Posts From Another Blog-2

Years ago I had another blog. That blog (very much like this one) fell by the wayside when work and life took over. Here are some of the posts from that blog. May her blog soul rest in webternal peace.

9/21/2008
Deliciousness

For the past few days the idea of lentils and turkey sausage has been floating around my brain. I'm not sure where or when it came from, but I sure as heck am glad it did. We had some broccoli rabe turkey sausage in the freezer and a whole jar of green lentils. We also have carrots, celery and leeks that needed to be used up so I put them all into good use!
I had wanted to cook the sausages in the oven, but when that made our apartment as smokey as a poker hall I reconsidered and braised them with the lentils.

We also had salt boiled baby potatoes (freshly dug!), baked baby eggplants and heirloom tomatoes. Overall, an A+ dinner!
The lentils and sausage were very easy to prepare as well. I've included the recipe as it was made (as I intially created it) as well as how I'll make it next time (and you can bet your last lentil, there will BE a next time!).
Sausage and Lentils (2 servings plus leftovers)

1 cup lentils
1 carrot, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
2 cloves of garlic, chopped (next time I will grate)
1/2 cup leeks, diced
1 TBLSP olive oil
Salt, Pepper
1/2 Tblsp cumin (I would up this to 1 TBLS)
2 cans of chicken broth
2-3 cups water
I would add chopped fresh parsley or cilantro next time.
2 links turkey sausage (I had a broccoli rabe version)
cooking spray


Heat 1 Tablespoon oilve oil in large skillet (with lid). Add celery, carrot, garlic and leeks. Saute gently for 1 minute. Add lentils and 2 cans of chicken broth, stir well. Cover with lid and cook over med. high heat until lentils are tender. You may need to add more water depending on what kind of lentils you have. I ended up using 2 cups of water because my darned lentils wouldn't cook!

Meanwhile poke holes in turkey sausage and put in oven to bake at 350. If your oven is as temperamental as mine, you'll take it out in 10 minutes and have to open all your windows and doors. (Next time I will cook the sausage in water and crisp the skin in a frying pan).

Posts From Another Blog-1

Years ago I had another blog. That blog (very much like this one) fell by the wayside when work and life took over. Here are some of the posts from that blog. May her blog soul rest in webternal peace.

9/22/2008
Every Tuesday and Friday I stop by the Farmers Market at Copley Square. There are so many different farms and different vendors. I love to walk around and just look at all the gorgeous (and fresh!) produce.
Excuse the graininess of the following pictures, they were taken with my cell phone.

A little late

I haven't posted a new blog post in a very long time. Eeek. Here is a brief summary of the past 2 years:

Be still my heart.

Playing Catch

Playing catch with Ethan!

A Beautiful Day

Can you see the rainbow? You have to squint a little, but it's there!                

My best guy and me

Isn't he the cutest?

Dinner

Erich and I both love Indian food. So for dinner tonight, I decided to make a lamb biryani. I found a fairly easy recipe on foodandwine.com. It was delicious! I cant wait to make this again and Erich said he cant wait to eat it again!

Spring

We celebrated Norooz (aka...The Persian New Year; first day of Spring; Aid/Eid) at my parents house. It was very exciting because it was Cameron's first Norooz. He was dressed to the nine's for this very special occasion.