>When its super cold and snowy do you know what is really yummy to eat? Fish and chips and coleslaw. So, that is what he had for supper last night! Not too exciting I guess but at least we haven’t eaten that in the past two weeks.
>this is our fourth winter storm warning in the last two weeks! …..
Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon…
Snow will redevelop Tuesday morning and continue into Wednesday. Some of the snow could be locally heavy at times. There could be some freezing rain or sleet south of Interstate 96 on Wednesday. A break in the precipitation could occur Tuesday night. Storm total accumulations in excess of 8 inches are possible along and north of Interstate 96 with up to 6 further south where a wintry mix could limit amounts.
>Its forecast to snow every day this week, and that is coming off of a week where I think we also had snow everyday. I guess what is another 6 or 7 inches? We are also forecast for a high of 16 today, and its 16 right now, so Im not sure if that means its going to get colder as the day goes on, or the forecast is off. I sure hope that it means the forecast is off! But by Christmas eve it will be a downright balmy 34!!!! yahoo!
Yesterday we went with our neighbors to the MSU planetarium. We went to the show “holiday of lights” which was fun. Frankie loved seeing the constellations, and Bee’s favorite part was the black light that lit her white shirt up super bright! Then we went over our neighbors house to have pizza together. So, i guess that is what we ate for dinner! ha ha!
>Last night we had pasta y fagioli (or bean soup as we like to say). a family staple. I made it with more onion and tomato than I usually do because i wanted to use those up, but it turned out OK. I just sauteed an onion in olive oil on low for about 15 min, then added two tomatos diced and sauteed that for about 2 more min. then I added water and salt, and a can of pinto beans. Then I let that simmer for 2 hours. Then I added some ditilini at the very end (that we had cooked the other day). A friend from work had given me a loaf of brown bread she baked, so we had it with that. Yummy! Perfect meal between snow storms and the blustery cold.
>We had our first official “snow day” of the year! All schools around here were canceled and we ended up with about 9-12 inches of snow. the official report is 9.5 but is seems a little more to me! Now, the scary, sad, or cool thing depending upon how you look at it is that we already have another winter storm warning posted for saturday night. I guess that is what happens when you live in michigan.
I forgot to post on supper last night. We had San Su. I had my usual salmon roll. Scott had eel roll. Its been a hard week to say the least. I lost a dear friend of mine to breast cancer at such a young age. But the world keeps turning I guess.
I took the girls for hair cuts today so we had fun at the salon. I got my haircut too! Pics later!
>So, Scott’s sister, Colleen, offered a recipe on her blog for us to try. So, we gave it whirl last night. We did not have apple cider, so we skipped that. It was delicious, especially served with yummy bread. The recipe was perfect for using up our CSA share, too, and easy to make.
In other news, we are forecast for a major winter storm tonight. If it comes to pass we are supposed to get 8-12 inches of snow. The rain/ice/snow line is supposed to be about a half hour south of us, which should make for a lot of fun in jackson!
>Last night we had veggie burritos with an egg on top. I dont know what that is officially called, but we learned it down in texas and have loved it ever since. I drenched mine with salsa, so you might say that I had a bowl of salsa with a burrito and egg on the side. ha ha. Bee preferred an “english muffin pizza” which was fine by us because she had her big performance last night (school concert).
>this morning when i got up around 5.30 it was 44 degrees out. its now 10.30 am and its 21!! ouch, its cold! Oh, and by the way, we had pasta last night…
>Frankie climbed into bed with us a little after 6 this morning, and we are laying there and she turns to me and says, “Mommy what school do skeletons go to?” Anyhow she was totally serious and I thought that was kind of funny since it came out of the blue. Oh, and we had penne pasta with tomato sauce for supper last night.
>that is what we named our supper last night. Honestly, having to blog what we eat persuaded us to cook last night. Besides we were too tired to go out. So, “all CSA, all the time” turned out pretty well. In fact, I might even make it again.
So basically, you mash the potatoes with the milk and some salt. Then in a pan you sautee the onion in the olive oil, then add salt, then when that looks good, you add the carrots and the broccoli and let that sautee for a good 10 minutes. then I added the tomatoe and all
of the swiss chard and let that sit for about 3 minutes. Then I dumped it in a baking dish and covered the top with the potatoes, then baked it in the over for about 15 min to get the potatoes brown on top. Its the CSA version of shepards pie. I think I would add some cooked lentils next time. Scott made due with a sausage on the side.
As for me, i dumped hot sauce on top. Yum!
Also, the mashed potato on top was a pretty light pink, so Bee thought it was princess pie. She ate the broccoli picked out from the middle but otherwise wasn’t impressed with much but the color.