Leftovers

Below is a little recipe I've been keeping to try
if I ever have chicken or turkey leftovers. It makes
savoury  pastries, easy-peasy; and these can be served hot
or cold.

One takes the cooked white meat and runs it through a blender;

it is then mixed with fromage frais (quark cheese) and chives, and placed in a

cookie size bit of pastry dough. The edges are sealed with egg yolk. In the oven

for 10 minutes, at 400° F.

350th

Ah to be young and inebriated! St-Jean sur Richelieu is holding
an all-night party outside this evening - with guest DJs - to close the year's
celebration of the city's 350th anniversary. Chances are I'm going to feel
too tired to go. I did manage to make a passably fun dinner: homemade celery
soup, and English muffin pizza.

Bravo St-Jean!!

National Bird

Canada now has a national bird, the Mésangeai, which lives
in Canada and nowhere else.

Photoshop version.

Sweetie!

USA Foods

Being a resident of Quebec, that turkey meal with cornbread etc is something we never eat. Here, turkey is served at Christmas. 

So I decided to try my hand at corn bread.Voilà!

Tastes fine warm, with coffee, for Wednesday brunch.

source: crazycookinmama.

            http://www.food.com/recipe/cornbread-109767

Glamour

So here tonight's dinner with veg. Ha!, there

is a big difference in that I've just installed Snapseed

on my Samsung tablet. (This is the glamour filter!?)

One very powerful little app.

As for the dinner; just added pineapple to the dish. Maybe
tomorrow will bring new ideas...

BTW

By the way, I don't feel that Hillary Clinton's
loss of the Presidential election was in any way a
defeat for the cause of women. The US is far from
equity between men and women; Wikipedia tells me that
there are only 6 women governors of States. That's out of
fifty, friends!

She got the nomination, and it was a breakthrough.

The US is a very special case: the President is
commander-in-chief of the most powerful military
on Earth.

Men are above all team players: that's how
things get done. Perhaps some brave woman should aim
for the vice-presidency, next. Just saying!

Weird

Another unconventional meal, this time introducing quinoa
in soup. Quinoa is a quasi-cereal (no gluten) that originated
in Peru. My pea soup (historically a dish from Scandinavia),
vegetable mix, crackers and salad resolutely European (except for the
potato, sweet potato and avocado, also American, and the lime juice,
Indonesian).Weird, salty but satisfying!

Glass of  milk for dessert.

Italian Soup

Italian Wedding Soup has a reputation as outstanding.
Found this version this morning on MSN.

Basically, veal meatballs with basil and parmesan; orzo and spinach
in chicken broth; crackers that are bits of grilled parmesan with thymus.

Difference

Cheese sandwich for Sunday dinner, not very exciting. Small things can

make a difference; added raisins to the rice, broccoli and lentil salad (with mayo)

and it's interesting...

Went out for milk and caught that big moon; very bright!!

Using Cornmeal

There are times when one is just fed up with always eating the same thing.

That's when the Web can be a treasure of inspiration. I ended up making  -

in the oven - a  cottage cheese and spinach pancake that used both flour and

cornmeal as well as  Monterey Jack cheese, egg, oil, baking powder 

and a touch of milk. Very tasty and new enough to be fun.

Makes enough for two dinners!

Inspired by:

http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Spinach-And-Cottage-Cheese-Casserole-1849224

Late Breakfast

Normally, I might add buckwheat flour to pancake batter to zing it up

and make it healthier. Here, I made the simplest

galette, with buckwheat flour, baking soda and water. Pretty basic.

Served with cottage cheese, caramel yogurt and fruit, it is quite nice. Yet I would

hesitate to make a totally savoury dish of this.

(The missing bit with banana and yogurt was also fine!!)

Military D.

It's a new world for weaponry; the U.S. just announced
a successful raid on Al-Qaeda with a drone!!

Watching

I could watch all day. Just watching others prepare foods I like,
or eat it in sinful quantities, is pleasurable. Because I have sought out and eaten
these foods in the past, and have neuronal connections at the ready!!

Happy to finally understand all this.