It's official -- on Sunday, August 7th Timothy Charles Linck asked me to marry him. (I said yes ;)) We are up in Ottertail, MN. It's a very special place to me for several reasons. I have many fun memories of spending my summers on the lake, learning to water ski, fishing, shopping, and cooking. We also planted a special tree over looking the lake in memory of my mother with her ashes at the root of the tree. As a family, we look forward to coming to the lake and remembering my mother's favorite place as well as creating new memories.
Sunday was Tim's 29th birthday. It was a lovely sunny afternoon and we all were low-key and relaxing. After I gave Tim his birthday present (some new gym gear for the upcoming Rock and Roll Marathon we are 'running' in October), he asked if we could take a walk across the street because he had something for me.
As we crossed the street, just the two of us, Timmy held my hand tightly and then we shared a quiet but intense moment. Tim retrieved the ring from it's hiding place and told me that the best birthday present that I could give him was to agree to marry him. He told me that I made him the happiest he's ever been and wanted to make a promise of forever. I was overcome with emotion and shed tears of joys.
Excitedly I ran over to the house to show June O'Sullivan, followed by a run down to the dock to show everyone as they came back from tubing out on the boat.
My engagement ring is from Tim's maternal grandmother whom I never met. It is gold and inlaid with diamonds and rubies (my birthstone). It is a 'brilliant' cut or round cut center diamond.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
CSA Week 10
We are on vacation!! This week we took our cooler full of goodies and re-packed most of it to take with us to Lake Ottertail. This week we have, Yellow Squash, Pepper Medley, Red Potatoes, Yellow & Red Sweet Onions, Zucchini, Sweet Corn, Herb-Basil, Peaches and a dozen eggs.
The peaches were devoured quickly and were delicious. The peppers and eggs got left behind in the fridge. We used some of the basil on our meatless monday pizzas, along with the onions, and cooked up the sweet corn for dinner with BBQ chicken on Saturday night. Yum yum yummy!!
Last weekend, in preparation of our departure Timmy and I tackled our mounds of produce and felt it was time to cook & freeze it. We have been acquiring more produce than we have been consuming weekly and have a stockpile in the fridge. Since we knew that all three of us would be on vacation, we dug in and started cooking as much of it off as we could.
June had purchased an additional 5 pounds of wheat berries for a whopping $5. Timmy first roasted it and then slow cooked all of it like you would rice. We parceled it into 13 small containers (see pics). We roasted our potatoes with some of our summer squash and some herbs. I forgot to snap a picture of our roasted beets, but I took those with a bit of garlic and also slow cooked them. We had several peaches (some from our CSA and some that dad gave us via the Kirkwood farmer's market) that we cut into pieces, nicely divided on a cookie sheet, and froze. It will make great smoothies or yummy treats later. We cooked off our large pound of delicious green beans, cleaned and peeled our carrots, and dried our herbs.
For meatless monday last week, Timmy made a fantastic eggplant and zucchini Parisian with our favorite ~ Zia's ~ tomato sauce. The zucchini was from the CSA, dad picked up the eggplant for us at the farmer's market and it was wonderful. Overall, another well done MM with Lori, Sophie, and the three of us. Yum yum.
The peaches were devoured quickly and were delicious. The peppers and eggs got left behind in the fridge. We used some of the basil on our meatless monday pizzas, along with the onions, and cooked up the sweet corn for dinner with BBQ chicken on Saturday night. Yum yum yummy!!
Last weekend, in preparation of our departure Timmy and I tackled our mounds of produce and felt it was time to cook & freeze it. We have been acquiring more produce than we have been consuming weekly and have a stockpile in the fridge. Since we knew that all three of us would be on vacation, we dug in and started cooking as much of it off as we could.
June had purchased an additional 5 pounds of wheat berries for a whopping $5. Timmy first roasted it and then slow cooked all of it like you would rice. We parceled it into 13 small containers (see pics). We roasted our potatoes with some of our summer squash and some herbs. I forgot to snap a picture of our roasted beets, but I took those with a bit of garlic and also slow cooked them. We had several peaches (some from our CSA and some that dad gave us via the Kirkwood farmer's market) that we cut into pieces, nicely divided on a cookie sheet, and froze. It will make great smoothies or yummy treats later. We cooked off our large pound of delicious green beans, cleaned and peeled our carrots, and dried our herbs.
For meatless monday last week, Timmy made a fantastic eggplant and zucchini Parisian with our favorite ~ Zia's ~ tomato sauce. The zucchini was from the CSA, dad picked up the eggplant for us at the farmer's market and it was wonderful. Overall, another well done MM with Lori, Sophie, and the three of us. Yum yum.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Meatless Monday Ottertail Style
This week for Meatless Monday June, Timmy, & I were on vacation in Ottertail, MN. It's been just a lovely week... more on this to come. Today is one of the more fun days of the week ~ meatless Monday. Timmy and I volunteered to cook veggie pizzas for everyone. We were lucky to have the help from some of the youngn's in order to make personal pizzas for everyone.
Timmy had brought some pizza shells from Companion ~~ but only 6! Today there are 16 of us at the lake. June picked up some just add water pizza dough and we got busy in the kitchen preparing delightful and custom pizzas. For toppings, we had fresh parsley, basil (from a farm up the road), onions from our CSA that we brought along, red pepper, blue cheese, mozzerola, or 3 cheese blend.
Our mini chefs first created some additional dough, then rolled out the crust, and added cheese. Our munchkin Eila was the only one that added onions, peppers, basil, & parsley. Then we got a second wave of pizzas going for the rest of our "guests" dining for the evening.
Enjoy the fun pics from the lake!!
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