I know for what my heart aches! It aches for the light and the hope for the warm, damp earth saturated with bated life to spring forth! Alas! Snow has literally taunted us this week, flitting about like fairy dust, so innocent and luminous, wrapped in a bitter, cutting wind.
Hopefully, Winter's last stand....
A cold, gray week. More soup. Ready for some Spring. Come on, March!
THE MENU:
*roast beef (nice slow-cooker recipe), sweet potatoes, green beans
*tomato & roasted red pepper soup (in the box from Trader Joes) & grilled cheese
the kids had traditional grilled cheese, while the grown-ups warmed a naan flatbread with honey goat cheese, caramelized onions, and some diced chicken leftover from last week
*chicken piccata (from Giada De Laurentiis), rosemary roasted potatoes, steamed broccoli
*lentil soup with sausage, chard and garlic (from Smitten Kitchen)
only four recipes this week-we cheated and went to Chipotle!
My epicurious self thought, "Hey, I think I'll dip my little toe into this adventuresome "foodie" world that the Calberts live in." I've never laid eyes on a caper. I assumed it was some kind of onion, aren't most mysterious vegetable type objects some kind of onion? "We'll just sub onion..." WikiAnswers, however, explained nicely to me that "Popular opinion is that there is no true substitute for capers, as you will always be missing a vital element of flavor." I guess I'll try green olives. Gotta start somewhere. I'll let you know how it goes...
ReplyDeleteWhat a delicious week!! You had me at chicken piccata and rosemary(substitute anything because rosemary is that good!)...excuse me, I have to go. I'm drooling! Enjoy;)
ReplyDeleteAngela-If you wait a day, I will bring you capers! Worth the wait..kinda salty and briny. Kids pick them off, leaving more for me :)
ReplyDeleteWow they all sound so delicious!!
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