use real butter

I had a most delicious salad today, prompted by a particular blog. It was all organic except for the avocado and cucumber. This was definitely much healthier than eating that vat of bacon grease! Thanks Kell. I even passed along some suggestions to Ro.

the kell-inspired salad

Now to see how much writing I can crank out in the next hour…

I used that baseball bat of a zucchini to make zucchini bread. We took a loaf over to our neighbors, Tom and Kellie. They gave us info on a new ISP which we’ll probably try.

And for Kell. We had turkey burgers for dinner tonight and I almost went to buy a package of bacon just so I could drop two (okay – THREE!) slices on my burger. But… I didna. I topped it with swiss and some heirloom tomato slices from my girlfriend’s garden. Yes, Jaime grew her first garden this year and managed to produce some beautiful heirloom tomatoes. Love that. Especially since her tomatoes are free, and the ones from Whole Foods are $7 a pound.

turkey burgers – i add red onions, herbs, garlic powder, salt, pepper

rounded out with some fresh yukon gold hashed browns

deadly mashers – add cream

I forgot to photograph the end result of the deadly mashers. But they were a huge hit. Take the ingredients of my potatoes au gratin (use gruyère) and make mashers with it… cream, butter, shredded gruyere, grated parmesan, yukons, nutmeg, pepper, salt. Bake with goodies on top and serve hot. I think it’s a million calories per serving.