Pretty Roses and Winter Cookery

Hello!  Did you have a good weekend?  We did, just enjoying our home and cooking and watching the Super Bowl on Sunday.  Dayle came home from some errands with a new bouquet of the prettiest pink roses.  :-)

Don't you just love a bouquet during the winter to brighten things up?

I am not sure what to call this color -- what do you think?

Dayle made a lunch for us of his split pea and ham soup, toasted some of his honey wheat sourdough bread and egg salad.  He cooked and peeled and chopped the egg but my job is adding the mayo, mustard, salt and pepper and stir it up.  I do it by eye and it's my skill.  LOL!

On Saturday he made homemade macaroni and cheese with peas and fried up some bit of ham to go with it.  NUM!

We have some jadeite oval platters and they work so well when you have a bowl of something and another item on the side.  In fact many old style diners use oval platters to serve meals on which is kind of fun as they remind me of the 50's.

I've posted this recipe many times, I'll add it to the bottom.

Dayle snapped this photo of our darling little Mocha as she was keeping an eye on us hoping someone would toss her ball for her.

I'm slowing down on jadeite acquisitions.. but.. well.. this vase.. who could resist?  It will hold a nice bunch of flowers and has a peacock on it with flowers.  I can already envision dahlias in it.  

A snap of my blanket progress.. I got a lot done during the big game.  Speaking of which.. I had no idea who was performing during the half-time and had to look it up.  And the dancers were men with "masks" on their head that looked like jock straps, or that they'd had surgery on their face covered with bandages.  I was very disappointed in it.  

Dayle just left to get his 2nd vaccine at the Veterans Administration.  I have a zoom meeting with my DAR group at 1.  Life during Covid.  I wonder if things will ever get back to "normal".  But we're doing the best we can to stay safe and live through this.  Be safe and be well!!  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)  

MAMA TERESA'S HOMEMADE MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH PEAS

Preheat oven at 350 degrees

24 oz macaroni

6 TBS Butter

5 TBS Flour

1/4 tsp salt

4 Cups milk

1 1/2 lbs Velveeta

1 Can baby peas, drained

Sliced Tillamook Cheddar for the top

Get the water to boiling - like 3 quarts, with 2 tsp of salt and with a dash of oil.

While it's coming to a boil, melt butter in saucepan and add flour and salt - stir until blended and cook for a minute, then add the milk and stir until slightly thickened - it won't thicken much.  Add sliced Velveeta and stir until blended, add drained peas and stir in.  When the water came to a boil you added the pasta and stir often - check OFTEN to see if the pasta is done "al dente" which means done but chewy, (never ever overcook pasta, it turns to mush).  When the pasta is cooked, drain in a colander.  Toss till well drained, then add to cheese mixture in an oven proof stock pot - stir well, sprinkle with pepper and stir again.  Then lay cheddar slices over the top.

Bake for a half hour until slightly browned on top and bubbly.

Enjoy!!