September 19
Autumn Eggs
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- Sage Potato Frittatas
- Quick Baked Squash [View Recipe]
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Ingredients
- 1 large squash
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
Instructions
We start by rinsing and patting the squash dry. Carefully, we halve lengthwise, using a combination of the flat side of our wooden meat pounder and our chef knife to get through the thick skin (we hit the knife with the pounder to help get through). We scoop out the seeds with a spoon, reserving them for roasting later on. We put the squash halves cut side down in an 8 inch by 8 inch microwavable roasting pan, add ¼ cup water, and cover with plastic wrap. We poke a couple of holes with a knife to vent the steam, then put the pan in the microwave to cook on high for 10 minutes. We want the squash very tender.
When the squash is almost tender, we preheat the broiler. When the squash is done, we carefully remove the plastic wrap and then remove the squash from the bowl with tongs and place flesh-side up on a foil-lined cookie sheet. We sprinkle with brown sugar and broil for a few minutes until caramelized.
- Fig Salad with Honey Dressing [View Recipe]
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Ingredients
- 1.5 cups lettuce (cleaned <howto label="salad"/>)
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- .25 teaspoon honey
- salt & pepper
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 8 small figs
Instructions
We start by portioning our cleaned lettuce on two dinner plates. We mix the vinegar, honey, and some salt and pepper, in a large prep bowl with a fork and add the oil. We rinse and dry the figs, quarter, and arrange on the salad. The dressing is quickly mixed again with the fork and drizzled on the salads.
To get into the autumn spirit, we took a trip to Valley View Farms this morning with Grammy and Boppy. The two older kids even got to ride in Grammy's car—ever a treat. Erin, Sarah and Olivia also showed up for a morning of pumpkins and mums.
That afternoon, Chris watched football while Robin and the kids prepared dinner. Our son and our daughter helped preparing the roasted squash. Our daughter did an exceptional job preparing the seeds from the squash, getting them much cleaner that her parents do.
Our son was a pain eating the eggs and potatoes. Normally, he likes both of these, but insisted that he did not like either ("where's my pasta?"). Eventually he ended up eating it—he was just a pain about it.
We are still adjusting to Chris's new job, so we found ourselves with no milk yesterday morning. We went to breakfast for the first time at the Nautilus Diner. It was very good and everyone ate well. We did have leftovers though, which we finish tonight (the hashbrowns went into the frittatas). Our daughter had pancakes with blueberries (she had the leftovers tonight). Our son had froot loops. The baby had some blueberries, apples, and rice cereal.
Amazingly, the baby let our waitress hold her. This was especially surprising considering that she screamed when someone tried to say "hi" the other day at Trader Joe's.