Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Pretzels!


 I found a blog about sourdough starters with a bunch of recipes. My first attempt was sourdough pretzels!
Rising...

So cute and so tasty

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Tilling the garden

It was freakishly hot out on Tuesday so we decided to till the garden.




Pup and Josie met each other for the first time. It was love at first sight.

My dinner that night. I feel the need to off set the health benefits of a salad with a Grain Belt.

pasta maker

making the sauce 





making the pasta


making the ball of spinach/cardamom dough


took a while to get it going, but slow and steady wins the race. we have big plans for this little engine that could.


look, it's stringy


cutlets


the saleswoman from williams sonoma did not lead us astray, we will be making pasta this way from here on out.


key lime pie



an entire bag of those little buggers


pulverize the grahams


get crusty


free-range/love meringue



righteous!


moving to the keys


have not found a way to lose that face.

Monday, May 16, 2011

ducks decided upon the roof

young grasshopper


teaching her the ways of the world

apricots and taco lasagna




ruby red-blood orange


homemade rolls, farm-fresh blue eggs, pepper-jack and the best canadian bacon in the entire world


Kate comes for a visit


modeling with the beast


nice face, carl


restraining the beast





family dinners

some pictures from our recent family dinners



hungarian paprika


hummus with the homemade french


the only picture proving the lamb kabobs ever existed


the burger buns are rising


zach green's blue cheese bacon burgers


they rose


proud of the fresh-baked


colorful heady ingredients from the farmer's market


cutting the cheese, pun intended.


world-famous with a new pastry flour based recipe


applying the whip












cascade lake angling

got home right around dusk and had to cast a few. got a little smallie on a flying condom



Thursday, May 12, 2011

Twins Game!

The inhabitants of 495 played hooky to go to the Twins game on Wednesday! So much better than working.


Monday, May 9, 2011

Sunday night dinner





Future apple crisp for Sunday night dinner. New skill that I learned today: heavy whipping cream + powdered sugar = best whipped cream ever.