The week in review.

What a week!

The apples are finding their way into our house by the grocery bags. What wonderful neighbor surplus! So, we've been spending much of our free time making apple muffins, apple sauce, apple butter, baked apples, all kinds of apple goodness, before they all go bad. Tasty.

We were the lucky receivers of 3 grown hens from our friend Lila whose new pullets just started laying. So, we're up to 5 eggs a day. Life couldn't be any better for egg lovers like us!

Here is one of Dan's favorite dishes. It's great for this time of year when the potatoes are so huge out of the garden. It's easy, and only takes about 40 minutes to prepare from start to finish:

Spanish Omelette

5 medium potatoes, red or yukon gold but russet would work too
1 small onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
olive oil
sea salt
pepper
5 eggs

Slice the potatoes and onion about 1/4 inch thick. Arrange the slices, along with the garlic, evenly on a roasting pan and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in a 400 degree oven for about 25-30 minutes. Remove the potatoes from the oven and set aside.

Beat the 5 eggs in a bowl and add the potatoes and onion mixture. Gently stir so that all of the potatoes and onions are coated with eggs.

Heat a few tablespoons of olive oil in a non-stick omelette pan over medium high heat. Add the eggs, potatoes and onions mixture and cover. Lower the heat to medium. While it is cooking, gently shake the pan so the omelette doesn't stick. Cook until it is well set, about 7 or 8 minutes.

Here's the tricky part. Remove the pan cover and place a plate over the pan. Carefully flip the omelette onto the plate so that the cooked side is facing up. Slide the omelette back into the pan, so that the uncooked side is now facing down. Cover and continue to cook for another 1 or 2 minutes, or until the entire omelette is cooked through.

Remove and devour.

You can eat this omelette warm or cold. I like to serve it with a salad, but Dan likes it all on it's own for dinner. Yum.

Speaking of potatoes, I made an AWESOME dish of garlic mashed potatoes last week that got me a marriage proposal from our parish priest. It was that good. I'll post that recipe tomorrow. It was so easy.