After a very hectic day at work, I was happy to go to Jay and Jodi's, have a drink, and let Jason make calzones. They turned out really well! I had made a basbousa/namoura on Saturday to bring with us, and I think it was my best effort so far. I greased the pan with tahini as a lot of people in the NTY comments suggested, but I don't think you could taste a difference.
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Saturday, 2/3/24
We were double-booked for the day (in the best possible way): lunch with Dad, Liz, Peter, Maggie and Corrina, Zac and Ramona, then dinner with Jen and John. Jason made bread and I made a spinach salad (I made way too much hoping for leftovers) but they were severely overshadowed by BBQ, black-eyed peas with rice, and cookies and brownies. Glad we finally got to see everyone since out New Years Day plans were scotched due to illness.
For dinner John had a hankering for breakfast, so we made some challah and I par-cooked some potatoes to make french toast and homefries. Jen got some mascarpone and fancy bacon, we made a quick blueberry sauce and voila! I think everyone really enjoyed it. I enjoy doing the cooking and John likes bartending so it's a win all around.
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Friday, 2/2/24
The quest for pizza innovation continues. I threw out a hail mary idea at the last minute (well, Thursday) for a muffaletta inspired pizza, since we already had a giant jar of the olive salad (an impulse buy from Costco) and plenty of provolone. So all we needed was some salami (I know a muffaletta sandwich would also have other meats, but I couldn't be bothered) and Voila! We did a layer of the provolone, a layer of the olive salad, salami and then some Italian cheese blend on top. Not bad! We agreed that it would also have been fine with tomato sauce, or maybe just some sliced tomatoes. Dessert was caramel pots de creme (Classic American Desserts) that I messed up by letting the custard mixture stay on the heat just a bit too long. Grrr! The taste was excellent but they lacked that silky, smooth texture. I was disappointed but Jason didn't care.
Friday, February 2, 2024
Wednesday, 1/31/24
Jason made a batch of sesame bagels and they turned out really nicely. So we had a fancy little spread with smoked salmon, cream cheese, red onion, jalapeno, cucumber and scallions. Carter is back at school so he missed it, but we don't feel sorry for him, feasting at the dining halls all day.
Monday, 1/29/24
Dal makhani, from "Made in India". This is supposed to be luxurious and rich, but I only liked it well enough. For one thing, it was so very garlicky; I think the recipe called for 10 cloves and maybe ours were bigger (I didn't even use all 10) but it was a bit overpowering. It did use up some of our urad dal, so that was good. I was surprised to hear Carter say that he liked it, but he had been playing Ultimate all day and was starving. I didn't have the wherewithal to cook a vegetable, so I made Carter and I each eat a baby carrot.
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