Another spectacularly bright day with the blue I tried to replicate for my bedroom.
I have to buy some 7Up! I found some “spiral cut ham” on sale in the “ends” section of the meat counter at the local general store. It’s beautifully low fat, but oh boy, salty? So, I Googled it and the current general thinking is to boil it in soda or vinegar and sugar. Supposedly it won’t add a sweet flavor but the sugar “draws out” the salt. They said I could use water too, which was my original plan, but I’m intrigued with the raves for the soda solution.
I’m grateful for my meal yesterday. I wanted to use up some salsa, I adore Mrs. Renfro’s (mild, low cal) peach salsa, a delight on salmon, and I have several jars I stocked up on that I now need to eat before my move, so I microwaved diced onion, sweet peppers and mushrooms, with chicken pieces in a sauce of salsa with yogurt added that was mmmmm, luscious. Not French country cooking and certainly not a lamb feast, but not bad.
I use yogurt for a sauce frequently. If with a meat dish I’ll add a splash of wine a la stroganough. I call it stroganough because I add things into it (garlic and onion powder, maybe cumin or basil or Chinnese 5 spice) until I have enough.
I’m grateful I have plenty of wood to last me through the chilly spring time as well as winter. I’m using this very real gratitude to also include a couple pix of my wood handling past.
