In the craziness of last week I forgot to mention how my mother saved me from complete destruction. I think I have mentioned a billion times how important it is that I eat every 4 hours. The reasoning behind needing food on such a regular basis is that I suffer from hypoglycemia. It does not matter how big of a meal I eat that day, four hours later I promise you I will need to refuel. Some days I need less food than others and I am not sure why. Some foods make me feel better than others and it usually does not make sense. I can also go throughout the night and feel fine in the morning, not sure what is up with that. The only thing that I know to eliminate the bad mood-tremors-dizzy-can't think straight-feeling like I am going to hurl-and then passing out cold--is regular eating. Last week was near impossible because I ran out of farmer's market snacks and became too busy to get more. This left me with a time span of 12:20 (usually when I finish lunch) to 7pm (usually when we eat dinner) gap. It was not good....huh Ryan? On one particular hypoglycemic day I visited my mom and was feeling like I was going to die. Instead of dying, I came to a table that looked like this:
My mom had gone to the farmer's market for me and picked up a tamale and a homemade raspberry vinegar soda! THIS is why mothers are WONDERFUL, especially MINE!
In other news, we made pesto pasta for dinner tonight. I can assure you it was ALL cooked by humans because Ryan and I made everything! Here is some of the pasta that was drying. We made so much that we almost ran out of counter space drying it all. The basil in the pesto was from our garden! aaaaaawwwww..........love.
Also, we got our Organics to You bin today and are wondering if anyone can tell us what this vegetable is????? GUESSES PLEASE? Also, if you know what it is.....how about recipes to use it? Allison, I'm looking at you! :)
Thanks for acknowledging me! I love you, too! I think that is a giant yellow or orange beet.
ReplyDeletehaha, I laughed out loud at the shout out to me at the end of the post! That thing looks like its spinning! My first guess was some sort of crazy squash but I was inspired by your confidence in me to look further.
ReplyDeleteAfter a quick google image search I would guess that is a red kuri squash. "A thick-skinned orange colored squash that has the appearance of an oblong pumpkin without the ridges". Apparently it has a "delicate, mellow flavor" akin to chestnuts. Hmmm, I would say cut the sucker in half, scoop out the seeds and bake it.
The rest is up to you and how ambitious you are! And I would say that you two are fairly ambitious these days! My favorites are coconut milk and squash thai red curry, soup, ravioli filling, and just mashed with butter, brown sugar and a bit of salt
Hi Zoe: I agree, your mom is WONDERFUL. She feeds all her friends in so many ways. And I agree that this is a beet.
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