells the
> HoMade chili sauce. *It is by far my favorite. *I don't have a lot of
> freezer space left but there would be enough to accommodate some meatloaf..
>
> Must start stocking up on things for husband when he gets home and must be
> prepared to not have a paycheck or two. *There will likely be a gap between
> his jobs where there will be no pay. *I do have quite a good stock of
> vegetables, rice, beans, pasta, shelf stable milk and even some cereal.
> Also some chicken and cooked hamburger patties in the freezer. *That will
> have to carry us through!


My kitchen isn't quite that eventful, although after making a
depressing series of nutritious but tasteless brown bricks, I'm
finally starting to figure out how to make decent bread with flour I'm
milling myself from different types of grain berries.