Saturday, 2/28/26

 We didn't really have dinner, because we were out all day with Jen and John and Laurie; we stopped a somewhat lame "Winterfest" in Worthington that had really good french fries, at least. Then we went to Black Birch Vineyard and had pink champagne and pizza. Two bonus pizzas this month! These were Neapolitan style and very good! They were probably even better right when they came out of the oven but we didn't quite understand the pick-up system and they sat for 15 minutes. Oops. Anyhow, it was a beautiful, nearly warm, day and very fun.

Vineyard Cat

Up with the snowmobilers in Worthington

Thursday, 2/26/26

 Just leftovers; soup and bread, I think? 

Friday, 2/27/26

 Cheesy tots and gravy, plus I made myself a small spinach salad. Quick dinner because it was game night.

Wednesday, 2/25/26

 Last week Ramona said she wanted to "have pizza at my house with Grandma, Kiki, and Carter" and I was only too glad to make that happen. We picked up a couple from Frontier and had a very pleasant time.

Tuesday, 2/24/26

 Jason made us a loaf of fennel-onion bread, and I had made a pot of tomato-lentil soup from the NYT over the weekend. I also had Jason roast us some carrots....I didn't want to micromanage but I should have told him to cut them all into equal sized pieces. we got there eventually. The soup caught my eye for the inclusion of zaatar and goat cheese (even though I used feta) and that plus lemon zest added at the end were really what made it tasty. It had also somehow been a while since we had our own fresh bread so that was nice.

Monday, 2/23/26

 Snow day and I couldn't even do any cooking! Well, I did make a pan of basbousa from a mix that one of Jason's farm friends brought us from Egypt. It is kind of a funny mix since as far as I can tell it is just semolina flour and sugar and you have to add everything else (butter, yogurt, baking powder and a simple syrup). Dinner was pasta with spinach meatballs from the NYT (from my weekend cooking). Did I really need a meatball recipe? No, but they made a persuasive case for adding spinach to meatballs and they are quite good. Finished up the broccoli, too.

Sunday, 2/22/26

 It was with a sad glance at our utterly stuffed refrigerator that we headed to Jodi's for Bueno y Sano with Jason's parents. I inhaled my chicken burrito bowl. Even though it is pretty big, I always still feel a little bit hungry after.