Wow, what a Wonderful day.
I knew it was going to snow - so I slept in, had a schweet menegerie of dreams, was kinda wild. The kinds of dreams that y ou know you are getting some quality sleep. Finally got out of bed after noon, grabbed some coffee and something to eat. Read the paper and pondered exactly what to do. Spent a while doing some domestic crap, then turned on the tv to watch the Race Across America documentary - my gosh, these people are nuts . I'm more than fascinated. I now aspire to do this before I turn 40.
Afterwards, I geared up to go out and and shovel snow (pictured to come) - we got about 4 inches of snow, more tomorrow. I brushed all the snow off my car and shovelled the driveway, was a nice small workout. It was silent outside, except the distant shovellers and plows.
I finished up that task, came inside - had a cup of coffee and then geared down into my bike shorts and a summer jersey, headed down to the basement where I had my bike on my trainer set up. Hopped on it and biked for over an hour sweating like a mo fo - the thing about a trainer and biking indoors is that there is no coasting, meaning you bike or stop, there is no coasting - the other is that there is no wind - so you just sweat and it drips off ya - no wind to cool you off. But it was a nice training ride - I listened to some jazz and let my mind wander.
Afterwards, took a quick shower and then cooked a great dinner - Spicy Lime Breaded Catfish with some broccoli and herbed polenta. (recipe posted on my cookblog).
After dinner, I retired into the livingroom and watched a Ken Burns documentary, Unforgiveable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson about Jack Johnson, the famed black boxer from the begining of the 1900s - an amazing portrayal of the challanges of a boxer in a super-racialized nation. It was his fight in Australia in the first years of 1900 in Australia the day after Christmas which created Boxing Day.
Tomorrow, I'll still be somewhat snowed in, so a lot of cooking will ensue. So I've begun preparations to make some homemade French Onion Soup for dinner tomorrow (another recipe to follow).
Spicy Lime Breaded Catfish
3 medium catfish filets, washed & patted dry
1 lime, cut in half - one half sliced
1 large egg
1 cup Italian bread crumbs (or regular bread cumbs, just add a sprinkle of dried parsley, dried basil, dried oregano, onion and celery powder)
1 tbsp of McCormick's Season All (or the following: 1/4 tbsp chili powder, 1/4 tbsp paprika powder, 1/4 tbsp ground black pepper, 1/4 tbsp course salt)
1 tsp olive oil
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In medium caserole dish, wipe inside with olive oil, set aside.
In small bowl, beat egg with fork, set aside. In a medium bowl, add the bread crumbs and seasoning. Take each catfish filet and dredge (dip thoroughly) into the egg and then transfer to seasoned breadcrumbs - then place into the oiled baking dish. Sprinkle left over seasoned bread crumbs over fillets then drizzle lime juice (of 1/2 lime) over fish, then place a slice of lime over top of each filet - put dish in oven and bake for 25 minutes.
Remove from oven, plate with baked lime slices (to be pinched) - great paired with steamed brocolli and herbed polenta.
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Afterwards, I geared up to go out and and shovel snow (pictured to come) - we got about 4 inches of snow, more tomorrow. I brushed all the snow off my car and shovelled the driveway, was a nice small workout. It was silent outside, except the distant shovellers and plows.
I finished up that task, came inside - had a cup of coffee and then geared down into my bike shorts and a summer jersey, headed down to the basement where I had my bike on my trainer set up. Hopped on it and biked for over an hour sweating like a mo fo - the thing about a trainer and biking indoors is that there is no coasting, meaning you bike or stop, there is no coasting - the other is that there is no wind - so you just sweat and it drips off ya - no wind to cool you off. But it was a nice training ride - I listened to some jazz and let my mind wander.
Afterwards, took a quick shower and then cooked a great dinner - Spicy Lime Breaded Catfish with some broccoli and herbed polenta. (recipe posted on my cookblog).
After dinner, I retired into the livingroom and watched a Ken Burns documentary, Unforgiveable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson about Jack Johnson, the famed black boxer from the begining of the 1900s - an amazing portrayal of the challanges of a boxer in a super-racialized nation. It was his fight in Australia in the first years of 1900 in Australia the day after Christmas which created Boxing Day.
Tomorrow, I'll still be somewhat snowed in, so a lot of cooking will ensue. So I've begun preparations to make some homemade French Onion Soup for dinner tomorrow (another recipe to follow).
Spicy Lime Breaded Catfish
3 medium catfish filets, washed & patted dry
1 lime, cut in half - one half sliced
1 large egg
1 cup Italian bread crumbs (or regular bread cumbs, just add a sprinkle of dried parsley, dried basil, dried oregano, onion and celery powder)
1 tbsp of McCormick's Season All (or the following: 1/4 tbsp chili powder, 1/4 tbsp paprika powder, 1/4 tbsp ground black pepper, 1/4 tbsp course salt)
1 tsp olive oil
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In medium caserole dish, wipe inside with olive oil, set aside.
In small bowl, beat egg with fork, set aside. In a medium bowl, add the bread crumbs and seasoning. Take each catfish filet and dredge (dip thoroughly) into the egg and then transfer to seasoned breadcrumbs - then place into the oiled baking dish. Sprinkle left over seasoned bread crumbs over fillets then drizzle lime juice (of 1/2 lime) over fish, then place a slice of lime over top of each filet - put dish in oven and bake for 25 minutes.
Remove from oven, plate with baked lime slices (to be pinched) - great paired with steamed brocolli and herbed polenta.
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