Seared Duck Breast, with Pomegranate Sauce, on Goat Cheese Polenta, and a Port and Pomegranate Poached Pear..
Monthly Archives: November 2019
Baked Salmon, with Creamy Leeks
And Roasted Black Radish and Black Grape Quinoa Salad, with Lemon Dijon Dressing.
(Don’t burn the radish, they’re bitter enough as it is! 🤢)
The Life and Times of Rose
Morning Routine:
Me: (Leaning over small sink applying eyeliner.)
Cat 1: I need water. Now. (Jumps on to tiny counter)
Cat 2: I need to nuzzle your arm! (Jumps onto even tinier counter space)
Me: No! (Shoos both cats off and resumes eyelinering.)
Cat 1: There is no water here! (Jumps back up and begins swinging paw under faucet to prove point.)
Cat 2: Arm! (Jumps back up and headbutts elbow causing eyeliner to go up into my eyebrow.)
Me: I said No! (Shoos both cats away and shuts door on them.)
Cats 1 and 2: Pay attention to us! (Cat hand reaching under door…)
The Life and Times of Rose
A Ballad… or Trajedy… Dramedy?… Musical?…
…Standing in the shower for an hour… blow drying my laundry cuz the crap dryer in my complex can’t seem to finish the job, and I didn’t have enough quarters to run another cycle. Perhaps any other day, I might have just let it all hang dry, but said laundry happens to be my sheets, and it’s already full dark out and I’m kind of tired.
…All the while friends and loved ones merrily book/plan their exciting trips for the holiday season.
…At least she will sleep in dry sheets tonight…
Autumn Squash Journeys!
Pumpkin Pasta, with Sage, Feta, and a bit of Heavy Cream
Khoresh-e Fasenjan. Persian Pomegranate Stew. (Which apparently doesn’t typically have squash in it. I just happened to find the ONE recipe that does.)
Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Soup, wirh Bacon, Goat Cheese, and Chives
Butternut Squash, Ricotta, Spinach stuffed Shells, with too thick Brown Butter, Sage, Squash Sauce
Soup Joumou. Haitian New Years Soup
Fug Tong Gaeng Dang. Thai Squash Curry
Sausage and Kale, with Squash Puree and Parmesan roll ups, with weird Apple, Brown Butter, Sage, Walnut Sauce
Giant Shell Butternut Squash Mac n Cheese, with Gruyere, Nutmeg, Sage, and Heavy Cream
Butternut Squash Chili, with Ground Turkey, Black Beans, Jalapeno, and other stuff
Pomegranate Chicken, with Roasted Kabocha Squash, over Coconut Rice
And for Dessert…
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Zucchini Bread
Pumpkin Cinnamon Buns, with Bourbon Cream Cheese Frosting
(Frosting unpictured)
Good ol’ Pumpkin Pie
Happy Autumn Everyone. Eat some Squash!
Well, it finally happened. My ancient fitbit finally passed…
Farewell perfect figure, for why should I ever leave this chair. Farewell sunlight and birdsong, for why will I ever need go outside. Farewell wind in my hair, from power walking to keep up with others…
It’s been nice using you feet and legs, but without a fitbit, what purpose is there in walking anymore??
Rip Fitbit, may you finally find peace and motionlessness..
Tortie Day at the Beach
(Or rather the marshland before the beach..)
I may not be an English guy walking my tortoise to the pub. Or an old Japanese man strolling thru town with my skirt wearing tortoise. But hes like my cool party trick. Passersby are a mix of shocked, flabberghasted, and intrigued. Would’ju look at that, a turtle on the beach!
And I smile, and tell them how old he is, let them poke and pet his shell, let their dogs sniff then bark at him, let them ooh and aah. And there is one consistency. One thing that never fails. Everyone, EVERYONE has a turtle story. And they always share theirs with Shredder and I.
Hashtag: Bringing the World Back Together, one Turtle Story at a Time. 🐢
Ma Vie en Rose 