Saturday, 4/18/26

 Ultimate tournament most of the day, early birthday dinner with Carter. All he wanted was pizza from Athena's and chocolate cookies. Easy enough. I thought my cookies (World Peace cookies from Dorie Greenspan) were too crunchy, and all my cookies have been spreading too much lately. Anyway, nice to see the boy.

Friday, 4/17/26

 I forgot to use our avocados when I made enchiladas the other night, so somehow that translated into nachos for dinner. Refried beans, cherry tomatoes, fresh jalapenos, flan for dessert. Felt very decadent.

Thursday, 4/16/26

 Home pizza night; took advantage of the rotisserie chicken to make BBQ chicken pizza. Two minor complaints: this pizza doesn't lend itself as well to Jason's recent quasi pan pizza style, and the smoked cheddar we used was not, in my opinion, smoky enough. I think it will reheat well, though.

Wednesday, 4/15/26

 Rice cakes with greens and peanut sauce, which I had completely forgotten ever making before, but guess what! Once again, I was the biggest fan, but Jason gamely ate them. I used (I think?) Chinese broccoli and could have used even more. I also think the flat rice cakes may work better than the cylinders that I used in this case.

Tuesday, 4/14/26

 Cauliflower piccata from the NYT, which hadn't realized I have made before. Apparently I only gave it 4 stars, but I must have upped my game (or more likely, the butter) because it was delicious. Tossed with pasta and topped with a little Parm blend.

Monday, 4/13/26

 I wasn't that excited about tofu, rice, and asparagus, but it was so good that I surprised myself. I am also surprised that I haven't memorized the recipe (from the NYT); it turns out so well every time..

Sunday, 4/12/26

 Dinner with Jodi....she came up with the idea of ersatz Reubens, with seitan in lieu of corned beef or pastrami or whatever you put in them. We also didn't have Russian dressing (OK by me) or Swiss, but we grilled up what we had in the panini press and they were pretty good (obviously I skipped the sauerkraut). Jason had made some pretzels which were both delicious and superflouous.