Sylvia's Scenario

Tonight was pasta night and my husband and I both felt like spaghetti. So I pulled off the shelf a couple jars of our canned tomatoes and got our last two onions from storage from our garden last year. So sad. Our onion supply is now gone. But they lasted until April, so that's pretty good. They were such strong, yellow onions, I'd cry every time I sliced into one. Delicious. We've already planted our potatoes and onions in the garden so our next crop is on the way. Making the sauce is easy. Sauteing onions and garlic in a little oil. I added ground turkey breast for the meat with a little salt and pepper, dumped in the tomatoes and added some oregano and basil. For a little creamy texture, I added some fat free evaporated milk (this is in a Weight Watcher's recipe and adds a nice touch). It is so delicious and we totally enjoyed this dinner tonight. You can't buy a sauce that tastes like this. A completely unprocessed spaghetti sauce.

I am in Seattle this weekend getting my seafood fix and loving every minute of it. Also...having a great visit with my son and daughter who live here. We spent Saturday on the waterfront and ate at the Crab Pot where they dump all your seafood in front of you to eat on paper rolled down on your table so you can make a big mess..dig in. Complete with bibs, mallet and butter to dip everything in. Lovely. No need for good manners at this feast, just dig in and enjoy. There's nothing like a delicious seafood meal after walking along the waterfront smelling the salty air and fishy aromas. The only other place in Seattle I love more is the Public Market (known to tourist as "The Pike Place Market") Now that is a food haven.                                                                

Our daughter came home from college for Spring break and requested corned beef and cabbage for dinner because she missed St. Patrick's Day since it was in the middle of finals. So, I happily obliged. We had another delicious dinner complete with our green drinks. Welcome Home!

Somebody forgot to tell Mother Nature it's Spring.  I know its Spring but I'm craving warm, comfort food as it is pouring down rain and snowing in the mountains and in many places around the country still!  I remembered this lentil-curry recipe that use to be one of my favorites many years ago and thought it would be a good one to try again on this cold, dreary Meatless Monday. Meatless Lentil Curry  6 servings 4 onions, chopped 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup brown rice, uncooked 4 Tbsp. oil 2 tsp. curry powder 8 cups water (or I use chicken broth) 4 Tbsp lemon juice 2 cups dry lentils 2 - 10 oz. pkgs frozen chopped spinach 1.  Saute onions, garlic, and rice in oil for 3-4 minutes.  Add curry powder and stir through. 2.  Add water (or broth), lemon juice, and lentils.  Stir and simmer covered until tender (about 30 minutes).   3.  Add spinach.  Cook another 15 minutes or until spinach is tha...

Please take some time to think of the people in Japan and give support however you can.  I will be observing this day of silence for bloggers and thinking of Japan and thinking particularly of my son who is in Japan for work with his wife, who is Japanese.  They are south of Toyko, so out of harm's way for now, but experiencing aftershocks, power outages, etc.  I am looking forward to his safe return back to the U.S. on Monday.  But my concern continues as his wife plans on staying with her family in Osaka for a while longer and for all the Japanese people who have been effected by this devastating earthquake.   For Japan with Love http://www.shelterbox.org/

What are you doing to celebrate today??

Today, the First Lady will break ground for the 3rd year in a row on the White House Kitchen garden.  She started the garden in 2009 with $200 getting local children involved, one of her many attempts to address childhood obesity in our country.  Now the garden is 1500 square feet and a huge success.  The White House uses produce from the garden for the Obama's family dinners and even State dinners!  They also donate any excess produce to a local DC-area food shelter, Miriam's Kitchen. The White House vegetable garden uses vegetable seeds saved from the gardens at Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello. Jefferson was responsible for bringing many fresh vegetables to America—he reportedly asked for vegetable seeds to be brought back when anyone he knew went abroad. .....wrote Heather Lacey of Can You Dig It. Way to go, Michelle!  I hope they are having better weather today than we are…