Archive for October, 2007

How’s that for a statement. This one came from my ever adventurous 12 year old eater. She has always been a great eater and I have
never heard those words come out of her mounth before. So here I was faced with the challange……What to do, I did what all great mothers do
I laughed. I laughed hard. I couldn’t fathom how my wonderful daughter could not want to eat my pork and christmas lima bean stew/cassoulet
made in my favorite orange pot for dinner. My MIL (mother in law) was coming over for dinner and I couldn’t be happier
with the menu; the stew, homemade biscuits, maybe a baked acorn squash with butter and nutmeg, salad and dessert. WOW.
What a great meal…..and she said, “uck.” So I laughed and told her then, don’t eat it. But that’s whats for dinner. Eat it or starve.
When i was growing up we had dinner every night. The money to buy the food as well as the time to cook it was hard to come by.
We never said uck. We never said we wouldn’t eat it. My mother put dinner on the table every night. sometimes it was your favorite
sometimes not but it was always hot, fresh and homemade. We were to appreciate the effort of working for the money to buy it,
the shopping involved and cooking. I didn’t know all this at the time, I knew that dinner was at 6 and we needed to be there to eat.
This was what was for dinner. If you wanted something else, well, you needed to wait for tomorrow when there might be something else.
Anything else was disrespectful. How true. So, I laughed and told her oh well this is what is for dinner tonight. Eat or don’t that is your choice
but, this is all that will be availble tonight.
Repect. comes in all forms.

Pork and Christmas lima bean stew.

In a large pot with a lid, heat till smoking, add cut up pork loin and turn till all sides are brown.
Salt and pepper the pork .
Add one sliced onion, 4 sliced carrots, thyme and rosemary (dried or fresh)
Add one cup white wine (anything you would like to drink that day)
Add 1 cup of limas dried……limas, you can use any kind of dried beans I found these limas at the farmers market and they are very creamy when cooked.
Add 2 cups water, stir.
Bring to a rollng boil then turn down very low and simmer for 2 hours.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Yummy.
Freeze leftovers for the next week.

Hello all from the kitchen.
The start of the new school year is underway. Our new hot lunch program
has gotten off to a wonderful start. The first day we served spaghetti and homemade meatballs,
pesto pasta and fresh broccoli. We couldn’t believe how fast the broccoli
went. I later heard from students and parents how well everyone liked it!
Again, it just goes to show that if you put out
good, well prepared, fresh veggies kids will eat them.

Hi I am Syd and here’s what I have to say……..

I have to say, that it is pretty cool that I get to see my mom at school.
When she worked at her other kitchen I didn’t get to see her as much,
Everyone at school keeps on coming up to me to tell me how great the food is. I think a lot of people
think hot lunch is great!
The garden is really turning out well! All of the
plants are shooting up beautifully. I mean the swiss chards are massive.
I also think it is pretty cool that we get to help out in the kitchen after school.
I get to talk to my friends and work at the same time!

Until next time when I serve up some info.