We had our Chaos in the Kitchen Party tonight preparing for our big cookout tomorrow. Two recipes from Bill's book were cooked: Spicy Black Eyed Peas (pg68), Wild Rice Salad (pg 64)and one of my own favorite recipes: Musakka with eggplant, onions, chic peas and tomatoes. I will pass on the recipe to you soon. Tomorrow, we will make Cuban Black Bean Burgers and the Holiday Salad.
We celebrated my 65th birthday tonight, with 3 of my sons and daughter-in-laws. They did all the cooking which was a big treat for me. They served the musakka with a wonderful arugula salad, pita bread and topped it off with a delicious homemade carrot cake that my son made for me. I have to say it was the best I've ever had. I think the secret was the ginger.
After dinner, I was surprised with a professional chopping knife and sharpener that will cut my veggie prep time in half. Also, I received a new roof gutter, which would not normally be exciting except that it comes with a copper "Rain Chain" downspout and rain barrel. I will have to send you a photo. It is the most amazing thing as the water feeds down through a series of copper, flower shaped, cups to the rain barrel. It is absolutely beautiful and very functional as our tap water has some salt in it and that is not good for my garden. So now I will be able to water liberally. I can't wait to see it all go up.
I'll let you know how everything tastes tomorrow................
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