Well, we HAD big plans for dinner.......

A stop at the farm market for strawberries turned into a $40 trip!

Fresh littleneck clams, dug Thursday afternoon on the Eastern Shore of
VA - which we supposed to be the appetizer for dinner; nice fresh baby
zucchini - which were going to be turned into zucchini mustard butter
pasta with angel hair; 2 quarts of local strawberries - whichw ere
going into a strawberry-spinach-pecan salad with poppyseed vinaigrette.


Then we also got a quart of shelled fresh peas ($7, but worth it to not
have to shell them all!) for fresh pea soup with buttery dumplings,
tomorrow night's dinner; fresh sugar snap peas, and a huge ripe tomato
for sandwiches.

Plus a new basil plant - some nasty bird snapped mine in half and it
refuses to grow back - and some peppermint for the herb garden as
well.

Unfortunately, the 9 year old kiddo was in a foul mood and spent the
evening screaming, yelling, and refusing to do her chores. So she had
leftover beans and rice in a tortilla, and after we put her to bed,we
carried in Indain food. Mattar Paneer, Chana Masala, and vegetables
korma. with garlic nan and pappadum. It was awesome - but I've gotta
use those clams tomight! I'm drooling at the thought!!