Stella's Social Club

[The Sheriff]

I feel like Dar left us with a "Who shot JR" stunt!

 

[lonnyandrinda]

Look at my cutie. She's getting so big! This little bronze statue is outside a library in the neighboring town.

 

[robhuncor]

Look at my cutie. She's getting so big! This little bronze statue is outside a library in the neighboring town.

Love statue - and girl!

 

[robhuncor]

Good Morning! I spent most of the day sick and in bed yesterday. I hate that.

I slept for 10 hours last night

and now I am up and ready to do something. Heading off to the store for cleaning products. I've used the last of the dishwasher soap and only have one Tide Pod left.

My second box of veggies from Fresh-To-You arrived last night. This time I included a dozen eggs with my order. I got lettuce, tomatoes, celery, butternut squash, kale, carrot, cabbage, leeks and...

fennel

and eggplant!

I think their might be an Eggplant Parmigiana in my future and a fennel fond frenzy for the hens. The carrots came with a lots of tops and they love those too. I am actually going to try to use the fennel in a recipe which I make that usually calls for onions. I feel well enough to do a little experimenting today. Bring on the scalloped leek and fennel casserole!

Fennel is really good cut in chunks and roasted with onions(same size chunks), a few garlic cloves, EVOO, & your fav seasonings & salt & pepper. Also good sliced and used in place of celery. Just 2 ways I like to use it.

 

[drumstick diva]

Rinda you daughter is meant for bigger things, maybe anchor woman, or senator ????? She's so photogenic and at ease she seems much older.

 

[The Sheriff]

Fennel is really good cut in chunks and roasted with onions(same size chunks), a few garlic cloves, EVOO, & your fav seasonings & salt & pepper. Also good sliced and used in place of celery. Just 2 ways I like to use it.

I'll have to try that. I have an onion casserole recipe that I love from the Tractor Supply cookbook. I am going to try tweaking that by adding fennel and wild rice.

My girls are going to be so happy. I just finished cleaning all the veggies and running them through the salad spinner and bagging them for the fridge. I have a big bowl of tops and cuttings I am going to go throw in the run. I have to make sure I trow them all over so that Judy can't guard the pile and keep the littles from eating.

I think dinner tonight will be eggplant parm for me and chicken parm for Michael. That's a win/win! Same sauce and cheese, just different little individual casserole dishes.

 

[The Sheriff]

Look at my cutie. She's getting so big! This little bronze statue is outside a library in the neighboring town.

Adorable! The library would have to keep an armed guard next to that statue to keep me from nabbing it in the middle of the night! Don't worry Rinda, I wouldn't nab the little cutie. That kind requires too much maintenance. You can just let bronze go and it will just get better with time!

 

[The Sheriff]

Kinda, you might like this came cupcake idea over on Chickens in the Road. Suzanne has a strict no picture sharing policy but here is the link:

http://chickensintheroad.com/cooking/make-camo-cupcakes/

 

[robhuncor]

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I think dinner tonight will be eggplant parm for me and chicken parm for Michael. That's a win/win! Same sauce and cheese, just different little individual casserole dishes.

Yum! on both the parm's!

 

[1muttsfan]

I remember something about steeping Fennel in a syrup to make candied fennel that sounded interesting - possibly this

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/candied-fennel-topped-lemon-cake-352317