Recent Meals

Gropius and I have enjoyed some really good meals recently (as Lulu can attest).  On Saturday, we had a very Spanish meal--chicken with piquillo peppers and a tortilla española.  To round things out, we also had some locally-grown asparagus and a nice riesling from Pacific Rim.

The tortilla española

And tonight, we had an oldie-but-goodie, Golden Beets with Sunflower Seeds Salad.  We substituted regular red beets for the golden ones (we had the red in our fridge), but it was tasty nonetheless.  I think the red beets looked beautiful on our new blue salad plates, too.

Tortilla Española

My father fondly recalls telling a story about me when I was little and requesting something like 6 scrambled eggs for breakfast--one at a time, right after the other.

I'm experiencing that myself right now...Lulu is currently on her fourth (toddler-sized) portion of tortilla española.  We weren't sure she was even going to be that hungry since she woke up from her nap and ate a big lunch around 2:30pm (sweet potatoes, cauliflower, and buckwheat mixed with bacon and mushrooms).  So, we started off with a mandarin orange (she loves those)  and then thought we'd try a small piece of the tortilla out on her.  Little did we know that she'd be such a big fan (at least today).

...and we're now on to slice #5, but I think we're finally slowing down!

Bistro Jeanty

We joined dear, old friends for a dinner in Yountville on Saturday at Bistro Jeanty.  Trent and Aimee really liked the restaurant which made me glad (b/c I picked it!).  We had a wonderful meal together and Lulu was very good.  She had some of our appetizers and enjoyed her own food, too.

Simple pleasures.

Lulu playing in our neighbor's downspout.

I think someone likes the bubbly...?