Just Chillin'

I am spending Friday night just relaxing and unwinding in my cozy home. It was a nice quiet day and I did manage to squeeze in a walk and run a load of laundry in the evening. Still have to fold it though!

I cooked dinner again tonight, that is 4 nights in a row not to mention the additional soup I made on Tue. I think I am done for the week :-)

Tonight the grocery store had an abundance of wild sockeye salmon. Its rare to find it this early in the year. They usually only get it once a year in summer. Coincidentally, I was in the mood for salmon but I did not feel like driving to the F.resh Ma.rket which always has it in stock but super pricey at about $19.99 a lb. Anyways it was cheaper at the local grocery store at $9.99 a lb so I bought some to eat tonight and froze a second fillet. I try to avoid the farm raised salmon, and only have had it once at the persuasion of the friendly guy behind the counter.

So, tonight I made salmon, wild rice and an apple/fennel salad with shallot vinaigrette. It came out pretty good.

I used my mandolin for the first time since I needed thinly sliced apple and fennel. I was terrified that I would slice my finger, but I did not since the device had a thing to hold the veggie and protect the hand. However, I think I was doing it wrong since I had a very messy counter by the end of it with lots of apple and fennel flying about. I am a very messy cook in case you have not figured that by now.

I was super tempted at the store to pick up random things since, as usual, I was shopping on an empty stomach.  Everything looked good, especially at the bakery. I stood and mulled over whether I should pick up a fruit tart or an eclair, but decided against either. Guess its grapes for dessert.

Now that my grunt work on expenses is done, I have some time tomorrow to get caught up on other pending tasks.  I want to put some of my prints from my travels into the frames I had purchased around Christmas. Once the pictures are in the frames, I will cut out the sizes on brown paper and play around with where and how I would like to hang them up.  I have six b/w sketches I bought in Quebec City, so I want them all on one wall for a dramatic effect.

I guess I should not procrastinate any longer since the pile of laundry is calling my name