Update from the Booklahver

I have seriously neglected this blog as well as all blogs. What can I say?? I'm lazy.

So here's an update on Booklahver and Mr. Wonderful life:

*Today I ate a meal I entirely prepared myself!! Yeah! It's Shake'n'Bake and I hay-lped!
Seriously, I did make all the things I'm eating with the exception of the chocolate-covered cherry and the free snacks that were calling my name from the breakroom. What was my magnificent lunch feast? I had cabbage and potatoes (the potatoes were scalloped from a box but the cabbage was from the CSA), kohlrabi with honey, butter, and carrots, and 2.5 tea-soaked eggs. The kohlrabi and carrots were from the CSA and the eggs were from our very local family farm. It was pretty good. Next time I make the kohlrabi, I'm going to treat them like carrots. I'm not a big fan of sweet veggies.

*The CSA and my perception of it has gotten a lot better. Mr. Wonderful and I had a heart to heart about the CSA and we are taking it one session at a time. It helps that we are getting more things that I know what to do with (beets, carrots, lettuce, cabbage and the like). I'm not a big fan of greens so we have been feeding wilted greens to the horses that sometimes border our fence. I suppose we can feed the cows the greens too.

*I tried to make sauerkraut. It was not successful. The problem: I did not use a good seal. I used a plate with a rock on it but I should have used a bag with water. So yeast or other bacteria got in it and made it smell funk-eee!! I may have not used enough water for the brine either.

*Complete the analogy: Booklahver loves purple.
Beets and red cabbage are purple.
Therefore, Booklahver loves _______ and _________.

Beets have become my new favorite veggie! My favorite part, besides the eating, is the beautiful color of them. I like staining my cutting board, my hands, my pans, everything with purple. It's just makes me think of the beauty in nature...man, I want some beets!

*I had a salad the other day from the salad bar at the local cafeteria. You know, it was o.k. But I missed the flavors I'm used to. And I have to say, it's because I eat locally grown food. Everything just tastes so flavorful. The salad bar food tasted alot like water, crunchy water. I know that this may sound like I'm biased but I could really taste a difference. After I drowned it in bleu cheese, not too much :)

*We are remodeling our kitchen and I am BEYOND excited! Magnolia Blossom cabinets with Yellow Brick Road trim, white tile with blues, greens, and yellows...pure heaven. Mr. Wonderful is going to install frosted glass in our cabinets to break up the monotony of the wood. Also: I pulled off half the wallpaper already. Our brown wallpaper revealed a "straight from the 80s small roses floral". In strips, no less. I also bought fabric for curtains. Triciathered and Tiny Robot helped me seal my decision. Thanks ladies!!

Th-th-th-that's all folks!