So I have to admit, Sasha is much better at blogging than I am. But what I lack in online time I've been making up for in cleaning, organizing, and healthy cooking. On our week off Sasha and I kept busy with small projects and a couple large ones, too. Here I am emptying out the starboard hole. We've been using it as the "I don't know where else to put this" storage. Not any more!! We cleaned everything out and took a fresh inventory. I have to admit, I love my non conventional pantry. Mo mother has a step stool to reach the top shelves, I have a ladder to reach the bottom!


Lets play a little game of I Spy. Can you find 1) an orange, 2) a lemon, 3) a Caroline, 4) a grapefruit? We finally have a solution for all those people out there who forgot to clean their grill for the past 2 years. If heavy duty oven cleaner is no mach for your cooked on food and layers of rust-- USE A POWER SANDER! Then email the supplier and check on your ten year warranty. No really, the power sander worked well. The grate is now smooth rust. Sasha finished up the job wth lots of oil and a little heat to season the metal. We'll see how it works.
Here's a trick I learned in an old cruiser's book. To keep produce fresh longer rinse everything in a 10:1 water/ bleach mix. It is just one more step between buying and storing, but I can really tell a difference, especially in the tomatoes and avocados.
Tofu, round one. I'm trying to like this stuff. I enjoy it at thai restraunts, but I've never been brave enough to try on my own. If you dredge it in flour, then fry it, and finish it off with lots of fresh made peanut sauce... it's actually prett tasty.