Back in the Kitchen

One of the things Trish and I missed most about being out of our house was our kitchen.  It had just been totally remodeled when the flood came and all of the new work, including new appliances, had to be torn out and started all over again.

The kitchen is all back in working order again.

Though we did have a little kitchen in the apartment where we were living during rebuilding, it was not the full scale kitchen.  Now...we are back in business.

I love Moroccan cooking and here is a beef and vegetable Tagine with apricots and preserved lemon.

I had not made bread (my usual regular habit) the entire time we were out.  Now bread is back on the cooking rotation and in our menu.  This week it has been French with Kalamata olives and then French with parmigiana.

We got breakfast in bed with coffee and Trish’s Orange-Apricot Scones.

Yesterday I got a whole beef tenderloin and made up the brine to cure it into corned beef.  It will take about ten days, but the corned beef made from this great cut of meat will be far better than anything we could buy anywhere.

Sunday night is our regular pizza night...our favorite with black and green olives and lots of mozzarella.

So, each day we are now eating well.  When we are on our normal travel schedule we have to eat out far too much.  It is so good to be home where we can properly feed ourselves.  Our stomachs love it too!

Last night Angel Hair Pasta with a fresh Puttsnesca sauce.