Hi everyone
Cooking mojo is pretty low as I’m trying to get 100 things done before I’m outta here *not getting much of that done either, in case you were wondering).
Lots of meals out as well as we try to squeeze in one last connection before the year is out with so many friends.
Actuals for last week and a few ideas I hope can motivate myself to cook this week:
Mon - Friend saved me with a dinner invitation just as I was trying to think of something easy to make for dinner. She made dal, fried pomfret, and masala roasted cauliflower (my recipe).
Tues - Out with another friend for pizza and salad. Traumatic day leading up to it with innocuous medical procedure where the nincompoop nurse stabbed me 3 times with what looked like a horse needle, and then had to call in someone else at the end of it anyway because she still couldn’t get it done, and that person offered me the lidocaine that was supposed to have been used at the beginning. Stupid stupid stupid. Further annoyance as friend decided to be more traumatized by my retelling of the day than my own actual experience, and needed to be consoled – by me 
Wed - First cooking post thanksgiving. “Trevti” (3-types-mixed) dal, garlic green beans (charred nicely in the wok), and baked mustard salmon.
Thurs - Out with another friend at a favorite Basque place. Food was bizarrely salty, and friend is experiencing unexpected marital issues, so there were more drinks than food.
Fri - Defrosted chicken but no interest in cooking it. Baked another piece of salmon and ate the leftovers.
Sat - Finally cooked. Homestyle chicken curry, sauteed green beans, chapatis, rice.
Sun - Out for modern Indian with a dear friend from grad school and his whole family (including grown-up kids and partners) which will be very special, because I haven’t seen him and his wife since before the pandemic, never mind the “kids”.
Mon - Belated birthday dinner for another good friend at a delicious Russian place, with his whole family, some of whom is flying in for it.
Cooking ideas:
- Green pasta from new Smitten Kitchen cookbook – I made confit garlic already, and will use frozen spinach, so this is now a pantry/freezer easy meal.
- Steak + scalloped potatoes + sauteed spinach
- Yakitori king oyster mushrooms + tsukune (freezer) + either mixed pot rice or oyako don
Have a lovely week!
