Hi there!
Hope everyone has had a good Wednesday. I’ve had a pretty positive day despite the fact that my camera charger is MIA and my camera is slowly dying on me. I have managed to keep everything pretty much organized throughout this crazy moving process but the ONE THING I cannot find anywhere is that dang charger. I’ve torn apart my whole house, my suitcases, my old place, my car, Adam’s car…its totally vanished and makes me want to pull my hair out in frustration. Gahhhhh 
I did get in a 45 minute walk outside while chatting with an old friend on the phone so that was good.
Honeycrisp & goat milk cheddar cheese (love this stuff!) for a snack while cooking:
And then, potato leek and bacon soup!
I picked up three lbs of leeks from the farm stand yesterday….they had just been picked and their flavor was intense. Love those leeks! I always feel so French when I cook with leeks for some reason.
Mmmmmmmm especially with our 05 Cab. Yes please.
So, I made this awesome soup with leeks, potatoes, bacon and chicken stock…..it was a pureed soup and was thick and delicious (sorry, no recipe to give away!). After tasting it though only one thought crossed my mind: I NEEDED CHEESE! Good cheese and bread would totally make this meal so I headed out to my friend Doralice’s cheese shop and picked up a little Ardi Gazna, which is a sheep’s milk cheese made in the Pyrenees. Melted some on a thick piece of sourdough bread. Peeeeerfect.
I nibbled on some apple and pear slices at bible study and then busted out my special dessert later at home:
A dark chocolate covered piece of english toffee sprinkled with sea salt. This tiny little thing was $3 but so worth it. I looooove chocolateeeeee!
Currently: folding MASSIVE amounts of laundry and about to call it a night. I don’t have a washer or dryer here, which sort of stinks, but my neighbor let me use hers and I’m thankful for clean sheets on my bed tonight. Not that my sheets were dirty, but I’m one of those people that is a stickler about washing my sheets once a week. I have a theory you sleep better when your sheets are fresh and clean.
G’night!
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Your wood floor is very pretty! I love nice hardwood floors!
Just polished off a cup of bacon potato chowder here, for lunch! your bread and cheese look like a great addition…however wasn’t to be for me today! the toffee looks so yum…one of my favorite things of all time….havent seen here but now am going to keep my eyes open..i had to settle for a hot chocolate chip cookie..as i made a batch for cultural day for my son’s 4th grade class…I would say choc chip cookies count as american culture? you think?
Leeks remind me of France, too…my Francophile mother used to make them all the time when I was a kid, but they were never as good as when my friend’s grandmother cooked them when we visited them in Montpellier. And of course that chocolate is worth it…hello, you’re talking to a girl who will spend 6 bucks on a Crumbs cupcake!
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