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Staycation! Food Glorious Food
Let’s review the important Staycation activities. High on the list are:
- Biting into a perfectly ripe tomato while standing over the sink.
- Taking a walk but referring to what you just did as “hiking.”
- Making sure you just stop whatever you’re doing and take a nap, right there.
- Rigging up one of those scenarios they show in real estate ads where there’s an upholstered chair, a steaming cup of coffee with a baked good on a small plate, and an open magazine. Then sitting down and transporting yourself into that tableau.
- Setting up cheese and crackers for dinner, including maybe some grapes to priss it up.
Food? Did somebody mention the fine art of Staycation dining?
When you’re Staycating, cooking all of a sudden is an optional activity and therefore all of a sudden is more fun than usual.
Today, let’s take a ramble through some our stellar food writers’ posts about things to make that are delicious and fun.
Judy Wright’s Chicken Cacciatore sheet pan supper. And her other one-pan wonders here.
Kay Gardiner weighs in with Laurie Colwin’s Baked Mustard Chicken.
Jen Geigley turns pie crust into knitting with her amazing Stockinette Crust Pie.
And for second-dessert (it’s a thing) … Franklin Habit’s Victoria Biscuits.
And if you’re really on the hunt, here are 220 ideas for summer cooking from the greatest chefs of all, the readers of MDK.
Staycation Shoppertainment Sale Fun: New Items for Today
The MDK Sale Page is getting thick with specials at this point. Today we add three MDK items that anybody in the mood to cook will find useful.
MDK Journal: We have a friend who has kept a hostess journal for the past 65 years. Start yours today, and down the road you will treasure an entry from, say, mid 2021 when you read how you served up a pie that looked like knitting and your dinner companions loved your baked mustard chicken.
Potholder Loom and Loops: We sell a remarkable number of these little diversions. You think you’re too old for this? You are not.
Ballband Thermal Mug: Your Staycation coffee will stay perfectly warm with this insulated baby.
Hello,
I really enjoy your website and newsletters. Most of the time I wish your mailing fees were less expensive to Canada. But today I wish your staycation would involve more plant based and cruelty free recipes. You often mention pets and I cannot help but point out that the animals on your plate were also once sentient beings. We must all make changes to make a better livable world.
Thank you,
M Dufresne
Postage leaving the US can be crazy. I had to send a baby blanket and some tiny clothes to a cousin in Ireland recently and it cost me $88. Madness! As to the recipes, click on the 220 recipes link. There are tons of vegetarian and vegan recipes and quite a few that are adaptable. I’m hungry just reading it! Happy Knitting and Happy Eating!
My favorite thing here is “taking a walk and saying you went on a hike”. we have started to all of our walks as “hikes” especially to our grown kids….well, who’s to say really?? Thanks for the early morning smile!
OMG… I laughed out loud at that line and then immediately wanted to take the nap that is mentioned next. Ann: love your dry sense of humor!!
As I sit here eating my breakfast granola with blueberries and oat milk, I am keeping in mind for later the donuts in the fridge!
You have listed all my favorite staycation activities- especially taking a nap RIGHT THERE. And optional cooking. With our tomatoes finally ripened, a caprese salad has been dinner every night for over a week and this will continue until the tomatoes are gone.
Thank you. I just love Modern Daily Knitting. It brings me such contentment.