2016-06-05 - Sunday - Mugs, Lilies, and Salmon

Sunday I finally put handles on my mugs. I've never made handles like this, but I've also never made mugs in this shape before. I think they go well together. Perhaps a bit clunky, but in a good way --I hope.

I planted this day lily in 2000 and the pot used to rest on our deck in a sunny spot. Since then we've had the deck removed and the screened porch built. The pot got moved out into the yard under a maple tree and didn't bloom last year. I was afraid it might not bloom again this year, but it's had eight flowers this season so it's found it's happy place.

In the evening I cooked a salmon filet in aluminum foil. It was pretty good and I'm sure we'll do it again in the future. You can find the recipe here.

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March 13 - Pasta time

Tuesday I made a new pasta dish that I found on tastykitchen.com.  I had a pound of local bacon that I purchased from What's Your Beef butcher shop.  (If you have never been to What's Your Beef, check it out when you get a chance.  All locally raised beef, pork and chicken.)

I did a search on bacon and pasta and this was my favorite recipe out of the ones returned.  You can either click here or on the photo for the recipe.

It was a great recipe and everyone in our house liked it.  I cut back on the red pepper flakes since I have some spice-sensitive people here, but added it back on my plate.  I think this recipe would be really nice using peppered bacon.  Give it a try and tell me what you think.

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