Thursday, January 31, 2008

Shopping for a wedding dress

No, not my wedding dress (still happily married!)! But I am leaving soon to help a friend pick out her own. I'm excited! My own wedding dress shopping was a bit short, as I had flown home for the weekend and had only one day to do it! So, it should be fun to ooooooh and ahhhhhhh for my friend. Who knows, maybe I'll try one on just for kicks!

I decided to prepare my first recipe from the Smitten Kitchen blog I have in my Food Blog links.

Cooking up the leeks.

The tart, just before being put into the oven.

I had meant to take pictures of the finished product, and maybe a picture or two of me and Nate eating it. But we got so excited with our eating that I completely forgot. Indeed, I forgot again when I reheated it for breakfast. It wasn't until I slid the last crumb into my mouth that I remembered. So sorry, I guess I'll never become a good food blogger!

The preparation was easy, although I seem to be able to screw up the simplest of things. For example! I bought what I thought was a pie crust to use as my crust, but it ended up being 5 or 6 small crusts (maybe for making pigs in a blanket or something?!). I layered the crusts in the pan and then pinched them together. Doing this (I think) made the crust a little too thick. So although the tart was cooked, the crust was a little bit gooey. It hardened by the next day, so I actually enjoyed the tart more for breakfast.

Warning: if you don't like leeks or swiss chard, don't make this recipe. Well, maybe the name LEEK AND SWISS CHARD TART should have told you that, but for some reason I didn't think it could be true! For me, it was a little bit "chardy" but still tasty.

Enough talk about food. My Dad is coming to visit this weekend, if only for 24 hours. We're getting excited! I think we're going to relax, take hikes, check out a track meet, and then eat a late dinner on Saturday night. I'll keep you posted. : )

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Steph,
I am glad you enjoyed it but I DON'T know about it! Leek and chard, i don't know if have even tried them myself. You are definitely a FEHR cook! They like to try new out new recipes. Keep it up! Love, Mom

Anonymous said...

It would help it I could type. I guess it is too late and I should go to bed. I hope you could understand my previous comment. Love ya, Mom

Anonymous said...

Interesting...L-Sheila