Last Splash

The gene pool could use a little Chlorine.

I must be in a real fall mood. I have the day off after a harrowing busy retail weekend. Excellent for me, since in the two weeks of my "trial period" so far I'm 5% above plan, and my payroll is excellent. Going to SuperTarget for my double points (so I can do the kiddie Christmas Shopping with my 10% off certificate...yeah, I'm frugal) and to pick up the last things I need for my menu tonight.

Butternut Squash Soup (it's pretty evident that I will have to invest in an immersion blender today), oven roasted sweet potatoes (from God knows who's garden...my grandmother gave J a bag of them when he went for dinner last Thursday...I love the small-town South), and skillet maple apple chicken sausages with Vidalia's and apples. Yummy. It's my night to be the gourmet in this family. I'm such a wifey...did laundry all day and cleaned the kitchen, and by the time J gets home I'll be working on dinner prep. It's nice to pretend!

Oh, and I can't forget the Reisling. We're total red wine junkies (seriously, we split a bottle with dinner, sometimes more than once a week...sometimes more than twice a week) so we never have white wine in the house.

Okay, off to market...it feels so fifties to say that!

posted by: Cannonball14 at 18:41 | link | comments (4) |

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#1  07 November 2005 - 19:32

 

Reisling -- good choice! You could possibly also have a Gewurztraminer. It might go well with your menu, but I'm sure you've already left for market, Mrs. Laura Petrie! ;-)

Windhazel

#2  09 November 2005 - 20:52

 

We ended up with a bottle from Alsace. It was excellent, and the meal was very, very good! Leftover soup for days, though.

Cannonball14

#3  09 November 2005 - 22:16

 

Immersion blenders--love em. I have a Braun 400watt one.....best utensil in the house and takes the place of a food processor, blender, you name it.

JustMe63

#4  10 November 2005 - 13:47

 

I just bought a cheap 250watt one at Target for $20 and that sucker is powerful. I did three pounds of soup in like, 4 minutes.

Cannonball14

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