We Be Jammin'

Satruday was my first time making jam. From all of my mother's Jamming days I can't believe I have never helped. We went out to Lancaster and made friends with a lovely Amish family while buying their lot of berries. We came back to the house set up and jammed. It's quite a quick and easy process. We made thirty jars and kicked off the season with a bang. We fed the leftover jam stems to the girls and they quite enjoyed them.

Catch up time!

Some of the recipes I have recently cooked.

 

Back to the basics

Roasted potato leek soup pg 63-- This is to die for! It was the first time I have ever used creme freche. We were practically licking the bowls and fantasizing and fighting over the leftovers the next day!

Roasted tomato caprese salad pg. 90-- One of our go to favorites. The carmalized juice the tomatoes make as they are slowly roasting make for an irresistable treat and great light dinner potion.

Celery root and apple puree pg 169-- This ended up with the texture and simliar taste as butternush squash soup. We were not prepared for that with the first sip. This was not a winner for us.

 

Zuchinni Pancakes-- I loved these and have been eating the leftovers for breakfast since Brandon wasn't too excited about the idea of zuchinni in his "pancake." Maybe it's because he doesn't like pancakes or that I used all gluten free substitutions or maybe it's because he said he only likes zucchinni prepared two ways and this is not one of them :(

 

Cream of Tomato Soup-- This soup ended up alright but nothing special.

 

Home

Chicken salad Veronique pg 67-- Well I tried tarragon for the first time and will never have it again. I felt like a took a big bite of fennel wrapped in chicken when I ate this chicken salad. I'm not a fan of fennel's licorice taste, therefore not a fan of tarragon's licorice taste.....

 

 

This weekend we were hopefully throughing our first dinner party at the apartment with a seven course sit down meal that I will be serving with the help's of Ina and The Joy of Cooking.

 

Here are some cooking pictures via my lovely photographer husband...

 

After a Long Day

After a long day of work I came home to two recipes from the Barefoot Cookbooks cooked and set out on a candlelit, flower filled table.  Her herb marinated loin of pork that was marinating for two days (Back to the Basics By: Ina Garten pg. 126) and her heirloom tomatoes with blue cheese dressing (Home pg. 64). Grand slam homerun meal!