Our Apologies to the Chef

As you know, this week we are having the special treat of the Locavore Chef prepared meals. Yesterday was a delicious etoufee, and we had that again today for lunch - courtesy of our leftovers - over a large bed of spinach. Unfortunately, I am sick. Therefore, I feel that my congestion is probably making the meals seem ever so slightly less tasty than they really are. I hate being stopped up. Fortunately, the food so far is so full of flavor, that it's still very delicious to my ailing nose. Today's dinner menu included a surprise.

Melanie, aka the Locavore Chef, left us very clear instructions posted clearly on our fridge of what to eat and when (and how to heat it up, what to pair it with, etc). Did I mention they were clear? Tonight's dinner menu was supposed to include a spinach salad with chicken and walnuts dressed in a lemon vinaigrette.


That's not a picture of spinach. That's a picture of the salad as we prepared it, because we saw "salad" on our menu, and grabbed for the giant bowl of salad in the fridge instead of the box of spinach to use as the leafy green base. Sorry Melanie! I'm not sure how annoying it is to a chef to have her handiwork messed up; hopefully, not that annoying.

The way we ended up eating it, though, was awesome. It included an arugula and chive leafy base (prepared by Melanie), white meat chicken (roasted by Melanie), walnuts, home made croutons, and lemon vinaigrette (made by Melanie). We tossed the salad with all the fixin's first, and then Christopher made the croutons. So, the salad had a little bit of time to sit and rest. The salad was wonderful. Despite not really being as the chef intended...

To follow dinner, we had a sweet dessert - nectarine cobbler. I really don't think there is anything bad anyone could or would say about any cobbler of any kind. They are just sweet and warm and gooey and ...even better a la mode!


In my opinion, the photo does not really do it justice, I couldn't get a picture I really liked, but the ice cream was smooth and creamy and cool next to the cobbler. Just as nature (and the Locavore Chef) intended.
We might be becoming just a bit spoiled...