I woke up to a thick fog this cold morning, it was so thick that there wasn’t any idea to take a walk in it 🙂 at least not if I wanted to be able to take some photos. So we had a calm morning where all the animals took a nap on the sofas and I watched something on tv.
It was still pretty cold when we went out but no wind so it was quite enjoyable walking around. Alma behaved pretty well for the first time in a long time so that made the walk even better. It was almost totally quiet in the forest except for some quiet tweets from small birds called Long-tailed tit. It is more or less a ball of white feathers and a tail just as long as the body. In my opinion the cutest bird there is. Unfortunately they never sit still for any longer period of time so I never got a good photo of them.
We were almost at home when suddenly tiny snowflakes started to fall around us. They must have been created in the fog somehow and it was an odd sight seeing that it snowed in the fog 🙂 🙂 We were supposed to have sunshine all day but since I like fog I for once didn’t think bad thoughts about our weather service 🙂 🙂 We did get a few hours of sunshine from around noon and till the sun set so we were out in the garden a couple of times, I don’t dare leaving Alma and Malkolm alone for more than a minute or so so even I was outside 🙂 🙂
I was going to do a simple meat sauce today and then boil some rice noodles but then I saw this opened package with frozen vegetables, so I tossed those in as well. I also bought white baked beans from a brand I’ve never tried before. To be honest they don’t taste bad at all but they don’t taste right and by that I mean Heinz baked beans 🙂 I had one package left so I tossed in those as well 🙂 and I do like mushrooms so why not have that as well 🙂 I was looking at it slowly boiling when I realised that I could put in the noodles as well and let them soak in some taste. I now have dinner for at least five day I think 🙂 🙂 🙂
Since I was going to be by the stove for quite some time making dinner I also baked some bread. Normally I always put grated cheese in the dough but I didn’t have any at home but they turned out quite well anyway. We were in the garden in between and I could see that both the apricot trees and the peach tree looks really well, not even the thinnest twigs had frozen, the same on the red mulberry tree, the white and the black one is badly damaged though. The persimmon has damages and so do the pawpaws but as it looks right now the pawpaws have just frozen at the tiniest twigs. It is however the early spring that do the most damage here, when the air is warm and waking up the vegetation but the ground is frozen so the plants can’t get the water they need, so there’s still time for them all to die 🙂 🙂 🙂
It is time for that last cup of tea for the day but I still feel full after that dinner so I will not have a sandwich to eat. Almost sad since the bread is as its best while it still is a bit warm and it isn’t the same to heat it upon the oven I’m afraid.
Have a great day!
The Cottage by the crane lake. 
Often the best meals come from using up odds and ends. But they are a one-time thing, never to be repeated exactly because leftovers come and go. I think it’s fun to throw things together and see what happens.
Last night I made a big pot of whole wheat spaghetti that’s enough for probably 4 meals, and every night I will do something different with it. Tomato sauce, or just butter and cheese, or with frozen vegetables and cheese, or with chicken or meatballs I have in the freezer.
Some people can’t stand to eat the same thing every day, but I’m OK with it. Being single, I like to make a big batch of something and then have it ready to heat up for a week so I don’t have to think about what to make for dinner for a while.
It is snowing again in Virginia. Very fine, coming down steadily. Sticking to the grass but not the street (so far). They say we could get 4-6″ through Thursday. Unless it starts coming down much harder, I don’t see that happening.
We go for years with no snow to speak of, but this winter has been an exception.
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Hi cats working!You’re so right but as You say one can never remake it 🙂 🙂 🙂
Butter and cheese is nice 🙂 Like You I don’t have any problems eating the same thing for days, sometime it just get tastier for every day as the spices starts to really come out! Plus it is nice to not have to come up with something new every day, if we want something different just add some new spices or perhaps something like bacon or meatballs and it is totally different 🙂
This was our last day with cold weather for some time at least. The warmer weather is on the way and I can hear the wind roar outside, it was also our last day with sunshine for quite some time but at the moment I’ll take the sad weather as long as it gets warmer again 🙂 We’ll have snow despite the warmer weather but it will at least melt away quickly 🙂 The only good thing with colder weather is that the dogs won’t bring in that much mud 🙂 🙂 🙂
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We like leftovers in our home as well, Christer, especially it is means no cooking for another night or two. Last weekend, I made beef stew in the crockpot and that was dinner for a couple of nights. This week, it was a store-bought rotisserie chicken which resulted in soup, and we also had chicken dinners for two nights. We have a lot of cookbooks and this year I’ve decided to look in them for recipe ideas and not the internet.
Yes, bread is always best when just baked even when we reheat it on following days. The same is true for biscuits which I made this week to serve with the chicken and homemade gravy.
The foggy day photos are very atmospheric.
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Hi Beatrice!
I do like the no cooking and the good thing with leftovers is that if one get tired of it either toss it in the freezer or perhaps make something else of it, like a pie. I made scones the other day and those really need reheating if eaten a day after but these tasted a bit odd the day after but I guess that comes with it being gluten free.
I’ve also started to use the old cook book now days. I will perhaps not follow it totally but it’s a good base to start with.
I do like a foggy day 🙂
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