Today was supposed to be wonderful. It blizzarded big time here yesterday. Er, big time for Nashville. We got 5 – 6″ followed by about a quarter-inch of ice on top of that. As a result, we had a lovely day of nothin’-doin’ planned for staying inside. Well, not exactly nothin’-doin’. There are a few chores and some cleaning that we needed to take care of, but we also planned on going outside and playing in the snow like five-year-olds at heart that we are. We started with an awesome breakfast — a hash of sweet potato, onion, mushrooms and chicken apple sausage on thick-cut, toasted Amish all topped with an over easy egg and finished with black sea salt. Keep reading A Tasty Start to… for the recipe and more pictures.
Snowed In With A Chinese Five Spice Veggie Stir Fry
So, Sunday the plumbers came and put in our new water heater. We were so excited to have hot water, to finally wash dishes that were stacking up, to finally shower. Unfortunately we’d had to wait. For whatever reason our new water heater was wired incorrectly and as a result had no power. It would be another day before we had hot water and know the wonders of said dish washing and showering. Since we were still snowed in (we live on a dead end street with a sizable hill that doesn’t get plowed) and waterless dinner needed to be easy and made with ingredients we had on hand. Earlier Sunday I had been reading the most recent Cook’s Illustrated in which there was mention of a broccoli stir fry. We didn’t have all the ingredients for it and not near enough fresh broccoli, but it sparked an idea for what turned into a delicious Asian-inspired dinner. Keep reading Snowed In With A… for the recipe and more pictures.»