Monday, July 27, 2015

Mop Philosophy Monday

Dinner on the terrace.
In sixteen weeks that cedar hedge will be covered with snow.
 Someone said to me the other day "in sixteen weeks we'll have snow on the ground" and of course my first thought was What a Party-Pooper.  But then I realized that it's true... which means we definitely need to have dinner outdoors as much as possible.

On burger night I don't mind having the Maille jar on display, being so attractively French and all:
 The ketchup bottle is less charming to the eye so I always squirt some into a container, right now it's a Bonne Maman jar, again attractively French:
Bonne Maman jar holding Heinz ketchup.
 I served sweet potato fries with the burgers last week, that's one way to get orange vegetables into those Rascals:
Sweet Potato Fries: they always get a bit charred, maybe I need a lower oven temperature?
 I think we need to talk about zucchini.  As you may remember Molly Katzen's Zucchini-Crusted Pizza is one of my favourite recipes of all time.  I've discovered once and for all that it's even better when the zucchini has all liquid squeezed the heck out of it.

Squeeze the zucchini in a linen towel to get all of the liquid the heck out of it.
 I like that this recipe does some multi-tasking with the grater: first the zucchini and then the cheese:
 I mixed mine up with fresh herbs from the garden, basil mostly:
 Why not use parchment paper?  It makes clean-up a breeze:
 I layered it with a fresh tomato, some shallots and more basil:
 Then added piles of cheese and sliced brown mushrooms:
 When throwing raw mushrooms on top of an oven-cooked recipe I think we can all agree that a few glugs of olive oil are needed for optimum roasting:
 I served it with buttered parsley potaotes...
 ...and of course salad.
With more cheese, why not.
 In other news from the Mop Philosophy Kitchen I had to rescue our butter dish this week.  The lid fell on the floor and broke clean in half, you'll be happy to know all was well after some mending with Krazy Glue.
I was able to save the Emma Bridgewater butter dish with Krazy Glue thank goodness.
I think every household needs a tube of Krazy Glue kicking around, how about you?

I hope your week is off to a fine start.  I'm going to be doing plenty of cleaning and organizing before we head off on a trip later this week.  I'll let you know how it goes, especially the organizing: I've got a couple of projects up my sleeve.
Take Care Tooties,
xoxDani