Jackie Vetter’s Kitchen

Yes, I cooked for lunch yesterday! YEAH!!! I was tired afterward and had to rest for quite a while, but I cooked! It felt good to be back in the kitchen again. Thank you to everyone who have given me their support. I appreciate it. I feel that my eye is coming along very well. I feel I might even be further along than they expected me to be at this point!

So, my brother, Rusty was here for his lunch and massage again. I must say that he and Ken have taken very good care of me through this. Rusty came and cooked for me a couple of times, so I hope I can get him to write a piece on the dishes. Ken did take pictures! Ken has been an excellent caretaker. He has done a great job in keeping everything done up so I didn’t get frustrated about all the stuff that needed done around the house. You know how you can’t get up and do stuff so you see everything that needs to be done!

Lunch yesterday was from a couple of different sources. Heidi at 101 Cookbooks and Jamie at Home on FoodNetwork. I love Jamie’s new show on Saturday on Food Network at 9:30a.m. EST, and I have Heidi’s cookbook “Super Natural Cooking” which I truly do love.

So that I don’t get too tired, I am going to put some pictures of the food I cooked on and be done with the post for the day. I’m just so happy to be back cooking and making posts on the blog, even if they are quick!

Here’s the English Onion Soup by Jamie Oliver:

To make this soup vegan, just omit the cheese on top. I used veggie everything else which is a little different from Jamie’s recipe. He used chicken broth, I used veggie broth. It was still delicious! Also, in place of the serious “knob” of butter, I used Earth Balance, and not too seriously! Here’s the recipe. There was mixed reviews about the sage in the soup, so I think I would leave that out the next time. Also, I didn’t have aged cheddar cheese, so I used provolone which, of course, was delicious!

Here is the Spring Panzanella Salad:

I used pumpernickel bread instead of whole wheat and it was really good. I’ll try it next with whole wheat. Here’s the recipe.

We had left over salad for dinner last night with fresh green beans and red small potatoes that were steamed. Very good!

Here they are together!

I hope you all try these two dishes, you’re going to really love them. Try them for something different!

Happy, Healthy Eating

Jackie V.