You Are What You Eat!

I grew up in America... The land of hamburgers sizzling on grills.  The place of Mexican-American fusion, such as the burrito bombs of Chipotle.  The land of Italian love feasts with dishes of lasagne, spaghetti, and the like.  A land of soups and stews and spicy chili.  Of pizza delivered to the door.  Of  soy-salted rice and curry.  Of sandwiches!  Of things roasted, fried, packaged and dried.  If you are what you eat, then American cuisine, in all of its infusions, is an inseparable part of my identity.

So.  How have we coped the last thirteen months?  How have we withstood losing our foodie identities?  Answer: through the somewhat fun and somewhat draining act of recreation.

Thus follows a sample of our recreative experience.

Minestrone soup.

Homemade bread with tomatoes and basil
from the garden.  And cheese from the city.

Stir-fry!

Homemade pesto pizza with salad.
Again, basil for the pesto from the garden.

Chili

Roasted potatoes with chicken and greens

Oh my goodness.  Joanna's coffee cake!

Chicken noodle soup!

Joanna working on the tortillas we use for so many things.

Such as burritos.  Including two types of homemade salsa and
home refried beans. 

Christmas day muffins.

Roasted chicken.

One of our favorites: Chicken Tortilla Soup
with homemade tortilla chips

Pancakes 

Oh my Goodness!  Burgers never tasted so good.

Eggs from the chickens.

Grilled chicken quarters and mashed potatoes for Joanna's birthday

Brought the sugar snap pea seeds all the way from the USA

On a hot day: Spanish Tortilla with Gaspacho

Crusted chicken and potato salad

Garlic

Made these stewed tomatoes from around 90 tomatoes
out of the garden.  This sauce is a good starter for all sorts of
soups, stews and pastas. 

Including this amazing lasagne!