Grilled Cheese

     Today marks the end of Week 6.  Can you believe that we have all been at home for six weeks now?  The weather in PA hasn't changed much - which can be somewhat depressing.  It has been quite cool, which had me thinking of sharing a hearty bean and sausage stew with you.  I went onto the NY Times Cooking website to grab the recipe and the Recipe of the Day was "Grilled Cheese."  You are probably wondering why the NY Times would publish a recipe on grilled cheese.  EVERYONE, whether you can cook or not, knows how to make a grilled cheese.  It is probably the first thing you ever cooked...it was for me.  It was for Cate.

     But you have to read this recipe.  With the addition of one small ingredient, your grilled cheese will be electrified.  You will wonder why you haven't been making it this way your whole life.  You will crave tomato soup just so you can dunk that delicious wedge into it.  It is life-changing.  Ok, maybe not life-changing.  But it is grilled-cheese-making-changing.

     In shifts, Cate's high school has been open for students to clean out their lockers.  I think she was eager to see friends she hadn't seen in six weeks - not to mention her boyfriend.  She left a bit early to talk to one friend group while looking over their painted parking lot spots - seems like ages ago that they spent days painting their spots.  After the locker cleanup, she headed with another friend group to a local park to  hang out in a socially distant way.  It has been cloudy today but I see  peaks of blue sky.

     Our awning was installed earlier this week and it was a bit cathartic to be able to put out the deck furniture, the cushions, some plants, etc.  I bought a small planter of pansies at the grocery store this morning to perk things up a bit.  It was nice to sit outside yesterday while it was raining and just listen and look.  I have seeds for arugula and various lettuces that I am itching to plant in my containers.  I am getting a farm shipment about every two weeks now and that is uplifting as well.

     Oh, before I forget...here is that grilled cheese recipe.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017326-grilled-cheese-sandwich?module=Recipe+of+The+Day&pgType=homepage&action=click

I have decided to stop listing what number day it is of this situation.  I don't think any of us need the reminder.

Oh, and I cut Jamie's hair this week and he actually could still go out in public without too much embarassment.  Now if someone could color and cut mine!