You just knew I couldn't get through this "weekend in the middle of the week" without showing you some of our culinary adventures, didn't you?
I spent a busy and tiring day in the kitchen yesterday, assisted as always by my much more experienced tutor and the head chef, Judy aka She Who Must Be Obeyed.
The first item on the agenda was an overnight breakfast casserole, known to midwesterners as a hotdish.
It combined eggs and milk and sausage and cheese and peppers and day-old bread, sourdough in this case.
The sausage was crumbled and sauteed until it wasn't pink anymore, then layered in a pan with the other ingredients, covered and refrigerated until this morning.
Then baked for an hour and enjoyed.
Actually I suppose you could call it more of an indoor picnic as it combined big seedless red grapes from Peru, some slices of that sourdough bread, sliced apple, summer sausage and Judy's very special Deviled Eggs.
Of course there was Prosecco to enjoy with this little feast.
It was all tasty and put me to sleep by about 7:30 last night, which allowed me to miss the fireworks as a New Year entered the picture.
I hope your New Year's celebrations were equally as delicious.