a good day

Today was a good day.  I slept in until 8:30.  Had a nice lunch with Sarah and my grandmother.  Then saw Toy Story 3. Wow, what an emotional movie.  I cried at the beginning and at the end.  And afterwards.  What the heck?  I was not anticipating the movie have that much of an effect on me.   Growth, change, moving on.  The themes in the movie were so relatable to my life now.  So what do I do?  I cry.  Thank goodness for sunglasses.  At least I left the movie theater hidden behind dark shades.

The afternoon was filled with menial home tasks.  I felt some sense of accomplishment.  No dinner was planned so Jim and I went out to Black Cypress.  Very delicious meal tonight.  We started with a flatbread appetizer with roasted asparagus, egg, cheese and lettuce.  Sounds strange I know, but it was delicious!  For the entrees Jim had shish kabobs with couscous that had the perfect touch of mint, lemon, almond and red onion.  I had a seafood stew - but it really wasn't a stew at all.  And it was divine.   Clams, white fish and shrimp simmered in a delicious, light white wine broth with some carrots, celery, onion and seasonings.  We hadn't been there in a while.  Glad we went tonight.

Now it's time for put the feet up, have a glass of wine evening.   Grateful for today.  It was a good one.

oh how I love salmon

My dinner tonight - salmon with dill and lemon, roasted asparagus and tomatoes, and watermelon. Yum.

dinner & dessert and a fine red wine

Dinner tonight was really good.  Baked salmon fillets, mushroom risotto, steamed broccoli and a delicious malbec from Tagaris winery.  I had about 2 TB of an herb and cheese spread left over so I spread it on top of the salmon fillets, sprinkled some shallot salt and pepper on top and a squeeze of a lime wedge.  Baked at 325 for 25 minutes.  Yummy!  For Sarah though, I made a teriyaki chicken breast as she does not do salmon.  Her loss.  It was really, really good.

I made a genoise cake for dessert.  It's my grandmother's recipe which I haven't made in a very long time.  My family is not big on almonds, so instead I sprinkled the top with powdered sugar and finely chopped pecans and then 2TB of brown sugar.  I sampled a small piece and it's quite tasty.  I have some grand marnier to drizzle on top and some thawed raspberries and a dollop of whipped cream.  YUM!