I must be avoiding work, because I’ve been cooking up a storm this week!
Whole Atlantic salmon was on special last week, so I couldn’t resist making a poached salmon with dill, with a side of golden oats medley. You have to try this!
Then we had a meeting tonight, so I felt compelled to make a dessert. I chose a light green tea cake, which everyone enjoyed, of course, who wouldn’t! Check out the recipes for these gems on the website: Recipes
There’s actually a funny story behind that face full of flour!
Nico, my thoughtful son-in-law, decided to bring his soon-to-be-mother-in-law (that’s me) some flowers, or was that flour? I think something got lost in the transation somewhere, so here’s the breakdown…
French: farine, fleur
Spanish: harina, flor
English: flour, flower
See the similarities?
So, when they asked me to pick them up at the metro station because they had some flowers to carry, I was expecting…well, something that goes in a vase, not in a mixer! To my surprise, he had gotten me a 50 pound bag of organic spelt flour! What a sweetie!
Spelt flour can be used instead of regular flour in most recipes, even for thickening sauces such as bechamels… It rises well, and is surprisingly light, not to mention all the health benefits of the whole grain, it is a great alternative to white flour! However, one thing it does not do well is go in a vase!
PS: the lillies are from my garden, one of my favourite flowers. I love their scent!
