No i haven't forgetten about you mister blog...

So it's been a hectic couple of weeks since the move. I have been cooking but with the shortage of employees on the evil island where i earn the money that feeds me i have been unable to sneak in time for blogging...

My most important culinary endeavor over the past few weeks though was to finally make JoAnn her birthday basket. By the time i was done her empty containers went back with kale and sweet potato enchiladas and cajun red beans. The birthday basket was loaded with rosemary infused olive oil, chocolate bread, banana waffles, watermelon juice, and strawberry fruit leather. I also plan on making some more goodies. most of the goodies i made spoil easy so i guess its good i'm giving a few later on to keep the delicious going. The chocolate bread came out of a thirfted bread machine book, the olive oil is pretty straight forward and the watermelon juice is just puree in blender and strain out pulp. I normally used to use the Whole Foods Whole Wheat waffle mix when i make my waffles but i was still motivated to make them myself without the powdered buttermilk. I used a recipe from the joy of cooking for the waffles and put too much baking powder and had to doctor a bit with milk, flour and sugar. The ones that i kept taste like french toast. I always add to my waffle mix banana and walnuts to make them extra tasty. The strawberry fruit leather gave me a chance to test out my new handy dandy $4 food dehydrator from goodwill. I pureed the strawberries in the blender and added a touch of lemon and sugar and laid the puree on some saran wrap on the trays for almost 16 hours for a tasty snack.

I made the sweet potato and kale enchiladas again, some cauliflower that i boiled and then baked with a beachamel sauce that i melted in parmesan and smoked gruyere and some bread crumbs on top. I also marinated sauteed portabellas in olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. I also steamed green beans and tossed them in my rosemary olive oil and sauteed yellow zucchini summer squash with oil and onion.