Weekend

[kelliem]

I think I had a much better weekend than a lot of folks did. If my friends weren't getting flooded they seem to have been getting blown away. Gah. :::copingvibes::: to all those affected by the bad weather.

I took half a day off on Friday to help Kham finish his Howl costume for a con last weekend. (Howl from Howl's Moving Castle. No pix yet but hopefully soon. He did the triangle coat.) It went well, other than the shoe-repair guy losing Kham's shoes (we were having new insoles put in) so we had to go buy new ones. I got the place to promise to reimburse us for the new pair, though.

Then on Saturday, it was an absolutely gorgeous day so ardent_muses came up and we went to the Boulder Farmer's Market. I haven't been in ages and I quickly spent all the money I'd brought! It was apparently my day for purple produce-- I got some gorgeous purple carrots, three Japanese eggplant, and a huge bunch of the most incredibly fragrant purple basil from Abbondanza Organic. (Since I didn't have time to use it Saturday, I put the basil in water like flowers and by Sunday morning the entire house smelled of basil. It was amazing!) I also got gorgeous yellow tomatoes from Red Wagon Farms, a smoked goat gouda from Haystack Mountain Dairy, and a lovely piece of Spring Colona (very similar to a young parmesan) from Windsor Dairy, a quart of freshly roasted poblano peppers (can't remember the vendor's name but they were roasting on-site and the scent was mouthwatering), and some almond pine-nut macaroons from Rustica Bakery. Before we left we picked up some fresh tamales with green chili and took them home for lunch.

ardent_muses had brought the first season of Californication with her so we sat and watched the entire thing. It was a lot better than I expected it to be. Though most of the characters repeatedly made me want to smack them silly, I still enjoyed it. After we watched that, I made her watch the first episode of Eureka with me because I was just sure that Zoe on Eureka was played by the same actress who played Dani in Californication. As it turns out, I was wrong but I still think they were Separated At Birth (and by a few years). Sadly, Ardent had to go home to Mookie after that so I hit the kitchen to peel and seed my poblanos before putting them in the fridge.

Sunday I got up and made my first-ever batch of pesto, with the purple basil and the Spring Colona. I made a citrus pesto (I'd tasted one at the Market and loved it) using orange and lemon juice as well as the basil, pinons, garlic, and olive oil. I think I should have gone easier on the lemon and harder on the orange to have it perfect but it's still pretty tasty, and a gorgeous rich color. I'm going to use it tonight over chicken and tortellini. The tomatoes and eggplant will go into a Turkish eggplant & tomato salad (I'm trying to reproduce the stuff Falafel King sells), then I also have some eggroll wrappers and cheddar to go with my poblanos for making chili rellenos later this week (yeah, I make cheater's rellenos... put a piece of poblano and a piece of cheddar in the eggroll wrapper, seal it up into a square packet with a little egg wash for glue, and fry 'em up crispy.) I think I might try some of the goat gouda in a few of the rellenos, that might be tasty.

Comments

[divanoir.livejournal.com]

That sounds delicious! Will you post a picture when you make the chicken and the chili rellenos?

I have showtime, but I've never gotten around to watching Californication, so thanks for the rec.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Sure! I'm not sure how good a food photo my cellphone will take but I'll give it a shot. :D

I think David was really quite excellent in Californication. It's nice to see him get a role where he can stretch a little.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

picture posted.

[aukestrel.livejournal.com]

HOWL! Must see pictures!!!! PLEASE! How awesome is that? We love Howl!

Did you watch Fringe? I meant to record it but obviously that didn't work out.*g* My mom watched it and said it was really enjoyable and she thought "Owen would like it." Code for "geeky," I thought... *g*

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I'll get some pix up as soon as some show up, but we have to wait for the photographers to post them. :P

I did watch Fringe and I liked it. There were the usual pilot ep issues of pacing and trying to do too much in too little time, but I liked the female lead who is pretty without being drop-dead gorgeous, and she is also very self-confident and smart. I also liked the crazy scientist guy. I'll stick with it a while to see how it goes. It's sorta X-Files-y in that 'creepy shit happening' sort of way, but more graphic.

[munchkyn-mom.livejournal.com]

That citron pesto sounds fantastic! Post recipe? What do you serve it with? It would probably go well with chicken, no?

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I posted the recipe here. I did use it with chicken, but I think it would also be really good with seafood.