February 7, 2017 Lunch – Salad of Fresh Garden Greens. Dinner – PPI Roasted Pork tapa with PPI Couscous and steamed green beans

February 7, 2017 Lunch – Salad of Fresh Garden Greens.  Dinner – PPI Roasted Pork tapa with PPI Couscous and steamed green beans

Granola with yogurt, blue berries, vitamin powder and milk for breakfast.

Suzette was in town today for a meeting, so we planned for a lunch together at home.

Yesterday I went to El Super to replenish our vegetables. I bought two cucumbers, brown onions, lines, red onions, avocados, Roma tomatoes, jicama, corn chips, Crema, cajeta, and some green beans.

When Suzette returned around 12:30 we went to the garden and picked sorrel for another meal, red and green leaf and romaine lettuces, turnips for a dinner, parsley, and lots of tatsoi.

We bagged the sorrel and Suzette cleaned the turnips and spun the lettuces and parsley and peeled
February 7, 2017 Lunch – Salad of Fresh Garden Greens.  Dinner – PPI Roasted Pork tapa with PPI Couscous and steamed green beans

Granola with yogurt, blue berries, vitamin powder and milk for breakfast.

Suzette was in town today for a meeting, so we planned for a lunch together at home.

Yesterday I went to El Super to replenish our vegetables. I bought two cucumbers, brown onions, lines, red onions, avocados, Roma tomatoes, jicama, corn chips, Crema, cajeta, and some green beans.

When Suzette returned around 12:30 we went to the garden and picked sorrel for another meal, red and green leaf and romaine lettuces, turnips for a dinner, parsley, and lots of tatsoi.

We bagged the sorrel and Suzette cleaned the turnips and spun the lettuces and parsley and peeled
and sliced a cucumber while I diced a Roma tomato and reconstituted our Cesar a Salad dressing with fresh lemon juice and Spanish olive oil.  I also made melted cheese toast by covering toasted Fano Baguette with sliced the last of a lovely block of Cabot double cheddar cheese given to us by Suzette’s brother Jeff and his wife Cathy for Christmas and melting the cheese onto the toast in the microwave.

After lunch Suzette worked and I drove to Home Depot to buy her sand paper and brushes for her cabinet refinishing project and then to Costco, where I bought ten lamb chops for $5.99/lb., a 2 liter bottle of Costco’s new organic olive oil for $13.99, corn chips, and butter.

I returned around 3:30 and could not ride because the wind was gusting, so I worked.  At 6:00 took a phone call that lasted 2 ½ hours, which allowed me time to finish a contract negotiation ad begin dinner.

We had discussed cooking the PPI Roasted Pork with apples and onion tapa for dinner and we had a container of PPI Couscous with rapini and tomatoes from last night that I thought would go well with the pork and we had some green beans that needed to be cooked, so I did a 2  minute prep for dinner, I took the three containers out of the fridge, took a handful of green beans from their bag and cut them into 1 ½ inch lengths and put a bottle of French Carayon Rose (Trader Joe’s $5.99) into the freezer to chill.

I snacked onion chips and read about vertical farming in the New Yorker until Suzette finished her call at 7:30.

We then sautéed the pork tapa in a small skillet and cooked the green beans in a Saran covered Pyrex baking dish with a bit of water with the container of Couscous at the same time in about five minutes.

I drank the last glass of La Granja Spanish rose (seeFebruary 6, 2017 blog entry for a description of the wine) and Suzette drank a glass of the 2015 Carayon La Rose’ from the Languedoc region of Southern France (Trader Joe’s $5.99)

Here is the Wikipedia description:
Languedoc-Roussillon wine, including the vin de pays labeled Vin de Pays d'Oc, is produced in southern France. While "Languedoc" can refer to a specific historic region of France and Northern Catalonia, usage since the 20th century (especially in the context of wine) has primarily referred to the northern part of the Languedoc-Roussillon région of France, an area which spans the Mediterranean coastline from the French border with Spain to the region of Provence. The area has around 700,000 acres (2,800 km2) under vines and is the single biggest wine-producing region in the world, being responsible for more than a third of France's total wine production.[1] In 2001, the region produced more wine than the United States.[2]

Both Wine Enthusiast and Vivino give Carayon above average ratings of 86 points and a 3.6 rating respectively, a good French rose for $5.99.

Another perfect, simple meal thanks to excellent PPIs.

Bon Appetit