Power's Out

We had a huge storm the other night and the power was out for about two hours. Thankfully for our gas powered stove we were able to cook by candle light. We had a fritatta. I like it when the power goes out - it feels like an adventure.

Impromtu Pizza

Tara, Alex, myself and Adam were craving a taste of Italy and planned to go to Queen Marghertita Pizza for dinner. They, it turns out, did not have any room (popular place!) and so we decided to make pizza at home. Tara and Alex brought their fancy pizza pan and we made a spicy salami, mushroom, cheese and fresh basil (from the garden) pizza. Adam opted to make the pizza sauce from scratch. It was really, really delicious. I worried that the crust would be too thick but the only place it was a little thick was on the edges and we took care of that by dipping the crust in fresh olive oil.

American Meal

I made dinner! Chicken Fingers of course with American Style salad (green leaf lettuce with tomatoes cut into wedges) and yellow beans with butter. There is plum sauce on the side.

Gnocchi Heaven

Adam decided he wanted to make gnocchi. The first attempt did not go so well - they all stuck to the pan but Adam is very stubborn and so the very next day he tried again. Thank goodness! This was fantastic! I have never had gnocchi so light and fluffy before. They are covered in olive oil and a home-made pasta sauce. Adam crumbled goats cheese and topped it all off with fried bacon. Sounds like overkill? It. was. not.

Sunday Morning

We harvested from the garden! I made this rhubarb compote. It is very easy - a bunch of chopped up rhubarb, a ton of sugar and the teensiest bit of water - but didn't know what to do with it so Adam made some pancakes. This picture was taken a while ago so I don't remember what the mangos and nutella for but I can't imagine it was bad.

Steak

T-Bones were on sale. This one has a garlic, lemon, parsley butter slathered all over it. If it looks excessive don't worry - Adam and I share :)