Well, it’s been a while because I spent many evenings the past few weeks visiting a friend who’s having multi-stage surgery for early onset Parkinson’s. Daily cooking to take over, some takeout, some eating other people’s cooking, but no planning. Mentally and physically exhausting, which sounds silly and self-indulgent to say when someone else is actually going through the real ordeal.
Some actuals and a tentative plan now that my evenings are my own again for a while.
Fri - Dinner party at a friend’s. They ordered in really good Sichuan food, including a dish or two I had never tried before.
Sat - Quiet day to myself, so I decided to cook Caribbean for DOTQ: Salmon with green mojo + Mofongo cakes + chocolate cake for dessert
Sun - Lamb t-bones with rosemary + either cappellini with uncooked tomato sauce OR pan amb tomate (if I can revive the half dead leftover baguette slab) + roasted cauliflower
Mon - Working dinner at a Thai restaurant
Tues - Viet lemongrass pork chop + garlic umami noodles + slaw (all Andrea Nguyen, some from VFAD)
Wed - Bengali mustard salmon + spinach dal + rice
Thurs - Viet leftovers
Fri - Bengali leftovers
Weekend - Just made plans to visit a friend and her parents at the Jersey shore and then meet my college roommate for a couple of days together at the beach, and I’m really looking forward to it — it will be my first actual vacation since before COVID, even if it is only 3 days total.
Wish you all a relaxing last week of summer!
