Sunday, 6/27/21

 We had a busy afternoon in Whately (lunch at Tom's, helping my dad with some household chores), and it was damn hot, so I made cold cut grinders, chips and dip for dinner.  Nothing special.

Saturday, 6/26/21

 Dinner with Jennie and David (third night out in a row yikes): bread from Jason, Smitten strawberry cake from me. I want to make it again with local strawberries and more of them, but it was still pretty good. I was glad no one asked the provenance of the berries, since it would have been deeply embarrassing to admit that they were from Aldi.

Friday, 6/25/21

 Jason's parents had us over (presumably for Jason's birthday) ; they ordered from Omi Omy, a little Vietnamese restaurant. I tried the pho, Carter had a bahn mi and Jason had a noodle bowl; we were all underwhelmed. We tried to suggest somewhere else, but to no avail. They also bought a Costco chocolate cake (as we suspected they would), so we didn't even bring a dessert.

Thursday, 6/24/21

 Went to Laurie's for cocktails and snacks that served as dinner. Jason made a loaf of bread, and Laurie had a ton of treats from Trader Joe's (the best of which were little buffalo chicken triangle things that were genuinely spicy. I picked up a box for home). Beautiful evening to sit out on Laurie's porch with drinks and friends.

Wednesday, 6/23/21

 Jason kindly made us a few pizzas, and since he never reads this, I have some issues:  the plain cheese stuck to the pan something fierce and was quite a mess; the onions on the goat cheese/onion were not cooked long enough to be considered caramelized (and tasted a little onion-y); I don't love the thick pepperoni that was on the eggplant, and the taco was delicious but the crust should be thicker to accommodate that heavy topping. If you are reading this: love you Jason! Thanks for cooking!

Tuesday, 6/22/21

 For some reason I thought it was going to be another hot day, so I planned all grilled foods which I had to stand out in the drizzle tending to. Oops. So: kielbasa, halloumi, zucchini with lemon-garlic-mint butter, and another round of pita bread. The halloumi was tricky since it wanted to drip down through the grate, but I scooped it all up in time. I was thrilled to see halloumi at Aldi, since it is usually so damn expensive. If they still have it I am buying all the rest. Salty cheese that you can grill so it gets warm and squeaky? Heaven!

Monday, 6/21/21

 Butter chicken (from Ministry of Curry; didn't have garam masala, so improvised that; was out of coconut milk so used a little heavy cream; added spinach for a veg), plus Jason made pita bread. It's a good thing he did, since we forgot to make rice. I had also intended some roasted cauliflower, but Jason deemed it too hot to turn on the oven. So it's a good thing we have a grill and an Instant Pot, I guess.