Cooking/Baking Again

We finally had our kitchen back with all the problems fixed.  It's the very 1st time that I missed cooking (imagine that!)  As soon as I could get in the kitchen, I started washing, chopping, making soup,  and turning on the oven.  

The picture above shows JJ's 2nd baking project.  Her 1st, Zucchini Bread, was gone so quickly that I did not have a chance to document it.  Since her teacher had been under the weather for quite some time, JJ decided to bake a "get well snack" for her.  I was a bit uncertain about giving the teacher "veggie bread".  After all, the name repelled Z so much that he would not get close to it.  Good to find out the following morning that neither the name nor the bread offended the teacher since she used to bake it when she was younger.  

It's such a blessing to eat home made comfort food again.  So thankful.

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Harvests

H's uncle and auntie have a beautiful garden full of good things.  We received from them three LARGE zucchinis and one Japanese pumpkin (really do not know the name of this guy.  Anyone who knows the correct term, please let me know!!)  Fresh and sweet.  They were so delicious!

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2nd Year of Geoduck Feast

Our adventurous neighbor is also very generous.  This is the 2^nd year that we received their geoduck catch.   Last year, we had a stir fried dish and a sashimi dish. This year, we did 2 ways again with our gifted geoduck, thinly sliced geoduck tampura and stir fry with sugar snap peas. The tampura dish was so good that everyone just dove in before I could take a picture of it. (thus the un-fried dish pictured @ lower right).

A, M, N and T, thank you for this tasty treat!

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