Cooking for 2 in Happy Valley. We finally got some much needed rain (our poor farmers!), and the temps dropped to being bearable. Fall is in the air… I may even need a jacket on my scooter today! Can’t say I’m angry about it 
I fell a bit off the menu planning wagon, as evidenced by my actual meals in our other popular home cooking thread, but we still ate well.
Tonight we’re invited to a dinner party with another couple, and I believe crab cakes are on the menu. We’re bringing a lovely German Riesling and Gewürztraminer from the same vineyard to contribute.
Tomorrow I have a quartet gig that was thankfully moved from 8-10pm to a more senior-friendly 
7-9:30pm, theoretically enabling me to partake in the scheduled food truck’s fish fry, but I think I might just grab a little something at home to tide me over until after & probably snack on any leftovers we have in the fridge — there’s a little bit of that scrumptious Thai shrimp curry I made a couple of days ago — or steam a few har gow. Or order wings 
A buddy of ours who moved to VA a few years ago with his fam is in town & planning to crash with us. He’s apparently on Ozempic now (perfect candidate for it, too!), so he won’t clear out our beer stash 
SATURDAY we’re invited to a retirement party hosted by the couple who’s joining us at the dinner party tonight. There will be Indian food from one of the local restos.
SUNDAY we have rain forecast for late afternoon/early evening — thwarting any grill plans we may have had, yet still warm. Maybe a spicy stir-fry or the laab I never made last week, or the two remaining short rib / chuck patties from our cheeborger dinner from last Monday.
MONDAY is the much dreaded beginning of the semester. The woo people have arrived. Yay. I may or may not make a shrimp & corn chowdah with the corn stock à la @LindaWhit I made & froze a while ago, in which I could steep the ginormous stash of shrimp shells I also have in the freezer. And hopefully the potatoes in our pantry are still good 
TUESDAY we’re having a ladies night after a two week hiatus, probz at the gay bar (hoping the food menu for the week appeals).
WEDNESDAY is also supposed to be on the cooler side, so I may switch the chowdah plan around. There’s also this recipe I’ve been meaning to try:
(gift link, of course).
THURSDAY is another gig with the full band at the venue we play regularly. It’s unlikely that I’ll eat there, so dinner is a big fat ? ATM.
Happy cooking, peeps!
