days nine & ten: sick day followed by all new recipes day

Tuesday I was pretty sick and without an appetite. I snacked on local applesauce, carrots and yogurt all day. I left work early and slept until my night class. In between I stopped at Walgreen's and bought the biggest carton of orange juice I could find. I drank it in 2 minutes flat.

Wednesday was much better and back on-track with local eating and Martha cooking. For breakfast I made a spinach omelette with feta and hot cherry tomato sauce. I only used 2 eggs, as opposed to three -- which worked just fine. I liked how Martha called for adding the spinach to the skillet before pouring in the eggs. It looked much prettier that way.

Troy let me cook dinner at his condo, which was nice because the space is much bigger and I was afraid the fish smell wouldn't dissipate quickly enough in my tiny studio apartment kitchen. I made pan-fried rainbow trout with wine glaze (trout from Artesian Trout Farm). I didn't realize that trout was in the salmon family, and was pleasantly surprised by the cooking process. The local flour I used for breading was great as well. I also made portobello mushrooms stuffed with gratineed potatoes, which was awesomely flavorful. Topped the entire dinner off with a bottle of Wollersheim wine. A great dinner!