Landscaping

We spent hours (okay, days) a couple weeks ago pretending we know how to plant things that will actually not die (otherwise, why would we bother?). Here is the result. "Landscaping has nothing to do with food," you say? Ah, loyal reader, that is where you are incorrect! The plant on the far left in this picture (under the swing; okay it's a bit difficult to see it) is a Fall Gold Raspberry. Fall Gold Raspberries are food. The pot closest to the front door on the steps holds a jalapeño plant--also food. Finally, the second pot down holds a strawberry plant. That, too, is food. If it survives. We have a great ability to kill things that are supposed to grow. We shall see.  

Last Two Months in Review

To the average reader, it may seem that we have not eaten in almost two months. That conclusion is not true. However, the statement "we have not eaten anything new in almost two months" is basically true. We've had skewers, pizza, biscuits, bread, multiple versions of Indonesian Peanut Sauce Chicken, chicken tortilla soup, pasta galore, strawberry lemonade, a variety of stirfries (we do have a new favorite ingredient for stirfry: Newman's Own Sesame Ginger salad dressing), pork tenderloin on the grill, Rice-a-Roni (we like Four Cheese, Long Grain and Wild Rice--Original, Country Cheddar--apparently they don't like this one since it doesn't seem to be on their website, and Cheesy Italian Herb--also not on their website--we make the Easy Supper Risotto recipe on the back pretty often), quesadillas, taco salad, Outback Steakhouse (we always split the 9-oz Outback Special and get the loaded baked potato. We usually end up bringing home at least half of the food), Applebee's (we had to go there on Saturday to see some of the World Cup), and the Cabo Chicken sub at Quizno's. Okay, maybe we haven't ever written about some of these, but there's not a whole bunch to say about the ones we haven't written about. Maybe we'll be more creative in the days ahead. Maybe you could send us some of your recipes and we'll review them. You'll be famous. Just like we are.