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Yesterday my nephew grilled burgers and hot dogs for himself, my husband and my husband's brother. He did a good job. I made pesto penne with asparagus for myself and my niece

Today was my wedding anniversary. Normally, my husband and I would be dining out, but of course given everything, it was contactless takeout. Wellfleet oysters, so briny and cold. We had two boxes of these and could have had more since we shared with my sister and my husband's brother. My husband's brother had a grilled swordfish sandwich Husband had grilled scallops I had grilled tuna Sister had coconut curry fish stew No pictures of the kid's food: niece had sushi that you have already seen and I made nephew a sausage and pepper sub. The plates we eat off at this house were all drawn by the house's family and friends to commemorate the 65th wedding anniversary of the (now late) owners. We are at 23 years. I can only hope for 65!

Littleneck clams that were harvested in front of the house (not by us, the harbor we are staying on is a commercial aquaculture site and taking any clams or oysters is prohibited). I steamed them open in clam broth and white wine, and sautéed a bunch of green garlic in butter separately. I added that to the broth after I strained it for sand. Delicious with crusty bread and a lovely arugula salad using arugula and mint dressing that I brought out from my CSA boxes at home.

Callaloo (or Kallaloo) is a green. When we go to St. John I buy it from an organic farmer there. I just cook it like spinach at the rental house. One of my favorite restaurants there makes it into a delicious soup with crabmeat. Last night I decided to make lobster rolls. I had the fish market down the street steam them for me, and then I cracked them outside while wearing gloves and brought the shells right to the outdoor trash because of my nephew's crustacean allergy. The fish market is doing contactless pickup, which is nice. Lobsters Unfortunately, the hot dog buns I had brought from home were moldy, and I was not going to go to the grocery to replace them. Luckily, I had done a contactless bakery run earlier in the day, and had purchased baguettes, so baguette sandwiches it was. First, we had margaritas on the deck Lobster boat I do not like lobster, so I had a scallop boat Nephew had leftover pizza. Desserts from the bakery And sunset

Takeout again last night. Niece and nephew asked for pizza. Pizza is hard to come by where we are right now, but we found a place that does New England style bar pizza with contactless pickup, so we ordered from there. Bar pizza is not my favorite--I prefer thin crust, but you have to compromise sometimes so... Thai peanut wings. There were also buffalo wings, but they never got eaten (in fridge for another time), so no pics of those Nephew wanted mac and cheese as well as pizza. Seems weird to me, but lots of things are weird these days. I tasted it and thought it was bland, but he ate the entire container. Veggie pizza Arugula pizza Three little pigs pizza (bacon, pork belly, ham) Mushroom and arugula pizza Bonus picture of our view

Thank you! No, the bread is from my CSA. Here is the recipe I used to make the green garlic bread: Green garlic toast Today, we decamped for a while. We had to sign a long lease to do it, but it is worth it, and we are still in isolation. Dinner via contactless takeout:

Definitely! That is what I do with mine. Yeah, that is a cool feature of Instacart, they almost always text when something is out of stock and offer subs. They even send pictures of what is actually there to choose from. Well, at least usually. Occasionally I get a rogue shopper who just goes off and does their own thing. Earlier this week I ordered a piece of Parmigiano Reggiano....I got five pieces! With that same shopper I ordered paper towels and they gave me six boxes of tissues instead. It's allergy season here, so OK with me. I did not take a picture of today's CSA, but I got local asparagus, which I am really excited about. I also got lots of greens: arugula, baby spinach, mesculin. And another bunch of green garlic, yum. Plus, of course, potatoes, sigh. The speciality item this week was a jar of dilly beans. I assume these are pickled green beans?

I am very sorry for the loss of your Mom. These are strange times, not being able to be there for loved ones at the end. My husband and I went through the same with his Dad recently. Like you, no services scheduled as of now. Tonight, salmon that I cured in brown sugar, salt and garlic powder, then cedar planked on the grill, over a mixed greens salad with blackberries and a raspberry vinaigrette. Not for my nephew of course. He had pasta with a raw cherry tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella. We all enjoyed a piece of vampire repeller bread (aka green garlic bread). I got another bunch of green garlic in today's CSA box and have designs to eat it with some littleneck clams.

Glazed hake with baby bok choy and mushrooms. Rice. My husband, niece and I all liked it. Sister did not. Nephew ate burritos. Quarantine cooking is getting meh.

Babka stuffed with ricotta, parmesan and herbs Pasta with blistered broccoli, pecorino and mint

Burger night

My local paper had a story about the CSA I have been posting pictures of: Boston Globe: I just want something local

Grilled mahi mahi with mango salsa, corn and summer squash saute, and curried roasted sweet potatoes. Nephew won't eat fish unless it is fried, so I made him a buffalo chicken sub

Vegetable pajeon with grilled chicken skewers basted with a gochujang glaze. The pajeon had carrots, green daikon, scallions, and turnip. I used my waffle maker to cook the pancakes. They came out nice and crispy. My niece thought this meal was too spicy, but everyone else really liked it.

Yesterday, a BLT on Dave's Killer Bread Today, a kimchi omelet with sriracha syrup

I second the suggestion for ricotta or paneer. I like Ina Garten's ricotta recipe. You do need some cream. A creamy soup is another idea. I use milk rather than cream when I make chowder. King Arthur has flour back in stock. Also, Baker's Authority has white whole wheat. I just got a huge sack of that and also of bread flour delivered from them. I am planning on dividing it up into 5 lb quantities and sealing in vacuum bags, then freezing it. Here is this week's CSA box Rhubarb, shiitake mushrooms, micro choi sum, green garlic, green daikon, sorrel, onions, potatoes, a huge sweet potato, bread, blueberry jam, and Lowe's red beans. I made some ramp kimchi a couple of weeks ago that is ready to eat, so am thinking the daikon and that will go into vegetable pajeon as part of dinner tomorrow. I think I am going to make muffins with the rhubarb. The green garlic will definitely be made into another batch of vampire repellant butter 🙂

No, I made the full recipe. That is an 8x8 pan. I just pressed down on the bread to make it all fit.

It was so delicious! I am going to make it all of the time. I had to google silan. That sounds really interesting! Tonight, Thai flavored salmon cakes with lime dipping sauce, rice, and cucumber salad.

This morning was my niece's Senior Breakfast, conducted via Zoom of course. I made her the official recipe of her high school's Senior Breakfast, blueberry bread pudding.

Spinach salad with dates, almonds, and sumac crusted pita from Ottolenghi's Jerusalem Then, from his cookbook Simple, two recipes: oregano-ricotta meatballs, and pasta with spiced tomato sauce. The meatballs were very light from the ricotta cheese. This is my 21 year old nephew's plate--no way could I eat that much food. Grilled bruschetta with green garlic butter (vampire repellant butter)

Yes, Jacob's Cattle beans.

Thanks for sharing your fun day with us! All of my original summer vacations have been cancelled due to this virus. Bermuda for our anniversary in June, St. John VI in July. We pivoted and are going to Cape Cod, staying in a private home on a private beach where we will continue to quarantine. I'm going to miss all of my favorite Cape restaurants, beaches and shops, but this plan is better than nothing.

Here is a link to the recipe. It's the second one in the article: Iraqi spiced chicken Last night, cornflake crumb crusted haddock sandwiches.

Here is this week's CSA box. Pretty similar to last week's. Fiddleheads, beans, bread, so many potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, corn tortillas, ramps, green garlic, parsnips, apples, shiitake mushrooms, micro greens. I'm still doing the food share run by a local restaurant too. That box comes in an hour or so. I forgot to take a picture of last week's share. It is an incredible amount of food for the money. I've been sharing the contents with my parents and brother. I really hope I don't get any more potatoes....

Yesterday I baked a loaf of pan de mie Toasted with raspberry jam Today, pumpernickel bagel with whitefish salad. I had bagels, lox, and whitefish salad shipped from Russ and Daughters. The FedEx guy inexplicably left it at a house three streets over. Luckily, the people living there were nice enough to bring the box to my house!