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Good evening, kittens. Thought I'd blog about my day of foodie goodness, esp. since I'm unable to do Meat-Free Monday posts while pottery class is in session. Yesterday, using the chocolate mint I am growing on our porch, I started a vodka infusion. Mint infuses QUICKLY. It was ready to strain this afternoon. It's a lovely yellowy-green with a nice minty smell. I'll be giving it to a friend for his birthday this weekend. After straining the vodka, I went out and thinned the Thai Basil. Rather than trash the seedling, I washed them and boiled them in several quarts of filtered water. After letting them steep for a few hours, I strained and put in the fridge. Hopefully, I will have made a refreshing beverage for the week :-) I decided to make a pasta salad for dinner. I'm still not quite up to meeting the One Local Summer Challenge, but I'm getting there ... I had several locally grown ingredients and one or two "almost local" ingredients. Ingredients fo...

Except it hasn't. It's still here. I can tell. Lurking behind that big bush over there. Sneaky rain. In other news, it's Meat-Free Monday ! You can help out the environment by enjoying a Meat-Free Meal today! Won't that be fun? This is what I'm going to attempt to make: Japanese Noodles with Bok Choy and Tofu . Like, OMG, I'm going to follow a recipe (mostly). What the fork up with that? Hmm... Also, PeskyMac is organizing a One Local Summer Challenge hosted by her Farm to Philly blog. I'm thinking a One Local Summer Meat-Free Monday Challenge might be fun! Are you with me? Or against me? [Hopefully, if you're a SuperHot guy, you're against me . *rowr*] Either way, I strongly encourage you to participate [it doesn't have to be Meat-Free, but it would make me happy if it were :-)]. La la la. Now, go look at my pottery again ( almost an entire year's worth !). Tell me. What's your favorite piece and why? *smooches*