...I started the weekend with a bowl of raw oats...we were chatting with a friend the other day...and we got to talking about oatmeal for some reason...and he mentioned that he likes to mix his otameal with half buckwheat...and the Man said he would like to try that...so we ordered some and the Man did try it and he likes it...but y'all know me and I like my oats raw...so I had a bowl of oats with flaxseed meal and some peaches...I really can't describe our friend's expression when I said that I always eat my oats raw...but it was a funny mixture of surprise and disbelief...
...and then headed out for the weekly shopping...
...a bunch of things...I got another carton of the Vegan Almond Nog...
...I got three different shapes of this La Moderna pasta for 50¢ each...
...I got three bags of frozen lima beans...I've not been able to find these anywhere...what's up with that...but I stopped at a little independent grocery and they had these three bags...so I bought them all...
...then we took down all of the Halloween decorations...
...I knew storing these icicle lights would be a problem...as they tangle up so easily...so I cut some long strips of plastic drop cloth
...and layed the lights out in a single layer...
...and rolled them up...I ran out of the plastic drop cloth so I switched to bubble wrap and that actually worked even better as it was less slippery...
...so now when I unroll this next year...the lights will still be in a single tangle free layer...
...so I crocheted a quick chain stitch rope to tie up the bundle and used the back of the front of a greeting card that was Halloween coloured to make a cute tag...so I won't get these mixed up with the Christmas lights which we don't actually have yet...
...and then I put all of the decorations back up in the attic...
...and then we went for a nice walk in the Botanical Gardens...
...it was another lovely dry fall day...
...the trees are beginning to turn here...
...but we were surprised by all of the flowers still blooming...
...so just walking around taking a bunch of photos of flowers...
...lots of pretty purple flowers...
...and a pretty poofy grass...I like it but having just pulled up all the sea oats...I don't think I want another grass like that...
...and this huge peachy flower...
...and this tiny little red one...
...flowers just spilling over onto the walkway...
...an interesting spiky globe...
...and the prettiest tree we saw was actually in the parking lot...
...Sunday afternoon we did some food prep...baked tofu...
...and tofu feta...a little overcooked but still delicious...
...and two bundles of turnip greens...
...washed 3 times and there was still sand in the bottom of the sink...so washed a fourth time...
...and then I crammed them all into a pot...they cook down considerably...
...when they were mostly done...I took the kitchen shears and made lots of crosswise cuts into the greens...I find this method easier than cutting them while they're still green and fresh...
...and let them cook a little bit longer...
~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!
Funny that you are talking about pasta shapes.....Bobbi and I were at the airport yesterday doing some paperwork and she commented that she had made a pasta salad with elbow macaroni since that was all she had in the house. But she didn't like how it tasted in the cold salad. Leading me to bring up that I often can't find my favorite pasta shape - radiatori....it's just the perfect little morsel to soak up sauces.....thanks for sharing your botanical garden walk....looks lovely still! Love, K
ReplyDeleteWhat a great buy on the pasta. I like your idea for rolling up the lights and the botanical gardens look very lovely. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
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