February 27, 2021 Breakfast – Oatmeal Lunch – BLT Sandwiches Dinner – Casarecce Pasta with Chicken, Red Bell Pepper, Onion, and Asparagus in a white wine, cheese, and cream sauce

February 27, 2021 Breakfast – Oatmeal  Lunch – BLT Sandwiches  Dinner – Casarecce Pasta with Chicken, Red Bell Pepper, Onion, and Asparagus in a white wine, cheese, and cream sauce

Today was a great food day with three freshly cooked meals.  For breakfast I made oatmeal with brown sugar, raisins, and a diced fresh apple.  Very delicious and satisfying in a not stuffy way.

Suzette went to shop at Costco and Smiths and bought snacks for our trip to Las Vegas, Italian charcuterie, Pita chips, lemons, parsley, and chocolate covered almonds. I will add hummus and chocolate chip cookies this week.

When she returned she made us BLT Sandwiches by frying four strips of thick bacon, slicing a large hot house tomato, and fetching a head of romaine lettuce and the mayonnaise.  She then toasted four slices of 9 Grain bread and we each made our sandwiches.  Suzette made a closed faced sandwich and I made two open faced sandwiches.  We drank the last of the Pinot Grigio TR and Linda brought us yesterday.  I loved the fresh ingredients.  There were two extra slices of tomato, so I double decked my tomato for more garden fresh tomato flavor.

I went worked on the 50 cocktails across the U.S. puzzle before lunch and napped after lunch, while Suzette worked on the puzzle.  It is beginning to come together, which means we find pieces that fit more quickly, which is gratifying.

Billy called to say they were going to watch “House on Wannsee Street” being shown as part of the Winter ABQ (Virtual) Jewish Film Fest.

We decided to fix dinner and watch a movie, since none of the shows we like were showing on PBS tonight. The film chronicles a 100 year history of a house build in East Berlin by a Dr. Lippmann and the emigration story of his family.  It is fascinating.  They went to four other countries and changed religion twice.

We decided to combine chopped red bell pepper, onion, asparagus, Pecorino Romano cheese with Casarecce pasta and a white wine, cream sauce.  The dish was delicious.  The use of lots of fresh ingredients made the dish come alive.

 

I poured Riscal Verdejo from Rueda.  Riscal was the first vineyard to produce wine using Verdejo grapes from Rueda.  It is a strong white wine with lots of character.  It almost overpowered the light pasta dish but the colorful, fresh ingredients carried the day.

Before the movie we watched this week’s episode of Return to the Chateau, which follows the activities of an English couple who buy and renovate a 150 year old moated Chateau in France.

After the movie we watched an episode of Love it or List it and Suzette went to bed and I blogged and read.

This was a great day of simple but delicious fresh food.  It hope it is a return to normalcy. Fresh ingredients are beginning to come in, as the growing season returns.

Bon Appetit