Saturday evening after spending the afternoon trying to finish the trim painting in the dining room, I thought I better make up for my crazy busy week by cooking a good dinner for my family. I roasted a stuffed chicken which came out deliciously... it was an organic free-roaming chicken and there definitely is a difference in taste! I also had found some pretty interesting food at the farmer's market this week. Purple potatoes (yes Dad, I made your hashbrowns with them!!):
A salad with lettuce and a tomato from our container garden, plus heirloom tomatoes of all shades of red, orange and yellow:
A fruit salad with yellow watermelon (in this photo is evidence that Nathaniel ate ALL of the grapes before we sat down to eat!!!):
My kids thought I'd gone crazy with all these weird colors but it all tasted the same and very delicious... here they are with smiles because it was good!:
Tonight I made purple green beans! Oh the fun I'm having with all this new food!I told my good friend Terri that I would also mention that she is collecting recipes for a cookbook she will be publishing to raise money for their family's adoption of a little girl from China! She is a great mom of four boys (the two older ones adopted also) and I know this is really a special thing we can do to help them (Terri was an elementary school teacher and also teaches English at one of our local colleges... I taught with her last year!). It takes so much money to pay for the classes, the adoption and the travel just to provide a little girl with a loving home! You can go here to her adoption website and email her your recipes. I know you have some good ones! I wish I was adopting also, but since we're not, I want to help how I can! I'll be sending mine to her. I hope you will too! Thank You!!!
12 comments:
First : You have such a beautiful frying pan !
I love the purple potatoes ! (I find some purple potatoes here but they are not purple inside). You can eat outside in such a beautiful environment !!! You cooked a gorgeous summer's dinner !
Yum! Isn't it fun trying new foods.
What a foodie adventure!
I love it! Your dinner was so colorful and it looked great. I am so jealous that you can eat out on the porch.
I will have to think about the recipes. What a great friend to publish a cookbook to help someone adopt a child. Love it!
love the purple potatoes, not seen them before - your food looks scrumptious. back here its wet and cold so i'm doing roast beef tonight!
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Bethany your food is like an explosion of the most wonderful colors, and oh so delicious looking!
If only I lived next door, I would come up with all kinds of ways to get invited to dinner!
wow, so beautiful, and it looks so delicious.
We bought organic purple and white peppers this week from our farmers market.
Sounds Yummy.
My first art student to sign up for my class just moved to Georgia from Pennsylvania. I thought of you immediately. Have a good day!
Thanks, Bethany, for the plug. Your food looks scrumptious, and I'm glad you got some painting in, too. I just had heirloom tomatoes in a variety of colors (and shapes, I must say!) and they were delicious! Have a great week!
The colors made me smile too! I love the purple hash browns. (Did you find any green eggs and ham?)
Our knitting group hostess has a little girl adopted from Uganda. She was telling us how expensive it is to adopt a child, any child! My admiration is immense for all the people who adopt and give these beautiful children homes and families.
I suddenly have a craving for a whole roasted chicken. i think i am going to have that tonight! oh this food sounds so good...
Your family looks like they are loving all that fresh food...and why wouldn't they? It all looks so delicious! Jen
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