>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!

>Here’s the view from the balcony of last night’s “Marble Muskrats Making Music” concert. Barbara was super-excited to be on stage singing with the kindergarteners.

Here is Bee and her classmates singing (and signing) “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. (If you crank up the sound you may actually hear them.)

The full-size video is here, with more video here and here if you just need to see more.

Did I mention we were in the balcony? Front row in fact. Frankie took advantage of that by losing here shoe over the railing. (No one was hurt as far as we know.) Here’s a shot of the actual shoe sitting in an actual lap below us.

>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.

• 3 med. potatoes, boiled (I used purply-pink potatoes from the CSA)
• 1/4 c. milk
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 onion, chopped (from the CSA!)
• 1 tbsp. oil
• 1 lb. broccoli (from the CSA!)
• 4 med. carrots, diced (from the CSA!)
• 1 fresh tomatoes
• 2 bunches Swiss chard (from the CSA!)
• 1 tsp. salt

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.

>Well, last night continued our slide. We had San Su (sushi place).  Scott picked it up, and it was delicious! I just love San Su. But last night was also pick up day at the CSA and we are loaded with swiss chard, potatoes, onions, garlic, carrots, brussel sprouts (yuck), parsnip, and rutabega. We also have some mixed greens grown in the hoop house, some fresh eggs, and a few other things. 

>Ok, I will spill the crap, i mean beans. Well, last night, as is evidenced by Bee’s “hat” we broke down and had pizza delivered. But, we did cook up our own eggplant to put on top, if that counts for anything! And we made broccoli on the side. 

>Quick quiz: What did we have for dinner last night?

>Im starting to get bored writing about what we eat for dinner, so i
imagine if anyone is reading this then you are bored too. Well last
night we had huevos rancheros. Yummy and easy. I made an egg for
everyone, made some refried beans (from a can), heated up some
tortillas and open a jar of yummy salsa a colleague sent me from
texas. then put out the leftover broccoli from yesterday. I think the
only interesting thing here is part way through dinner Bee says, Hey
mom did you ever notice that beans look like crap? She was totally
serious as she munched away on her tortilla and beans. Well, there
you have it. Dinner time at the calabrese barton household.