August 21, 2021 Lunch - Ham and Eggs Dinner - Cedar Plank Smoked Rainbow Trout with Kale Quinoa and Tomato, cucumber, red onion, and Mozzarella salad

August 21, 2021 Lunch - Ham and Eggs   Dinner - Cedar Plank Smoked Rainbow Trout with Kale Quinoa and Tomato, cucumber, red onion, and Mozzarella salad

We had an active morning.  We took bottles to the recycling center and then drove to Costco.  I ate a hot dog while Suzette pumped gas and then we shopped, buying fresh trout, fig bars, Kleenex, cream, and Pecorino-Romano cheese.

When we returned home around noon we fried some ham, roasted vegetables, and four eggs and I toasted a slice of bread that I buttered and spread pineapple marmalade on.

After lunch I rested and read the New Yorker and paid bills.  I took about an hour to figure out our Chase credit card bill.

salad - At 5:30 I called Willy and he said he would join us fo dinner at 7:00. He brought some kale and we decided to make quinoa with kale.  Suzette and I also wanted to make a salad of fresh tomatoes, basil, and cucumbers from the garden plus some red onion and bits of mozzarella with a bit of balsamic dressing. There were three kinds of tomatoes and two types of cucumber for a wonderful salad.

Grilled Trout - We then cut two strips of 1 x 6 inch cedar to hold the four trout and Suzette soaked them in a tub of water.  

When Willy arrived Suzette filled the trout belly cavities with parsley, butter, and lemon slices and then grilled the trout on the wet cedar boards for about 20 minutes.

The Quinoa - we chopped some of Willy’s kale and I chopped about 3 oz. of red onion and two cloves of garlic, which I sautéed in a sauce pan with the approximately 1/2 cup of quinoa.  I heated 1 cup of water to a boil and added up it and the 1 cup of chopped kale to the pot and covered it and cooked the quinoa at low temperature for 18 to 20 minutes until soft.

When the trout were grilled I filleted three of them and put 1 1/2 fillet on each plate and Suzette added spoonfuls of quinoa and the salad.  We opened an Alsatian Pinot Blanc we recently bought at Total Wine and carried our glasses of wine and plates of food to the gazebo in the garden and enjoyed a fabulous twilight al fresco dinner.

Willy left after dinner and Suzette went to bed, but I stayed up until 11:30 to catch up on the news.

Bon Appetit