Sunset: Oct. 30th, 2007 (around 6:20pm)

Mixed berry-mango-orange smoothie, butternut squash soup with rice salad, and garlic bread.

Onions, peppers, buttermilk, tomatoes, lettuce.

The little hot peppers lost a lot of their heat when fried... they were delicious with just a tad of a kick.
A glass of buttermilk made them even tastier. I love buttermilk straight up, sometimes with some chives finely chopped and mixed in, Jason doesn't ... must be the Polish in me.
A perfect onion ring. We made onion rings from all three onions... they all basically tasted the same... delicious.
And a beautiful tomato and mixed greens salad with Jason's own secret dressing. Made me feel less guilty for eating fried food.

Goodies form the market....

Onions... we're having fried onion rings and salad tonight for dinner...
Peppers... the market guy said they're spicy but not that hot... I got some... at home broke a tip off one, making sure there were no seeds and put a small piece in my mouth, instantly spit it out without biting it... 15 minutes later my tongue, roof of my mouth, lips, and the spot on my cheek where I touched my face still feeling the burn... those are going to hurt... Jay is planning to deepfry them as well...
Butternut squash... will become soup sometime this week...
Apples... I forgot what kind

Mushroom potato rösti with warm golden beet and feta cheese salad...

Our first delivery...

From the Green Onion: sticky rice, basil eggplant, and spicy Shanghai noodles... yummy

Dinner: Wed. Oct. 24th, 2007 (Jason's Birthday)

Oct. 24^th is Jason's birthday, and Kinga cooked dinner for him, well us I was there too. Lisa missed it… some excuse about being sick… Well she missed an awesome meal, Kinga is a whiz in the kitchen… wonder when we can do this again
This is the beautiful table set up...
Red wine…
Mushroom lasagna: it was delicious, not sure of all the ingredients but they sure worked well together, seasoning was right on, …
Garlic Bread… love garlic and bread
Birthday cake: mmmm cake is good…

Apricot stuffed pork loin, on a bed of oven roasted spaghetti squash, topped with apple and plum sauce.

Dinner

Broccoli Bake: steamed broccoli, caramelized onion, oven roasted cherry tomatoes, cheddar cheeseBombay chicken nuggets
Twice baked potato
Fancy accompaniment for the chicken nuggets

Found a new corner to hang out in...

She's a blanket hog...

Baby just made buttermilk scones....

Tonight's dinner...

Buttermilk mashed potatoes, meat loaf, and the purple carrots which got roasted...close up of a carrot...

A treat form England...

Thank you Mark.... I can't wait to enjoy it...

Dinner: Monday Oct. 15th, 2007

Guests: Adrian, Kinga, Jay and I. It was so nice to see Adrian again... those semi-annual get togethers are supper special :)
Pom-Blueberry Martinis...Bruschetta made with the tiny tomatoes I got at the market and feta cheese... mmmmm
Jason tried something new... mushroom soy sauce and honey marinated salmon on a bed of barley cous cous, served with fresh lime...
I made Ina's Plum Cake "Tatin" (with the plums form the market)... very nice... but next time I'm going to cook my caramel just a tad less...
and surprise, surprise Kinga brought an apple spice coffee cake... dense, moist, delicious... and an excellent accompaniment to my morning coffee...

Goods from the market...

Mini tomatoes... smaller than cherry tomatoes, these were like caviar tomatoes... sooo sweet...
Spaghetti squash...
Purple carrots...
Mini sweet peppers...
Plums... I love plums

Sunset: Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Thanksgiving….

Due to everyone's schedule this year, Jay and I actually missed this year's Thanksgiving lunch/dinner. So no pictures of the main meal, although I heard it was one of the best to date. We did make it for coffee and dessert, which was all homemade (I guess there is a first time for everything)… Karolina's own chocolate lava cakes and one of the best cheesecakes I've tasted (I'm a cheesecake lover)…