Busy in the kitchen today [View all]

I stayed with my friend this week, who has taken minimalism to an extreme rarely seen outside a hermit's cave. She is not poor, but she is gadget deprived. Staying with her is a cross between camping and dorm life. I've stayed with her for varying periods of time over our many years as friends. This time, I went prepared. I took dishes, pans, utensils, my coffee maker, coffee, food, spices, towels, and washclothes. This time, I only had to buy a dish towel and a coffee mug after I got there. I was going to bake her a loaf of bread, but her oven door is sprung, so no baking all week. I took the last of a loaf from home, so we had that. I like omelets and toast, but she has no toaster, so I grilled slices in a frying pan I brought. Needless to say, her eating habits are different than mine. I survived the week roughing it, got home yesterday.
And today, in my own dear kitchen, I baked a loaf of bread. I put together a fresh cucumber, onion and pepper salad, made some s.f. lime jello. I have veggies ready for jalepeno chicken I'll make later. Life is good.