We've had sunny, beautifully warm days this September, but the plums are ripe on my tree and the mornings have that crisp bite in the air, so it's an autumnal dinner tonight:
Smoky Beef Stew with Blue Cheese and Chives, a freshly baked loaf of crusty bread, and
Plum Oatmeal Crisp to follow.
(Incidentally,
anyone have another good recipe that calls for blue cheese? Friend of mine brought me a gorgeous pound of it yesterday - leftover from a gathering associated with the co-op of local organic dairy farmers she's a part of. I made a potato, onion, thyme, blue cheese fritatta last night, and was thinking of doing a variation on this
Creamy Stilton Soup tomorrow, but beyond sprinkling blue cheese on my green salads, my recipe box doesn't have too much in the way of blue cheese.)