Breakfast: pancakes - just dying to try the syrups and show them to Jason so I even got him to eat at home today. In fact, we ate alone. The kids got up just as or after he was leaving (I told them they could each have $2 if their room was vacuum ready by 10 AM.) They each only got two pancakes each because that as all that was left. Dai, Phyllis and I chose pluot syrup (far more complex a flavor in my mind.) Dai then had leftover oatmeal afterwards. Cress tried both and Jason was apricot all the way.
Jason said the apricot was a bit sweet. He said perhaps if made with fresh apricots it wouldn't be as sweet. I told him that I understood that and had actually cut back on the sugar from 5 to 6 cups but could look for a lower sugar recipe still. One could say my logic was that I was using three quarts, each of which had 1/3 cup sugar in it, but this would be bogus since I drained the juice off and some of the sugar would have been there and I only had 5 cups of sugar which really had more to do with how much I was going to cut it back, since I had already planned to cut it back. I had to go get more before doing the pluot syrup.
Lunch: Dai and Cressida had peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches - it is the last of my home-canned grape jelly and the girls can hardly wait until concord grapes are in season again. Phyllis and I had beet wraps. We all had peanut butter and celery and sliced cucumber. In a rare turn, Cress ate tomatoes after that, graham crackers next and finally some leftover chicken salad. Dai ate another half sandwich and Phyllis didn't eat extra.
Dinner: We had black bean layers again. Dai invited the Castro family - all but Sergio and Lucas came because they had scouts tonight. IN addition I made a salad using the new CSA lettuce, some CSA orange cherry tomatoes, CSA strawberries, regular grape tomatoes, toasted pine nuts and crumbled goat cheese. We offered vinaigrette but Phyllis got out Italian for her. Anyway it was not only delicious but quite beautiful. I meant to take a picture in was so lovely. Heather brought jello for dessert. We had lemon iced-tea which isn't as popular as the peach but I am out of peach.
Jason said the apricot was a bit sweet. He said perhaps if made with fresh apricots it wouldn't be as sweet. I told him that I understood that and had actually cut back on the sugar from 5 to 6 cups but could look for a lower sugar recipe still. One could say my logic was that I was using three quarts, each of which had 1/3 cup sugar in it, but this would be bogus since I drained the juice off and some of the sugar would have been there and I only had 5 cups of sugar which really had more to do with how much I was going to cut it back, since I had already planned to cut it back. I had to go get more before doing the pluot syrup.
Lunch: Dai and Cressida had peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches - it is the last of my home-canned grape jelly and the girls can hardly wait until concord grapes are in season again. Phyllis and I had beet wraps. We all had peanut butter and celery and sliced cucumber. In a rare turn, Cress ate tomatoes after that, graham crackers next and finally some leftover chicken salad. Dai ate another half sandwich and Phyllis didn't eat extra.
Dinner: We had black bean layers again. Dai invited the Castro family - all but Sergio and Lucas came because they had scouts tonight. IN addition I made a salad using the new CSA lettuce, some CSA orange cherry tomatoes, CSA strawberries, regular grape tomatoes, toasted pine nuts and crumbled goat cheese. We offered vinaigrette but Phyllis got out Italian for her. Anyway it was not only delicious but quite beautiful. I meant to take a picture in was so lovely. Heather brought jello for dessert. We had lemon iced-tea which isn't as popular as the peach but I am out of peach.
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