Bluethroat of Sleet
Jan. 27th, 2021 09:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ismoIt snowed more last night, but once again, our kind neighbor came and cleared off our walks and driveway. This time, I heard the clanking of his snowblower, looked out the upstairs window, saw him at work, and called to the Sparrowhawk (who already had pants on at that point) to stick his head out and say "thank you." Later, I put my boots on and shoveled off the front porch. I had just started in when I saw the mail carrier arriving a little early. "I'm just clearing a path for you," I said. "Oh, that's all right, you don't have to," he said, handing me the mail as he went by. He does have a stout pair of boots and is probably used to adversity, but I always feel it's more polite to remove as many obstacles as I can from his path.
We had a budget consultation (with each other) and took an overview of 2020 as well as January so far. We're actually doing well! We spent some extra, notably on groceries, but we saved on lot on other things--like GAS, which we hardly use at all any more. So we've come out on the plus side. It's looking good, and we think we won't have to take more out of our accounts this year.
I called Queenie to see if she got the card and book I sent them. She was on her way to the store to buy flip flops. This is just so Queenie. Beach girl! So it was a short chat, but always good to speak to her. I had a Zoom with another friend. I cooked Strisce e Ceci for dinner. It's an Italian dish I've made a couple of times before--ribbon noodles with chick peas. First you simmer thinly sliced onion and garlic in a generous amount of olive oil until they turn golden. Then the recipe calls for dried chick peas that have been simmered until soft. But I only had canned ones. So I put some of the liquid from the can into the onion, along with a small amount of tomato paste. Then you push half the chick peas through a strainer to mash them up, and cook them with the onions, and some parsley. The noodles are supposed to boil in the cooking liquid from the dried chick peas. Since I didn't have that, I used some chicken broth. I was also steaming some carrots and cabbage, and I used the cooking liquid from those as well. It was just about enough to put in the pot along with the noodles. It ends up being, as the cookbook says, noodles with a chick pea sauce. I finished off the carrots and cabbage with some butter and dill and had that as a side. I've been wanting to practice this recipe a bit more, because it is a nice, flavorful non-meat main dish. Now I feel I have it under my belt. Ha ha--as it were . . . .
We had a budget consultation (with each other) and took an overview of 2020 as well as January so far. We're actually doing well! We spent some extra, notably on groceries, but we saved on lot on other things--like GAS, which we hardly use at all any more. So we've come out on the plus side. It's looking good, and we think we won't have to take more out of our accounts this year.
I called Queenie to see if she got the card and book I sent them. She was on her way to the store to buy flip flops. This is just so Queenie. Beach girl! So it was a short chat, but always good to speak to her. I had a Zoom with another friend. I cooked Strisce e Ceci for dinner. It's an Italian dish I've made a couple of times before--ribbon noodles with chick peas. First you simmer thinly sliced onion and garlic in a generous amount of olive oil until they turn golden. Then the recipe calls for dried chick peas that have been simmered until soft. But I only had canned ones. So I put some of the liquid from the can into the onion, along with a small amount of tomato paste. Then you push half the chick peas through a strainer to mash them up, and cook them with the onions, and some parsley. The noodles are supposed to boil in the cooking liquid from the dried chick peas. Since I didn't have that, I used some chicken broth. I was also steaming some carrots and cabbage, and I used the cooking liquid from those as well. It was just about enough to put in the pot along with the noodles. It ends up being, as the cookbook says, noodles with a chick pea sauce. I finished off the carrots and cabbage with some butter and dill and had that as a side. I've been wanting to practice this recipe a bit more, because it is a nice, flavorful non-meat main dish. Now I feel I have it under my belt. Ha ha--as it were . . . .
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