Friday, 8/12/16

Dinner with Jennie and David: Jason made bread, I made flan. It was a particularly nice flan, if I do say so myself.

Wednesday, 8/10/16

No Carter for dinner. Jason and I did a ton of grocery shopping, then he made pizza for dinner:

Tuesday, 8/9/16

Another dinner success! Home fries that were basically just potato nachos (from the NYT), deviled eggs, and some grapes. Carter's quote: "these potatoes are so effing good". That is enough of an endorsement for me. Although maybe the fact that dinner wasn't served until 7 pm was a factor?

Overexposed, and the grapes look awful in that bowl.

Monday, 8/8/16

Made chicken korma and spicy cauliflower, both from my trusty recipe binder. The chicken is pretty easy, but time consuming (especially picking out the 4 whole cloves and 9 cardamom pods before I serve it, so no one will bite into them), so I was gratified by how much Carter enjoyed it. The cauliflower was meant to be made in a skillet, but for the sake of convenience, I oven roasted it (with jalapenos, raw rice, cumin and garam masala).  No pictures because it was more tasty than attractive.

Sunday, 8/7/16

Tristan's birthday party meant dinner at his house. Michael repeated the bo ssam from last summer, and it was once again outstanding. There was also the option of pulled pork sandwiches with BBQ sauce and a vegetable slaw. I tried that too, to be polite. In fact, I was so polite that I had thirds. We brought a salad, which was fine, but in Homer Simpson's immortal words: "You don't make friends with salad". Even if you put chick peas on it.

Saturday, 8/6/16

Dessert fail at Jennie and David's. Despite my careful, careful mixing, my poundcake turned out dry. So embarrassing. The strawberry whipped cream (from SE) that so intrigued me (process freeze dried fruit with sugar, add cream for a dense, fruity whipped cream with a better shelf life) was no better than fine. Disappointing.

Friday, 8/5/16

Carter was at a friends for dinner, so it was just Jason and me home for zucchini focaccia/pizza (from SK). This was so, so good. The dough was incredibly easy; the only hard part is remembering to start it the previous day. Grated zucchini is tossed with gruyere (although I bet a sharp cheddar would also be good) and baked right on top of the dough, along with some crushed red pepper and breadcrumbs. It was also filling enough to be a whole meal. You could add a salad, but honestly, that is a lot of zucchini right there.

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