My World of Wonders - the Wednesday Ws - October 8th Edition

Where have I been this week? The library, a walk along the River, Huntley Meadows, Aldi, the Grille, the first Saturday community coffee, the pool, Huntley Meadows Park, and off on the road to Williamsburg, Virginia.  

Who have a talked with? My sweet bear, Susan, Giuseppe, Larry, Russ, Jon, Elaine, Renee, Scott, and Charlie. 

Who did I reach out to this week? Paula, and Timmy - emails to see how people are doing. Paula is the widow of Jays oldest brother, Tim I met 30 years ago when we first moved to Kentucky. 

What have I been up to in the kitchen? Chicken soup, chili, a nice stuffed pasta, and an Asian chicken noodle dish. 

Let me describe that last one. I found Asian Wheat Noodles at Trader Joe's (Trader Joe's was founded in California and is now owned by Aldi.) The noodles are pre-cooked you heat them in the microwave. I started with a chopped onion, a couple of stalks of celery sliced, a couple of carrots chopped, and four or five chopped mushrooms. I sauteed those with olive oil and sesame oil over medium heat until the onions were transparent and the carrots had started to soften.  I added cubed boneless chicken, covered and let that  cook until the chicken was nearly done. Then added chopped broccoli covered and let that cook for about 5 minutes (I loath overcooked broccoli.) I added a little water to assure that the broccoli would steam. While that was cooking I microwaved the noodles per the package directions.  I then added 3-4 heaping tablespoons of hoisin sauce (another Trader Joe's find) stirred, then stirred in the noodles and served.  Total work and cook time, about 25 minutes, and it was so full of flavor. 

Where am I and Why?  Historic Williamsburg and the Jamestown Settlement area have long been on our short list of places we should go back to.  We live in a high rise building, the electrical supply to the building is being updated requiring the power to be off for several hours.  The best way to work around this, is to be gone, so we are in Williamsburg, Virginia for a couple of days.