Showing posts with label cassoulet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cassoulet. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

It's about time!

I didn't post yesterday becasue I threw my back out at work, wanted to scream from pain and ended up going home early.
I was asleep in the living room by 7:30 pm (wow I fell asleep during Castle), went to bed at 8pm ,read and feel asleep in my book at 8:25pm. Pain really tires you out!

I feel better today but stayed home from work to make sure I was really healed and I'll be seeing the chiropractor tomorrow morning.

So back in September 2012 while on a roadtrip to Gananoque we found not one but 2 Lucite lamps, here's their story in the original POST

Now the orange one was installed over the dinning room table just like so



 
And we finally managed to install; after much discussions...;
the chartreuse one.
 
 
TCB baby! That is what I'm talking about!
YAY for us!
 
And the Cassoulet? out of this world! I will modify the recipe and will not include the duck (too expensive for my taste) I might substitute it for pork.
Yes Dad I prepared a dish for you and it is in the freezer.
 
And it is the lunch choice today!
 
Be well my friends 
 

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Home

We wanted to go on a mini roadtrip, but let's face it folks we had to TCB on the homefront!

I'm ashamed to tell you that the tree wasn't down....yet

So now I can proudly tell you that all the ornements are put away and that the tree itself will be put in its box tomorrow and on its way to the basement.

Of course when you put away Xmas stuff; you cannot help but reminisce...

  
I got this cutie patootie from a flea in Massena NY in December.It is made in Japan
It set me back $1.
 
Now this is my yearly ornements in Pyrex pic.
 
 
 
I had a lot more but they were unbreakables and they got packed earlier
 
Most of the glass ornements are heirlooms from my parents and some are even from my grandparents, and even my great-grandparents.
 
  We had snow so Dan shovelled evrything, I shoved a blade roast in the new crockpot with spices, onion,garlic and red wine , changed the beds, tidied the kitchen and started the beans for the cassoulet.
The Montreal Gazette published  an easier and simpler cassoulet recipe so Dan  wanted me to try it.
 
I was really surprised because last time we had it we had a really hard time digesting it even if it was made by a famous Montreal chef; I swear I burped it for 2 days.
Dan keeps making faces everytime someone mentions cassoulet!
 
in case you're wondering...Cassoulet is an old french dish with beans, duck, sausages and pork.
 
It is of course a cold weather dish....
 
I can't wait to taste it! 
 
I hope mine goes down easier...lol