Weekend Evaluation: 0 for 3

Everything from Buffalo were losers this weekend - the Bills, the Sabres, my wings.  

We haven't even gotten to Knick season and I'm sick of losing; maybe I can thank the Mets for that. At least the New York City doesn't really have a signature food I can screw up - maybe a knish? pizza?  I've definitely screwed up pizza before...

Weekend Evaluation: I Just Want To Make An Omelet

This will be the last Geico reference for now - I promise.

We moved this weekend, so we were busy - but I was able to make an omelet.

Weekend Evaluation: This is Not Awesome

Maybe this should be an airing of grievances - but summer is the greatest time of the year; but it's also the most frustrating.  The produce is amazingly great, so you should cook at home all of the time, but it's so nice out you want to be out enjoying the weather.

I guess this is why people have grills.  Too bad we just bought tiny house and it doesn't even have any outdoor space.

On top of that, since everything looks great so I always buy too much at the farmer's market.  I don't want to miss out on a thing, especially in the early spring certain product comes and goes so fast.  You need to jump right on asparagus and favas since before you know it, they're gone.  So with this stuff on top of the regular CSA share I always have a slammed refrigerator every Saturday; and spend the weekend digging out of the mess. 

This week asparagus, rhubarb and scapes probably made their last appearance at the market, but cherries showed up, so I felt compelled to buy them with no real idea of what I was going to do.

Usually this means a lot of great food that's fairly easy to prepare and an opportunity to be creative; but not when you're not trying to prepare to move in less than a week and still get out and enjoy the 86 degree weather.  It becomes just one more thing you have to deal with, a chore...almost. 

This led to some rushed and sloppy cooking; pretty stupid.

Weekend Evaluation: Never Had a Touch to Lose

A minute to learn...a lifetime to master.

How can anyone get good at anything when you do it once a month at most - depressing.

Weekend Wrap-Up (June 5-6)

Banger, Mashed Turnip and Turnip Greens with Onion Gravy

The amount of cooking taking place in our apartment is going to be steadily increasing over the summer because our CSA share has started up again. Every Thursday, we get a box full of veggies and fruits, and Tom has to figure out something to do with it all. It's been warm so far this year, so hopefully we'll get a good variety of things. Last year we got a lot of the same things, like cabbage (not one of my favorites), so that wasn't very fun.

For the most part, the CSA share is a good thing because we eat a lot of veggies and try some things we might never purchase at the farmer's market or grocery store. When was the last time you purchased daikon or watermelon radishes?