Hokusai | Tahoe Girl

The RG beans were outstanding. I added onion, garlic, and some of my homegrown oregano. I’ll definitely buy them again.

In no particular order this week:

I’m planning on BBQing burgers one night as the weather is going to be fabulous. I don’t have any beef, though, in the freezer, so I may stop at Costco after the pool when I go this week.

I’m planning on a BLT night with homemade sourdough and avocado. I’ll cook extra bacon for the quiche.

I have extra-heavy cream, so I’ll try a quiche with bacon and Gruyère. The last one I made didn’t come out very well for some reason. It was not custardy but kind of dry. I’ll check the recipe; I may have the egg/cream ratio wrong. I’m going to use puff pastry instead of a regular crust, as I have some in the freezer.

I have chicken pot pies in the freezer, or I have chicken shredded, I can make my own.

I think I’ll cook up some brown rice and do some kind of bowl.

Other days, I’ll have to see what needs using up.( the beans with tortillas)

Today, I plan on staying home as I’m feeling a bit tired. The only thing I really need to do is get gas in the VW, but I’ll wait and see what I get done this morning. I like Mondays to be my reset day for the week. Plus, I like to do a full house dusting and tidying.

Here’s the Hokusai. I didn’t realize it was on canvas, but I still like it. Plus my newest orchid. I’m sort of obsessed with getting them to rebloom. I’m watching two that haven’t put any spikes up. I think I’ll take the one out of the pot and clean the roots. From watching YouTube, I guess it’s important to snip off the dead roots. I also have moss in my Amazon cart to buy, which is used for orchids.

Even though it was sprinkling, I decided to go for a walk. The park was mostly empty except for the park worker who came in at 6:30, driving a big truck and maybe a little too fast. sigh!

We had a fun day yesterday at Sierra College’s time capsule event. It was well attended. We were going to go into Grass Valley and walk around, but the streets were closed for a vintage car event. We decided to go down to Colfax to Il Pizziaoli for their wood-fired pizza. It was delicious, and we had leftovers for dinner. yeah!!

I finished Untamed about Yosemite. I’d give it a B. The scenery was beautiful, but the story was not very developed. Just ok.

Today, I’m actually going down to Roseville because I saw a print of ‘The Great Wave’ by Hokusai on the marketplace. I’ve wanted this forever, and it’s framed. I’m going to meet the person at Trader Joe’s and then get a few things in the store. If I’m energetic, I’ll go down to the gym; otherwise, I’ll just come home.

I plan to make Rancho Gordo beans today in the crockpot. These are ‘eye of the goat’ beans, which I don’t think we’ve had before. I also plan to make some polenta as well. Other than that just home stuff and plan the week out.

I have Velcade on Thursday, so that means it’s Dex time again. sigh….

There’s a brand new Nugget market right by the infusion center, so I plan on going in and checking it out. I know they are carrying Rancho Gordo beans, so I’ll pick some up. I’m hoping they have RG’s Mexican oregano, which is absolutely delicious.