OK...they say you should never blog whilst drunk...it affects your spelling, your
objectiveness and you ability to type anything coherent.
Well I'm going to give it a go, and let spell check help me out!
My husband's boss came for an informal dinner this evening..we had antipasto (olives and
cippolini onions etc) and some aged
provolone from
Whole Foods ( for my English buddies..an upscale
Waitrose!) with some crusty rosemary bread...delicious...and then roasted vegetable couscous with marinated salmon steaks...
My intention was to take pictures of the whole meal...well that was until Lou, our guest, arrived early, brandishing a super large bottle of Australian Shiraz...
Sooooooooo , you get a picture of the vegetables before they went into the oven..and I'll post the recipes tomorrow!
I can highly recommend the wine..the food tasted good, but that was an age ago...Lou and my husband managed three glasses between them...what I want to know who drank the rest of the bottle?!
Gary was fed too much salmon from the table and is now flat out at my feet...my husband is fast asleep on the sofa next to me and I'm sort of seeing double....should sleep well tonight...Goodnight!
When my husband came home on Saturday from work he informed me that he had invited some work colleagues for Sunday lunch. I don't have a problem with that, but normally I like a bit more notice so I can get the house cleaned and plan something delicious to eat. Hmmmmm, what to make...I know, a traditional English Sunday Roast Beef lunch, with Yorkshire Puddings. We had nothing in the house, so a trip to the supermarket was in order. Normally we shop at our local Publix, however hubbie wanted to see what Whole Foods was like as I am always telling him if I died and went to supermarket heaven this is where I'd want to end up! You can see what a beautiful day it was, not really suitable for roast dinner, but we could always turn the AC down...we're doing that alot lately and it's supposed to be Fall!. If you've not been to a Whole Foods, they specialise in Organic produce and pride themselves on their fish, meat and cheese departments, all of which at the Jacksonville location are superb. You will pay a little more, but as you can see from this organic pepper and chilli display, it's more like looking at art than shopping!
I love the olives and antipasta, which is next to the cheese section. If I'm ever lost and I can't be found anywhere you might find me face down in Whole Foods olive display! and the cheese...we both had to try the free Comte...yummo! Anyway...you're asking what did we buy... Organic beef (on sale), broccoli, cauliflower and asparagus, red potatoes and two bottles of wine, one of which turned out to be fantastic value ($5 off), a Pinot Noir called Camelot, French, bottled in California...normally I'd shy away from that, but I have to say I wish we'd had two bottles!...
Hot footing it back to the house, I managed to have dinner ready within two hours, and after we consumed far too much food including the largest yorkshire puddings ever and a Key Lime pie we all slumped in our chairs in front of the football, semi-comatose. I can't afford to shop at Whole Foods all the time, but when I can I really notice the difference in freshness and quality...so if I won the lottery, forget fast cars and huge houses, just let me shop at Whole Foods!
