Thursday, 1/30/20

Still trying to use up dried beans. Unfortunately, Jason cooked ALL the chickpeas, so even after making an enormous batch of hummus, we had at least a pint of chick peas leftover still (I froze them). So anyway, we had hummus and homemade pita for dinner, with another salad.

Wednesday, 1/29/20

I had to work late, so Jason made chicken nuggets, broccoli, and mashed potatoes for himself and Carter. Frankly, I didn't know he knew how to make mashed potatoes. I wonder how they were? Anyway, I just repurposed my lunch (farro and vegetables) into dinner.

Tuesday, 1/28/20

Jason night: french toast and bacon (he's a real health nut). I must say, I don't know where he found the recipe for baked french toast, but it is actually great. Mostly because the the brown-sugar layer on the bottom.

Monday, 1/27/20

Made a spicy mushroom and soba noodle dish from the NYT.  I couldn't believe how tasty it was, since the broth was just mushrooms, soy sauce and rice vinegar. I was planning to offer Carter something else, but he actually liked it, too. AND I used up the soba noodles (using things up: a recurring theme). There was also a salad.

Sunday, 1/2620

Minestrone (no recipe) and bread from Jason. I was trying to use up some of the dried beans we have accumulated, but then I overcooked them and had to used canned anyway. Oops. (Made bean dip out the overcooked white beans which tastes OK but looks kind of gross). Great way to use up a lot of vegetable bits we had hanging around.

Saturday, 1/25/20

Dinner with Jennie and David; bread from Jason, apple crisp from me. I just adapted the blueberry crisp recipe I use (from Food Network) and doubled the crisp. Good enough.

Friday, 1/24/20

I had been promising Carter that we would have cheese and crackers (not bread!) on night and it was finally time. We picked up some nice cheeses and a box of assorted crackers. I also served some apple slices and a salad. Dessert was a banana cream pie from "Pastry Love". I liked the pate sucre crust, and the pastry cream was excellent! It called for a layer of caramel sauce on the bottom; I had some on hand and just served it on the side. I also skipped the chocolate curls and didn't miss them. Would have been better had we found riper bananas, but still quite delicious.