Thursday, October 9, 2014

Busy morning: Walked Valentino, fed him, prepared mom’s breakfast dish, then dashed off to bring my car in for an oil change and inspection. Stopped off at the bank on the way home, finished a project, washed the fence where I had cut the roses back, took Val on a 1.5-mile hike, then dashed off again—this time to pick up my organic food order at Rodale: more kale, more beets, more onions, loads more potatoes and peppers, winter squash, and apples. I think that’s about it. So before I dashed for a third time to meet Carol and Carol at the local pizzeria (our Thursday night haunt), I did some food prep: cleaned kale, made applesauce, roasted beets, and baked the winter squash. Fourth dash—walked Valentino. Then off to meet Carol and Carol. Had a great night—we were joined by Mark and Martha. Then back home to finish the kale and potato soup and peel and slice the beets. Also sautéed beet greens with onion and garlic. The rest will have to wait till morning.

Before I left to meet Carol and Carol, I fed mom my organic roasted pumpkin soup. Took a while to roast the pumpkin. Pureed it with herbs from the garden, sautéed onions (have to use them up before they go bad) and added a little cream. It went like this:

I’ve never had this before.

It’s delicious, mom. You’ll love it.

I can’t eat it all. It’s too much. Here, you have some.

Mom, you didn’t even taste it. Try it. I roasted the pumpkin myself.

Oh. It’s too hot.

Well, wait a bit.

Here have some.

No, mom. Try it yourself. You’ll love it. I know you will. (Mom took a spoonful.)

It’s good, but it’s too much.

Well, just eat what you can. I am off to meet Carol and Carol. 

And so it went and so it goes. Tomorrow, I will finish the cooking!