Monday, 3/9/25

 Smoked mozzarella ravioli (from Aldi) with tomato sauce from the freezer and a spinach salad (cherry tomatoes, roasted tomatoes, dried cranberries, feta, oil and Balsamic vinegar). Easy, quick and no leftovers.

Sunday, 3/8/26

 I had been wanting to try Japanese curry for a while; a recipe in the NYT that we had all the ingredients for (except for the curry bricks that I picked up at Mom's) sealed the deal. Super easy (sauté ground beef, onions, carrots, potatoes, ginger and garlic; add water and curry), except that next time I will par-cook the potatoes and carrots, as they took a long time to get done. had over rice and we both loved it. I used the "hot" variety of curry bricks and have no regrets.

Saturday, 3/7/26

 Dinner with Jodi; Jason made another round of soft pretzels (making them two days in a row resulted in a very nice looking batch since techniques were fresh in his mind), and we brought some hamantaschen that we made in the afternoon. My usual 1.5 Bon Appetit didn't yield as many as usual, probably because our new cookie cutters are a little bigger than the old ones. Half date, half dulche de leche. For dinner we scrounged around and found some pumpkin soup in the freezer; we ate that with roasted broccoli and feta cheese.

Friday, 3/6/26

 Super fun day! Took a trip to IKEA with Jen (Shake Shack for lunch...I can't get the crispy Korean chicken and caramel-gochujang shake out of my mind), then Blue Apron for dinner. Pork loin and roasted broccoli with fennel and apple, with a sort of spicy Calabrian chili, marmalade  and mayonnaise sauce. Pork tenderloin isn't my favorite, but it was fine. Jason started us off with some sot pretzels so we wouldn't starve to death.

Thursday, 3/5/26

 Dinner with Jennie and David. The usual cheese, read, olives, nuts. Jason and I came home and polished off the last of the banana cake from the weekend. I will add that Jason's bread turned out really well, with a particularly nice crust.

Wednesday, 3/4/26

 Pizza night (a day early since some plans shifted around). The leftover slow cooker chicken, oven roasted tomatoes, pepperjack and mozzarella. This totally redeemed the chicken; it may have been a little stringy but it made an excellent pizza. The oven roasted tomatoes added a ton of flavor and moisture, as well. No notes!

Tuesday, 3/3/26

 A reprisal of Taijin slow cooker chicken, with a couple of little changes. I used chipotle chilis instead of green chilis, and I skipped pinto beans altogether. We served it over rice (too lazy to make tortillas) and had roasted zucchini to go with it. The flavors were good but I used chicken breast instead of thigs and the result was a little stringy.