The photo of the week was submitted by blog reader Kat (a.k.a. The Boss).

She rubbed this salmon with a mixture of French salts, then grilled it slowly on a cedar plank.
The side dishes are roasted garlic mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach that came from a Franklin County farm. Kat says it only cost 99 cents per pound.

“We first heated the pan and used pork fat as our oil,” she wrote. “Then I browned some garlic in that and tossed the spinach in. After seasoning with some salt, the finishing touch was juice from half a lemon. The tartness made everything taste bright and fresh.”

Do you have a beautiful food picture? If so, submit it to my Flickr group or e-mail me at Lindsey.nair@Roanoke.com. Have a great weekend!

Important news today from the Southern purveyors of good old fried dough: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. says their entire menu is now trans fat-free!

They say you can enjoy an original glazed doughnut for just 200 calories and zero grams of trans fat. Well, let’s all rush out and get a hot dozen!

I’d like to pause for a moment to address the debate over whether Krispy Kreme doughnuts are better than Dunkin’ Donuts: They are.

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I admit that after weeks of baking and cooking for the holidays, I didn’t feel like cooking a darn thing this weekend. It didn’t help that the hubby is out of town on business, freeing me up to live shamelessly off leftover ham biscuits, frozen egg rolls and cereal.
Saturday, I finally headed to Fresh Market for a few prepared items, but the only cooking I accomplished was a portobello mushroom stuffed with creamed spinach from the deli case.
Sunday was even worse– a bad meal at a chain restaurant near the mall, where the service was so poor I felt like getting up and leaving.
But now it’s New Year’s Eve and it feels like time to get those creative juices flowing in the kitchen again.

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