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It was glorious out today... ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rackham and I even went down for a walk along the Sammammish River Trail. Clear blue skies and the sun shining... a nice respite from the overcast, which rolled in again later in the evening. It's raining out there now, but at least it doesn't seem to be the extreme downpour we've had over the past week. You know, before we moved here, I wasn't all that fond of bright sunny days... but when something is scarce? It really changes perspectives.
( Over the past few days I've been working on catching up on 'Bones.' )
For dinner tonight, we grilled up a steak from Trader Joe's on the cast-iron grillpan, cut it into strips and served it on a bed of mixed organic greens with some tomatoes and crumbled gorgonzola, and a balsamic vinaigrette I whipped up (literally -- really easy and really yummy: about a tablespoon or so of finely chopped shallot, a teaspoon of dijon mustard, 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar, a bit of pepper and salt. Mix it in a blender or food processor and slowly add in around 1/2 to 3/4 cup olive oil until it forms an emulsion). It turned out exactly like I was imagining! We'll be doing that one again.
I also threw together an apple crumble... something else I can now add to my list of things I can cook without a recipe (a bit of an accomplishment for me when it comes to something that needs to be baked). The only real drawback is that I've discovered a previously unknown addiction to the mixture of flour, oats, brown sugar and butter. It doesn't even need to be cooked to be yummy. I may have to come up with some other use for it.
rackham and I even went down for a walk along the Sammammish River Trail. Clear blue skies and the sun shining... a nice respite from the overcast, which rolled in again later in the evening. It's raining out there now, but at least it doesn't seem to be the extreme downpour we've had over the past week. You know, before we moved here, I wasn't all that fond of bright sunny days... but when something is scarce? It really changes perspectives.( Over the past few days I've been working on catching up on 'Bones.' )
For dinner tonight, we grilled up a steak from Trader Joe's on the cast-iron grillpan, cut it into strips and served it on a bed of mixed organic greens with some tomatoes and crumbled gorgonzola, and a balsamic vinaigrette I whipped up (literally -- really easy and really yummy: about a tablespoon or so of finely chopped shallot, a teaspoon of dijon mustard, 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar, a bit of pepper and salt. Mix it in a blender or food processor and slowly add in around 1/2 to 3/4 cup olive oil until it forms an emulsion). It turned out exactly like I was imagining! We'll be doing that one again.
I also threw together an apple crumble... something else I can now add to my list of things I can cook without a recipe (a bit of an accomplishment for me when it comes to something that needs to be baked). The only real drawback is that I've discovered a previously unknown addiction to the mixture of flour, oats, brown sugar and butter. It doesn't even need to be cooked to be yummy. I may have to come up with some other use for it.
