monday's menu

i have been really enjoying planning and cooking the meals that sandi and i eat. it was also great fun shopping for "kitchen gear"...but that's another story. i have been a constant visitor to FoodTV.com, resourcing their endless supply of recepies. (well, almost endless...didn't have any recepies for panang curry...so sad!) today sandi and i went fishing after i picked her up from work. so, i was planning of having fresh fish for us to eat! unfortunately, it didn't work out that way...

...i did hook two nice sized trout (about 12-14 inches each) but one slipped out of my hand when i was trying to pick it up out of the water and it cut my 2 lb. test. (perhaps i should invest in a net!) the other one, well, it had two other lines coming out of it's mouth (besides mine)...so, i decided to take the other two hooks out and let him go. ..seemed like he had a pretty hard day. and other than a few other bites, that was it for me. sandi, hooked numerous bluegill (kinda like mamo) but the majority of them were too small. she also hooked a small mouth bass that was about 10 inches long and maybe a pound and a half...but, it was too small to keep. so, we headed home after the sun set (at 9:00pm) with no fish.

even though we had no fish, we did not go without a meal. ...we had left overs! ...and a beautiful fresh salad made by sandi. we finished off the last of the shoyu chicken and chicken curry (s&b) with some roasted potatoes, carrots and onions that just came out of the oven. it was not bad for dinner on the fly.

tomorrow, i'm going to go and "use up the rest of the bait" and hopefully get us some dinner. i'll let you know how it goes. until then, i hope you enjoy the food God gives you!!=)

blessings...