Hurry-up, out-the-door supper

An artist friend is having an opening of his work tonight. The gallery's a good hour from here, so we're just about running out the door.

Sunday's squash cooked itself into a bit of soup. The leftover pizza was approaching its due date, so that was added to the menu. The last of the greens went into a salad.

That means it's time to hit the road -- off to look at paintings!

Rainy night, lazy supper

I knew I wanted something in the oven to make the day feel cozier. But what to make? I didn't feel like lifting a finger.

Happily, our housesitter didn't eat all the easy treats I'd left, so we're having chicken breasts stuffed with ham and cheese.

The rice has onions and coral mushrooms for flavour. Fresh asparagus (I keep trying to think spring) and salad are tonight's greens.

First barbie of the season!

It was a beautiful spring day today. I managed to finish most of the pruning and cleaned up a couple of garden beds. So it seemed like the right night to kick off the barbecue season.

The steaks were accompanied by some fresh oysters. To the salad, I added nice hunks of the proverbial blue (bleu?) cheese. Chunks of baguette leftover from last night's supper, and we were set.

New twist on an old favourite

When I was in the butcher shop yesterday, I noticed an item I'd never seen before: drumettes. Not the usual eensy chicken ones. These were turkey drumettes, and they are large.

If you haven't used or seen drumettes before, they're the top (meatier) portion of the wing. I guess in human anatomy, it would be the humerus.

It's a family supper tonight, and a Saturday at that, so a big pot of Turkey Cacciatore is what we're having. Whole wheat pasta, some steamed cauliflower and a baked squash -- so there are lots of choices for what to pour it over.

Salad, a baguette and then a fruit crisp (last of the peaches and raspberries from the freezer) for dessert.

My favourite people are always a great excuse for making a nice meal.

TGI Pizza Night!

For an awful lot of Fridays, pizza was our traditional standby. I'm not sure what happened to break that, but here we are, starting the tradition again. (Maybe. Who knows what we'll have next week?)

I bought an oven-ready cheese pizza when I shopped today. I knew we had some anchovies left over from Monday night's spectacular Caesar salad. Plenty of fresh vegies: mushrooms and beautiful green peppers, as well as some tomato bits left from last night. Some Italian sausage and even bits of ham. Definitely, a pizza with the works.

And yes, that's avocado chunks next to the salad. They're delicious squished on top of the hot pizza.

Buffalo gals...

. . . or not quite. It's actually buffalo burgers . . . only not quite those either.

It's buffalo meat patties, but I didn't have buns to serve them on, so maybe they're not really even burgers, but buffalo sandwiches.

There was a gigantic yam in the pantry, so I sliced that into strips, tossed them with oil, and let the supper bake itself in the oven.

With a few fried-up onions with mushrooms, a sliced-up tomato and some cottage cheese --presto -- there's supper.

Won't you come out tonight...and dance by the light of the moon?

Creamy Green Sauce for a Spring Day

It's been a while since I've had pasta, so I was hungry for it. After all, it's one of the major food groups, isn't it?

So tonight it's tortellini with a creamy sauce full of mushrooms. But instead of its usual pale appearance, the sauce is looking quite green in honour of the still-new season. I spiked it up by adding an almost-pesto sauce I made from fresh basil, garlic and olive oil.

The salad has some basil leaves tossed into it too. Happy spring!