Dinner with Jay and Jodi. We made 5 pizzas (spinach/broccoli; onion/pepper; fake bacon and pineapple; pepperoni, and plain cheese) and played a silly board game. A good time was had by all, even poor Zack who was recovering from wisdom teeth surgery.
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Wednesday, 1/3/24
I liked John's NYT artichoke heart and spinach chicken that I made it myself. I only deviated a tiny bit from the recipe: skipped the dill, served over rice, and added the lemon and parm at the end. I also added an entire bag of baby spinach instead of the called-for frozen. I really like the flavors in this; it has a tanginess that is a little unexpected, and the crushed red pepper adds a respectable kick.
Tuesday, 1/2/24
Barley and broccoli bowls, long postponed. I basically made up the recipe: barley, broccoli roasted with zaatar, feta cheese, dates and a sweet gochujang sauce. Carter just looked at me incredulously and had leftover pizza. Jason and I really liked it, though! A little spicy, a little sweet, salty from the feta....A success.
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Monday, 1/1/24
Our family get-together was postponed because of various colds and illnesses, so I figured on another quiet night in. It was not to be...Jen and John invited us over for chili and games so Jason baked up the raisin/walnut bread, we grabbed some of the chex mix and our new trivia game and headed over. So another fun night with friends and now I think we need several days to recuperate from this social spell.
We did have a decadent lunch....mozzarella sticks and homemade cinnamon rolls (from the NYT, made exactly as written because why mess with a good recipe?).
Sunday, 12/31/23
Another wild New Years Eve...we made pizza and furikake chex mix. Asleep by 9. The pizza was a standard if well-executed mushroom-pepperoni.
Saturday, 12/30/23
Farm potluck in the late afternoon. Jason made a loaf of his rye that people really liked (he is always happy when new people like his bread). My favorite thing was roast beef which I ate an unseemly amount of. 4pm start meant a nice early evening.
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