Sunday, 4/5/26

 Carter and his friend Jayme came for dinner; we kept it pretty simple with pepperoni pizza, salad and some of the lemon cookies. I think it went well, although she didn't eat a lot miss always makes me nervous.

Saturday, 4/4/26

 Celebrated the end of a heck of a week with dinner with Jen and John. Two Blue Aprons , both sort of rice and chicken bowls with slightly different toppings. Jason made a rye bread and Jen had some very nice cheese to go with it. Lemon cookies from "Dorie's Cookies"....I followed my own advice from last time and added extra lemon zest and could have added even more. Watched a dumb movie and got home late.

Friday, 4/3/26

 After a very stressful day (back to back appointments with the tax people and the dental surgeon, yay) we had a peaceful evening at home with tomato soup and Yorkshire pudding (a little undercooked but probably just as well what with the dental stuff).

Thursday, 4/2/26

 Dinner with Jodi....we made a quick pasta with tomatoes, beans, onions and basil, and Jason made a loaf of bread. Since the boys aren't around meals are much less exciting, but the company is good.

Wednesday, 4/1/26

 Somehow we have many different kinds of cornmeal hanging around, so we decided to make polenta for the first time in a while. I made it the night before, when I was in a big hurry, so it wasn't as lump-free as I might have hoped (I was very irritated with myself). Luckily, once it was pan-fried and covered with tomato sauce and fresh mozzarella you couldn't tell. Very tasty! Served with a spinach salad.

Tuesday, 3/31/26

 Time to clean out the freezer! We didn't completely succeed, but made headway. Eggplant fries (from Aldi; tasty but they never get truly crispy), a few corn fritters, and what looked like crab rangoon but turned out to be a sort of dumpling/tiny calzone situation with sausage, peppers and ricotta. Served with the rest of the cucumber salad and a variety of dips.

Monday, 3/30/26

 Tofu, rice, peanut sauce, cucumber salad. It may not be novel. but it is easy and delicious. It's more fun if you call it a "tofu rice bowl". Our peanut sauce has been better since I just started following the recipe from the NYT dumpling salad.