Wounded Chef

No, I didn't hurt myself cooking, just making a play on the show "Iron Chef." I did, however, injure myself walking my dog out the front door this morning....ever fulfilling my role as a klutz.

Long story short, Maddie zagged while I zigged. I tripped over her and in an impressive attempt not to step on her paws and wake up the neighbors at a really early hour of the morning, I slipped on the concrete stairs and put a big gash in my baby toe. I'll spare you the details, but.... Big gash as in "well, do you need to go to the hospital" asks Tom. Big as in "hmmm...maybe you should see someone about getting a stitch in that" states my father. Yup, this is a multiple band-aid job for the near future. No more pedicures this summer.

So, what did we get in today's CSA? Leeks and potatoes! At Tom's request to make something, anything that he actually will eat (let's just say that between our polar opposite likes/dislikes in veggies and his mild allergy to lemon, he's come out on the losing end), I found an old recipe tucked away from years ago when we were dating: Una McKeever's Famous Leek and Potato Soup. Una was a fellow runner and a lovely lass from Ireland. At several potluck affairs, she brought her family favorite soup, and somewhere along the way, I got and kept the recipe. Very easy stuff, although my version needs a little something-something. Kind of bland. I'm sure Tom will weigh in with an idea or two!

I would like to boast that I made this soup entirely on my own -- Tom was up extraordinarily early to finish a lab report for school and went to bed early, completely exhausted.

Since we got only one ear of corn last week, I picked up a few more at Shaws last night, on sale. And of course, what did we get: multiple ears of corn. It was getting late, and I had already maimed myself once on the concrete today, so instead of heading outside and grilling them, I threw them in a pot of boiling water and will share them with Tom's parents tomorrow.

Other odds and ends: several different kinds of tomatoes, a handful of green beans, a few red potatoes, some sage, and long veggie that looks like it could be a squash. There's always one in the bunch we're not sure about. Bummer about the sage -- the cut herbs never seem to last more than a day or so, and it always seems to be an herb I just bought within the week at the store. Someday I'll figure out the right balance between the CSA and Shaws!