Bits Of Dust

Archive for June, 2008

I know, still no food, but here’s the window seat I was talking about.

For dinner, we took the easy way out tonight. We had scrambled eggs, hash browns and some yummy biscuits the wife made.

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I was busy most of the day doing some woodworking in the garage. Yes, I know this is a food blog, but when I am not eating, or playing with any of my techno gadgets, the place I like to be is in the garage making stuff.

Today’s project, was a new window seat for our oldest son’s room. It’s a nice 4ft long window seat, that sits about 18 inches off the ground, and will allow him to sit in the window and watch the world go by, or read a good book, or something like that.

Tomorrow’s project? Garlic mashed potatoes and something. Yeah. I haven’t decided what we’re eating tomorrow, but one thing is for sure. We are having garlic mashed potatoes because I am craving them.

Pictures of the window seat, coming soon.

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We are always looking for new chicken recipes. The kids love chicken and we only have so many ideas for cooking it each night.

Tonight, we have a new idea. Grilled Chicken Tostadas, from Simple Daily Recipes.

I might change some of the ingredients cuz I am not too hot on sour cream, but we shall see. When we make these, I will make sure to take photos.

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I just realized that I never posted a link to Chef John’s site when he did the follow up for the crepe recipe. I have made crepes three times since that day, and I have yet to use them to make Chicken Cannelloni. Hmm. Okay. I never would have thought of that. I guess that’s what makes him Chef John, and I am just Slobokan.

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Tell me this doesn’t look good.

Fresh buttered homemade bread. A garden fresh tomato. A delicious cheddar cheese omelet. All of which is topped with wild blackberries fresh from the bakyard.

Delicious.

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What do you get when you add potatoes, ham, cheese, onion, garlic and spinach to a lump of dough?

   

Well, duh, you get 92 perogies*, of course.

*There are not 92 perogies I this plate, I know that. No need to email me.

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I’m still watching those blackberries. We’ve actually had about a dozen of them ripe enough to pick thus far and they are sweeter this year than last year.

It won’t be long now.

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When it comes to baking bread, some days are good, some days are bad.

Today was a very good day.

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Wow, what a day.

I did absolutely nothing all day, until it was time to grill the nice huge porterhouse steak and the shrimp.

Two of the boys made me a couple of cooling scarfs so when I mow the lawn or work out in the yard I have something to keep myself cool with. Our middle son made me a wooden cross necklace with the word ‘Dad’ woodburnt into it. I love all my presents.

My best present however, was the excellent dinner that was prepared (even if I did get to do the grilling part). Pardon the picture below, as I had already started cutting up the porterhouse, because you know, I always share the filet portion with the wife.

I hope all the other fathers in the world had a great day like I had!

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Sorry, no food news tonight.

We took the kids to the city pool today, our first trip this summer. I am more out of shape than I thought I was. I am exhausted.

After the pool, we came home and collapsed for a couple hours. We then made tracks to Peebles to pick something up for my father in law. Then we stopped and looked at some old cars at a car show they were having.

By the time we got home I was too tired to cook anything really exciting so I made breakfast burritos and called it a night. I wanted to make crepes, but I would have had to wait an hour for the batter, and that just wasn’t going to work tonight.

I’ll post the Father’s Day menu tomorrow. I hope to get some pics too.

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