Geaux Saints, leftovers and Mediterranean chicken

Italian Sausage and peppers

Tonight is the first game of the NFL season, and the Saints are playing.  I honestly don’t even remember who they’re playing; I lost interest in football last season after the Saints and the Colts were out of the playoffs.  Although I’m far away from New Orleans,  I’m showing my support for my peeps by wearing my black and gold fleur de lis rain boots today, along with various gold fleur de lis jewelry items.  Tonight’s game is preceded by President Obama’s speech, so we’re going to be occupied.  I’m making a salad and heating up the leftover sausage and peppers Derek made earlier this week.  I’m betting it will taste even better tonight.

Chicken with Mediterranean flavors

Last night Derek roasted a chicken with vegetables and Mediterranean flavors.  It was beautiful and scrumptious.  We didn’t have any fresh fennel bulb, but we did have eggplant in our garden, so he used eggplant with some fennel seeds.  The eggplant was still firm to the touch and tasted like fennel bulb.  I adore fennel, so that alone made me very happy.  Our garden is winding down and we don’t get much sun back there this time of year, so fall gardens tend to be disappointing.  I’m hoping our tomatoes will keep producing for a while longer; last year we were picking tomatoes the night before Thanksgiving.  Failing that, I guess we’ll have to set aside a day to try canning and drying tomatoes.  I couldn’t bear to see them go to waste. 



 Geaux Saints!!!