Tuesday, 12/5/23

 We celebrated the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition with a cocktail and then just had leftovers for dinner. The lentil-barley dish was not bad with a little tinkering.

Monday, 12/4/23

 Baked ziti from the freezer which heated up surprisingly well. It had spinach and mushrooms and sausage, so it seemed like enough of a meal unto itself.

Sunday, 12/3/23

 Soggy, cold Hot Chocolate Run in the morning. Picking up trash in the rain by myself was not super fun, but it's for a good cause! Then brunch at Jen and John's...I made the Richard Sax coffee cake that I have made a billion times and for the second time I wasn't thrilled with it. I may have overcooked it a little?

Dinner was saag paneer (from Indian-ish) that I prepped on Saturday afternoon, along with some pita that Jason made. Good, if a little bit too rich somehow. Anyway it used up my homemade paneer and some queso fresco that was in the freezer. Jason was worried because he accidentally used some rye flour in the pita, but if anything it was an improvement.

Saturday, 12/2/23

A recipe from the NYT for farro (I used barley) and lentils baked in a tomato sauce and then topped with feta cheese and broiled. Obviously I cannot resist a recipe that calls for broiled feta. This took so, so so long to cook (90 minutes, maybe?) and a lot more water that called for. It was good enough, in a Moosewood Cookbook kind of way. The cauliflower that I served with it added a necessary crunch (thanks to toasty panko and parmesan). I don't think I see this going into rotation....too monotonous and heavy.

Friday, 12/1/23

 Dinner with Jay and Jodi. Jason made corn tortillas for black bean tacos, and I made a flan. Jodi of course spurned dessert, but the rest of us managed to polish it off.

Thursday, 11/30/23

 Pizza with BBQ chicken (I froze some from our last Costco chicken), red onion, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and smoked gruyere. Jason's crust was unusually good this time.

Wednesday, 11/29/23

 Leftover hash brown casserole. Oddly enough we thought it was even more delicious reheated (I would not have predicted that).