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...?

Pretzel Time!

This weekend, I busted out a new pretzel recipe (this time with rye flour) in anticipation of Stephan's visit next week.  I'm a little rusty and out of practice, but I think we should have a couple of batches in the freezer when he gets here.  :)

Stroganoff

Gropius wanted beef stroganoff for dinner. We didn't have egg noodles, so I made spätzle instead and he cooked up some wirsing we had in the fridge.

Served up with a nice bottle of French bubbly. Mmmmmmmmmm!

Gołąbki

Gropius and I tried our hand at making Gołąbki this weekend and I think they turned out well. We used a recipe I found over at Martha Stewart's website. Given her maiden name was Kostyra, I figured Martha probably knows whereof she speaks!



My red pepper flakes ended up in the cat's water bowl recently (hmmmm.....wonder how that happened?), so I substituted crush Thai chili peppers instead. The tomato sauce was spicy and delicious!



Needless to say, there were NO leftovers. :)