Rainy day fare.

It's raining; work as always has been grueling and I've been decompressing after coming home from picking up Kohlrabi from a friend who is participating in a CSA - a beautiful purple Kohlrabi! - stopping by other friends for a glass of wine to visit with their son who is home from Chicago and Mother, from Ithaca.

I still have some beet concentrate from Poland that I bought when my sister and I attended a Polish luncheon at the Munson William Proctor Institute.  I'm thinking a soup with the Kohlrabi and the rest of the beet concentrate would be quite spectacular, especially in light of this cool, rainy weather we're having.  It's almost June 21, the longest day of the year and I am still turning on electric baseboard heat to keep warm.
 

I went outside to pick some blooming chives and the last of the peonies and to check on the other perennials.  So love bringing spring flowers into my interior space.  Excuse the messy kitchen table - my workspace.







So once again, the question is:  what to have for dinner?  My refrigerator is full of fresh vegetables and leftovers.  I sliced a sweet potato really thin, added some New York asparagus that I got at the farmer's market today, and the last of the baby artichokes to roast in a 350 degree oven for twenty minutes.  I spray them with olive oil, sprinkle on a little sea salt and some dried herbs.  Turn them over after ten minutes and sprinkle on some more herbs and spray with olive oil if they look too dry.

Roasted vegetables for one ready to pop in the oven.

I've wrapped a chicken leg and thigh from the roasted chicken I bought on Sunday in aluminum foil to heat up with the vegetables.

 There you have it.