Look at My Bundle of Joy!!!!!

Can you believe these gorgeous carrots? No, can you? They smell of the earth. It makes me want to dress up like Anne of Green Gables and ride my bike through the pasture with my carrots in a wooden basket.

The mister is just finishing up grad school tomorrow. That's it-he's done!!!! So I think I am going to make him a special dinner with MEAT. If I can get my hands on a local chicken, I might try to do a stuffed bird with roasted carrots and onions, side of green beans. Of all of the dishes I make with green beans, he really likes them in garlic and olive oil. Why mess with perfection? When I make the beans, I like to give them a quick steam while covered before I add the oil. I find that if I cook them solely in oil, they get kind of wampy and sad looking on the plate.

I also got a great head of lettuce from Manhattan (Illinois that is!) and tonight I'm going to make some thai lettuce wraps, but I want some tofu, which would require me going to the scene that is Whole Foods because that is the store within walking distance. I miss my Koreatown on Broadway and Argyle! I suppose because even though it might have been a "scene", it was a Korean scene which I had no awareness of. Whole Foods is just....too...cool...for...school.