Dyson's Delectables: January 16., 2012

MENU FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 16, 2012

We ate well this past weekend. The pork roast was wonderful. Moist and full of flavor. As was the butterflied chicken. And quite simple to prepare. Although the recipe did not call for it, I did a sauce from the drippings that was also excellent.

For lunch today we are doing an” instant” French onion soup. Of course, we have beef stock in the pantry. And every so often Warner will sauté about 20 pounds of onion in the big braisier and freeze it in small quantity. Very useful – speeds up a lot of braises and stews. So for onion soup we defrost the onions and simmer them in the stock and them gratinee them under the broiler. Easier than Campbell’s….And needless to say, a hell of a lot better.

We continue our routine at the gym. This week I was delighted to realize that I needed a belt to hold up my jeans. They would literally slide off if not secured. That’s a real motivator! Which is good as some days it is tough to get it together to go out in the cold. Like the cat, I’d prefer to curl up in front of the space heater…. It has been frigid these last few days, but I suppose we can’t complain as it has been a fairly mild winter to date. Just how mild I’ll see when I get the Con Ed bill…..