I have no idea how long it's been since I actually went to the grocery store. Actually, typing that propelled me to look it up, and I haven't shopped at Harris Teeter since January 20 (I'm drafting this on February 14). But I finally made my way to Costco last Thursday for a huge restocking shopping trip, and that let me also come home with a rotisserie chicken. Ah, but what to do with it! I decided it was a night for million dollar chicken spaghetti, using a new recipe, and I'm not sure it was the best choice.
Too much goop, too expansive an ingredients list, and it overwhelmed instead of melding...but the evening was saved by the latest batch of incredible big bubbly focaccia, which was stupendous.
We enjoyed some bright sunshine that day, even though it remained cool. I quietly celebrated the first sighting of tulips pushing up from the winter ground, as noted above. Spring can't get here fast enough for me, and while we're not supposed to wish our lives away, looking ahead to better weather also means that more of the misery of the Trump Administration will also have passed.
The downstairs has been switching between being chilly and being up to temp, while the downstairs HVAC system's final few days of "service" were playing out. Before Trump tariffs drive the cost of a new HVAC system up even beyond the crazy cost I'm having to pay, I knew I'd better bite that bullet. The HVAC install manager was here that Thursday afternoon to take measurements and, once he left, I found my way to the third floor so that I could take Sumner's place in the huge window facing west and soak up the warmth of that mid-February sun.
"Million Dollar Chicken Spaghetti," from Nichole Clevenger of The Salty Marshmallow. [Published 10 October 2017 / Updated 08 September 2021]
"Big and Bubbly Focaccia," from King Arthur Baking. [Published January 2025]
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