taco nights

claudiaGood Eats

We make tacos about once a week — skirt steak, chicken, fish, shrimp, veggie — they’re so easy for hectic weeknights. Mike found this tomato relish recipe a few years back and it’s become one of our favorite toppings. Hope you like it as much as we do!

tomatorrelish

Yellow Tomato-Tarragon Relish

3 ripe yellow tomatoes, cored and diced

1/2 small red onion, minced

1 serrano chile, seeded and mince

1/4 cup white wine vinegar

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

2 tblsp fresh chopped tarragon leaves

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

modern homesteaders

claudiaCountry Life

williamssonoma

 

Interesting piece about the ‘modern homesteader’ movement in today’s WSJ.
If you can’t move to the country, might as well bring some of the country to you!
“It’s what I did with my grandmother—the chickens, the gardening, the canning, the bees,” Eliza Zimmerman says in the story. “It is my Zen—a memory of what made me feel safe and good and warm.”
Read full article here.

 

 

 

 

Photo: Williams Sonoma

stoney love

claudiaOn the Farm

After we bought the property a few years ago, Buster (our hay expert) told Mike that a big truck had crashed into one of the stone pillars that once stood at the driveway entrance and demolished it. The owners, then elderly, never had the column rebuilt. Buster happened to mention in a later conversation that old Mr. Smith used to sit down by the creek for hours on end just ‘soaking’ in the view. Last year we discovered a big pile of stones buried among briars and poison ivy near the back pasture — the former pillar, now lying in a heap in the woods. Thanks to Adrian and his friends, we heaved every one of those big beautiful rocks onto the back of the Rhino and transported them down to the creek where Mike and the boys made a new campsite. Now the old pillar has been brought back to life as a campfire circle overlooking the Tallaseehatchee Creek. I know we will enjoy it for years to come. But more importantly, we hope Mr. & Mrs. Smith will enjoy the view, too, from somewhere up there. 🙂

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