Cooking Dinner and Muggy Weather

We have monsoon-ish weather moving in again.  77% humidity tonight.  All the ceiling fans are going but I'm sweating with every keystroke on the computer. 

I'm not sure what on earth possessed me to cook dinner.  But cook I did despite feeling like I was going to pass out in the kitchen and sweating in a very un-ladylike way at the dinner table. 

I roasted beets from the garden.  A hot oven on a hot day -- what was I thinking?!

I had two big bunches of red chard that I needed to use.  They came in my CSA basket and I wanted to do something different than just sauteeing them with butter.  I made a chard gratin. 

I washed and chopped the leaves.

I chopped the stems and sauteed them in butter with some onion.  Shhh, don't tell Brett.  He thinks he doesn't like onions.

 I added the leaves and cooked them until they were wilted.

 

Meanwhile, I chopped up some dill (also from my CSA basket) and mixed it with breadcrumbs, which I browned in more butter.

I made a white sauce with MORE butter and cream, mixed it with the chard, and added some shredded swiss cheese. 

Popped it in the oven (more heat - AHHHH - I'm melting... melting), for 20 minutes.

It was yummy - all that butter and cream and cheese didn't help with the calorie count but it sure tasted good.








I rounded out the meal with a loaf of crusty bread, some blue cheese drizzled with honey (try it, it is awesome) and wine. 

I imagine we'll go to bed at some point tonight but right now its just too hot and muggy.