LAW 66:Between a third and a half

Wow, just finished another four leaves on my GreenMan piece. It feels as if i have been working on it forever! It looks to me that i am somewhere around a third complete with the embroidery, than of course it is time to finish it off. Sigh…

Green Man, still in process

outside leaves are all wired, the background will be cut away

The weather turned cold as promised last night. We, however, did have a beautiful sunset. The light was perfect "golden time", mellow and very photo friendly.

Looking north off the bow of the boat

We did not have a Sunday Supper last night. Chris and Shannon had a work related party. I did however want to share a yummy variation on the traditional Shepard's Pie. Shepard's Pie as you likely know is usually topped with mashed potatoes. This is undeniably excellent, yummy comfort food. It is good to think outside of the box on occasion. This version is topped with mashed pureed Cauliflower, one of my favorite variations. The rest of this is pretty traditional, a pound of organic, grass fed ground beef (Yea Aldi's!), lots of sautéed onion and garlic. Carrots and celery. All of this lightly cooked, with a little added moisture, seasoned with fresh ground pepper, a little red pepper flakes, oregano and thyme, than layered; meat, veggies than topped with the mashed cauliflower. I usually grate a little fresh nutmeg on the cauliflower. You can stop there, but i usually sprinkle the mash with a mixture of bread crumbs and grated cheese. Top with paprika and bake for about a half hour at 350. This will serve four.

Shepard's Pie half covered with mashed cauliflower

Shepard's Pie is a good all around use up all that stuff in the frig/freezer dish. Although it is traditionally made with ground beef, lamb would be just as good, and provide a change of spicing You could veer off into a middle eastern sort of palate. I've never tried it, but i bet this would be yummy with a lima bean puree as the topper, especially seasoned with a little rosemary, lemon, and lots of garlic. Hmmmm.

Just out of the oven, ready to eat

Stay warm, and eat well
More later,
Morgainne