How was your Easter?? Wasn't it a gorgeous day?? Rarely do we get to hunt our Easter eggs in such nice weather. This is Miss AslynGrace and she is taking pretend pictures with her pink camera. I have a feeling that she is gonna be a good little photographer by the time she gets a real one.
You may wonder why we are all sitting out in the parking lot. My son, the plumber, and his Uncle Jeff, pictured below, were putting together Miss AslynGrace's new playhouse and it was good entertainment. This is going to be quite the house when they finally finish it. It has the cutest kitchen and Aslyn was in there doing her cooking while they were working and cussing. Now these are two talented guys, so it was funny listening to them get beat up by a play house.
If you had ham for Easter and you have any left, now is the time to do something with the leftovers or get them in the freezer. We had barbecue because we are not fans of ham but I do miss that old ham bone because it makes a pot of navy beans taste yummy. Talk about stretching a buck...you can't do better than a big pot of tasty beans and if you add a pan of cornbread, we are talking heaven here.
And speaking of heaven - Miss Jeannie rose to the challenge and sent her recipe for fillet of sole. She says that it is an old Julia Child recipe and is very easy and delicious. I'm gonna try it the next time fillet of sole comes on sale which is quite often. Here it is:
I tried to make it bigger but the next step up was so big that it didn't fit on the page. Basically what you do is salt and flour your sole and saute it in butter. Keep it warm in the oven and melt more butter in the pan. Add capers, parsley and lemon juice. Serve over the sole with lemon slices and lots of pepper. This has to be good.
Okay - let's look at the ad for this week. In my opinion this is a crappy ad. I call them as I see them. Luckily my pantry and fridge are well stocked so we won't starve at the MoneyPenny house but this is definitely a good week for that pot of beans or split pea soup.
Here are the highlights:
Draper Valley Whole Chicken - $ .99/lb
Flank Steak - $6.99/lb
Anjou or Red Pears - $ .99/lb
English Cucumbers - $1.25/ea
Minneola Tangelos - $ .99/lb
Organic Kale - $1.50/bunch
Colored Bell Peppers - $1.25/ea
Zucchini or Yellow Squash - $1.29/lb
When I got home Sunday evening after the festivities I discovered that the Easter Bunny had left me a basket on the front porch. My good buddy, Mr Daniel, has parents that grow a huge organic garden up Port Angeles way and they are good enough to share some of their seed potatoes with me. Good timing because I just received my new giant potato grow bag. On Monday I went over to Chimacum Corner Farmstand and bought a big bag of Short's Miracle Dirt. Let the planting begin.
A week ago I cleaned out the strawberry bed and gave it a good jolt of new compost. Yesterday I noticed that the plants are covered in white flowers and you know what that means!! Yep - lots of strawberries gonna be happening. I can't wait!!
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