tappity tap

It is supposed to snow this weekend. I hope not. I pray not. I bought a rosemary plant and a peppermint plant. I might eventually put the peppermint plant near one side of the house by this fir tree and let it go crazy. (because mint likes to do that) I am not sure where I will put the rosemary plant as the semi-dead one is in the big herb bed but the snow and the general dampness might have killed it off. I am still battling to improve the soil there. Maybe the front garden I can expand. Or maybe I will just create a raised bed just for growing large quantities of rosemary. Weee. I know how to rock the excitement.

I made a really tasty tapenade last night for dinner. It had tuna and artichoke hearts. It proved to be popular. I also made bruschetta and roasted bell peppers. Then we had pesto and pasta. the pasta was all right. I think I like the stall's porcini pasta more than their tortellini. For dessert, people ate the last of the apple pie and I had the blood orange sorbet. Now to bake something for dessert to hold us for the week. And to make marmalade too. Time to wash jars in earnest.

something for everyone.

Recipe for Tuna and artichoke spread.

My hands smell of oranges. I peeled and sliced up a ton of orange peel and then picked apart the pith and other details of a million oranges. I simmered the peel and orange pulp and now it must sit overnight before I finish the process to make/can a ton of marmalade for the year. I am looking at a couple of other marmalade recipes. Strawberry-lemon marmalade sounds kind of fun. My Mother has fantasies of meyer lemon and strawberry marmalade.

I don't have to cook dinner tonight. Mr. Jenner is making toad in the hole. Definitely an ideal dinner for a dark and cold Saturday night.
Now to make pineapple upside down cake!