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dinner, in a roundabout way

Posted on April 2, 2018 by thirdstoryies

We have four dozen hard boiled naturally dyed eggs in our refrigerator.

After cleaning out the refrigerator before we left town, we were down to just a smattering of condiments and pickled things in the door, some hard cheeses in the drawer, three unopened bottles of club soda that I overbought for a reception punch, and a jelly or two. The pantry wasn’t much better.

Instead of sitting down on Saturday and making a list of foods we needed for eating, I looked up natural egg dyes and made a really bizarre grocery list instead:

6 red onions
Small head of cabbage
6 yellow onions
1 fennel bulb
1 bunch of carrots
6 yellow apples
6 oranges

I had paprika, tumeric, dill seed, green tea, and frozen blueberries at home. I also got a gallon of milk, good tomato soup, and a loaf of sandwich bread.

Those were what I used for the dyes. Except the milk and bread and soup. Those were for lunch.

I got up and went to yoga, and then it was nice to spend the day in the kitchen after being in restaurants all week. I made the dyes, and boiled the eggs, and set everything up slowly on the table. I left for an afternoon run, and when I returned, the girls were home and already at work. They didn’t seem to mind the weird colors – I think it sort of intrigued them. The results were pretty, and the dishtowels are now stained pink and yellow and purple, but that’s okay.

On Sunday afternoon, I sat down to map out meals for the start of the week. They have a common theme. You’ll never guess.

I’ve also pickled onions, but I have no idea what to do with the rest of them. We’ve eaten the carrots and the fennel and I made a salad with the peeled oranges and apples that we’re still munching on. The rest of the cabbage is about to make a slaw. It’s kind of fun to take a different jumping off point for food. We’ll see how novel the eggs are in a few more days. The toasts tonight were divine, and just how I wanted Monday to end.

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