red stem, green leaf

2-23-2014 Sun.  mild, sunny.



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | homemade sage bread | cheese | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- Ji cai wonton soup | goose liver pate and bread | sauteed taro root with dill | simmered Kau-fu with winte bamboo shoot and shiitake | sauteed red stem chard with garlic | wine 

•    very fresh chard

Northern Neck

8-04-2013 Sun. warm, sunny. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | watermelon | bread and cheese 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | grape
DINNER --- roasted red pepper and feta cheese | homemade biscuit | olives and gigante | beer || poached chicken with ginger and scallion sauce |  sauteed red stem chard with toasted walnuts | rice | salad | wine 

 Colonial Beach, Northern Neck, VA

 

• a day trip Northern Neck, where NYT called " Virginia's lost history" , GW's birth place , R. Lee's plantation...

red stem chard from garden

6-28-2013 Fri. warm, shower.  



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- lentils with ragu 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- boiled dumplings ( dill, chicken, shiitake) with homemade shells | sauteed red stem chard with garlic | boiled new potatoes with mustard sauce | wine 

• chard is from M.'s garden, cut before dinner time.

squid will be squid

2-10-2013 Sun. chilly, sunny. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | grapefruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | bread | grapefruit 
DINNER --- Thai-style hot and sour squid with winter bamboo shoot and Thai basil | sauteed re stem chard with garlic | rice | wine

• in need  of low-calorie meal

red stem chard and red bell paper

9-13-2012 warm, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee 
LUNCH --- rice with simmered tofu and chive flowers
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple  
DINNER --- pan-roasted bell peppers stuffed with minced chicken and onion | sauteed  red stem chard with garlic | sauteed sweet corn with roasted red pepper |  rice | fennel and cherry tomato salad | wine 

  southern France, last year this time

• need a break 

red stem chard , a summer beauty

6-04-2012 Mon. cool, clouds.


BREAKFAST ---
LUNCH --- pizza 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- sauteed snow peas | sauteed red stem chard | pan-fried baby artichokes with garlic scape and Chinese sausage | fennel and radish salad | rice | wine 

 

• red stem chard is somehow a summer thing, tender and flavorful when cooked with garlic.