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Flank Steak Pinwheels
Last night I prepared a dish called Flank Steak Pinwheels. I can only rip off so many recipes from Allrecipes.com on my blog, and other than leaving out the breadcrumbs, I didn’t alter this one much, so I will just let you visit the link yourself. In the process of tenderizing the meat, Joe made these long and rather deep cuts, so I filled those with feta and drizzled olive oil over the top, hoping to lock in moisture and…
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Peas Please
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Garden Update
The past couple of weekends have been busy in our back yard. Last weekend Joe buried a water line out to the garden. This weekend we mulched the area running around the side and the back to expand the area to include several mounds of strawberries, melons and squash that were previously in the wild. The mulch and brick perimeter tidied up the area and more than doubled the size of the garden. We did not supplement or weed the…
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Baked Spaghetti with Mushrooms and Bell Pepper Sauce
Sorry, I have no picture this time around, but imagine a casserole dish of cheesy goodness with fresh veggies incognito and you will get the idea. Joe and I have a lot of work to do in regards to eating more vegetables. Often the problem is just a texture thing. Sometimes, one of us (and we alternate on this) will leave a small stash of veggies on one side of the plate while scarfing down everything else. Personally, I love…
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First Pick
This morning I picked my first broccoli. One of the broccoli’s flowers had begun to open and I knew the others would be close behind so I cut the center stalk from most the plants. It would appear that someone(s) else thought the broccoli was ripe for picking too as there were score of small green worms working their way up the heads. I’m really hoping I picked them all off! I guess a little extra protein wouldn’t hurt and…
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First Blossom of the Season
Yesterday, on the day we celebrated Life and the Resurrection, I went outside to enjoy the greenery. I was completely surprised to find one of my pea plants had dared to send out a blossom. I planted the peas with beans and spinach in the middle of February. While the beans rotted in the soil because it was still too cold, the peas have been doing well and are looking for things to climb on, including each other. When I…