She won’t sit still for a photo, but she will roll around on the ground.
OH MAN!
I’ve eaten like a king recently, but this week I don’t plan on doing anything interesting on account of being lazy and whatnot.
Anyhow, last week was left over week, but the week before that was pretty good. The roasted vegetables definitely smelled the best, though I couldn’t come up with a satisfactory side dish, so I just stuck with the koala sauce. This had butternut squash, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, red peppers, and.. some other stuff. It took a long time to cook, which was actually kinda cool cause it made the whole building smell pretty good. Well, that was good for me, hopefully the other folks in the house weren’t annoyed.
I also made a garlic-garbanzo bean-spinach soup that I thought was fantastic. I still have one container left in the freezer, and I can’t wait to eat it. I was so pumped on it I even made it again last night at my brother’s house, though I somewhat irrationally doubled the recipe, so there is a LOT of soup left. Hopefully they saved it!
Saturday I spent forever cooking Potato Rostis with gingery baked tofu and a sweet tomato sauce. This was gross. The picture in the cookbook I was using looked awesome, but what I ended up with looked gross. The worst part was the tomato sauce, which in the picture was dark purply red and delicious-looking, whereas mine was a kind of pasty pink/red and not good. Tomato sauce. Yuck. At least the tofu turned out great, so though I will never attempt to make the whole dish again, I will keep in mind the tofu preparation.
Sunday evening I made a broccoli/chestnut terrine, which was good, but not so good that it justified going to three different stores to track down the chestnuts. The recipe didn’t ask for very much salt or other seasoning, so it was a little bland, but I think I could try it again and spice it a little more extravagantly! It was fun to make though, and it’s kinda neat looking. Plus, it was pretty tasty with breakfast the next day!
So, that was that. I’ve still got some frozen soup, like I said, and my mom’s in town, so I’ll probably be eating with the fam the rest of the week, but I’ll hopefully get back into my cookstravaganza mode soon enough. OH! I also made some Jamaican black bean something or other that was AWESOME. If i find a similar recipe online, I will post it, cause it was awesome!
- I'm gonna skip the gym today! #
- Holy canoli dudes, cspan is OTH right now! #
- Dear West Houston- John Culberson should be replaced. Sutton 2012?!? #
- Who's that beautiful woman in the background on cspan??? Is she a rep? I wanna move to that district! #
- Watching L&O CSI with NPH acting like a creep. Living the high life AND I AM DRINKING A HIGH LIFE. #
- @ccbayer no, yours are fine, I am drinking different ones. in reply to ccbayer #
- @ccbayer WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING????????? in reply to ccbayer #
- @ccbayer you mean úne lê fílm? in reply to ccbayer #
- I wanna dog sit a bloodhound! #
- Joe Biden Uses Accurate Grown-Up Language To Describe Thing:
This is the whole point of Joe Biden. [YouTube] - Are they really dead?!? #
- Omg svu is on, howmi sposed go to bed now???? #
- Fonduta. #
- LESS THEN AN HOUR UNTIL MY PARENTS ARRIVE!!!!! …and stay for a week… in my tiny apartment… HOORAY! #
- Cats are cool. http://twitgoo.com/lvbib #
- Oh man, Shaq is being tweetastic tonight! #
- Oh woe is me! My copy of the Onion has the same xword as last week! …. um.. so that's lame. #
- I just unlocked the "Photogenic" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/d3E7yH #
- Spring Break at the mall!!!!!!!!!!!! #
- Man, sitting in the back seat of your own car is awesometastic! #
- Vibrato… bravato. Either way, my mom is stoked on the 'Downers! Dance dance dance! #
- Electricity/is/sweet. #
- Drinking Genesee! #
- Time after time. #
- Walking the dog, walking the dog! #
- Bone juror, Sunday. Ooh eh lays pancakes? #
- 41 minutes til today gets its most awesome, CST. Sorta. #
- Oops, I meant CDT. Happy sunny, everyone. And happy nerd day. #
- @ccbayer pic! in reply to ccbayer #
- Getting ripped. Getting stoked. #
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totally awesome
http://bit.ly/cLMNg0 # - IKEA Subway Display in Paris : An Insane Idea or A Genius Promotion Campaign?: From 10 to 24 March 2010, IKEA dev… http://bit.ly/aKvssr #
- Will this mouse get me kicked out of the coffee shop?:
This [Dwight Shrute]-esque project will let you try out yo… http://bit.ly/dhDnbB # - Music: Newswire:Introducing A.V. Undercover, our new music-video series: Since 2007, when The Onion moved its Chic… http://bit.ly/dhBCvo #
- This Is Why You're Fat: The food pyramid vs. the foodstuff subsidy pyramid, which should come as no surprise to mi… http://bit.ly/aLV6MM #
- Pointless babble. http://is.gd/aFMxi #
- I just ousted @ccbayer as the mayor of McCormick Tribune YMCA on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/7NxDZA #
- I just unlocked the "Superstar" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/dwaw9h #
- I got my census, too! And… it's super boring. I may have to attach my own personal appendix with additional information. #
- Cake Versus Pie: A Scientific Approach:
I love cake. Cake is wonderful. But it is too easy to get caught up in… http://bit.ly/clhjnd # - @ccbayer that is awesome. in reply to ccbayer #
- @ccbayer or one awesome new tye dyed fred perry! in reply to ccbayer #
- @ccbayer @katzsarah "it could be a crackhead!" in reply to ccbayer #
- The dog is once again too afraid to get his ball. It is next to his food bowl. Scary, indeed. #
- @Adponce maybe you should tweet about leprachauns more often! in reply to Adponce #
- I'd like to train my dogs to attack cyclists who ride on the sidewalk. #
- Music: Newswire:R.I.P. Alex Chilton: The Memphis Commercial Appeal is reporting that Alex Chilton has died in New … http://bit.ly/amgfbj #
- On second thought, I'd like to just train my dogs to not be afraid of everything in my apartment. #
- I need 8oz. of cooked chestnuts. Do I have to go to a fancy store for that, or will they have them at 7-11? #
- …not at 7-11… #
- happy birthday, @ccbayer. this is your present: http://brettroyal.com/ccbayer.png #
- @katzsarah and now Starla's on P&R! in reply to katzsarah #
- I'm not afraid of squash any more! Cooking squash, I mean. The sport still scares me. #
- @katzsarah @ccbayer sauerkraut is never out of place. in reply to katzsarah #
- metallica, megadeth, miley cyrus. all the same to me!!!!!!!!!! #
- Man am I glad I don't have to ask people to donate money to Greenpeace. That does not look awesome. #
- @nathanarlyn word up. #
- @nathanarlyn dude you need an awesome cool picture! in reply to nathanarlyn #
- @nathanarlyn oh man, you beat me to it. That's cool. And orange. But mostly cool. in reply to nathanarlyn #
- If I didn't love going to Whole Foods, I would hate going to Whole Foods. (I just had a free sample lunch!) #
- holy canoli, molly hatchet is terrible! #
- uh oh, i think i like venom. #
- @ccbayer or come over and get your birthday present! in reply to ccbayer #
- @ccbayer i mean, that would be an idea, if I got you beer, gin, or whisky, which I may or may not have… in reply to ccbayer #
- There oughta be a law and there better be a crime! #
- She's like a dreamer in a dungeon or an angel in a cave! #
- Curtis is on his trial walk with the potential adopting family… 🙁 #
- No more dog. I'm so depressed I'm gonna drink a beer. #
- Chestnuts are gross looking. #
- @ccbayer dude you could make your own special ccbayer blend. you could be the johnnie walker of chicago of irish whiskey! in reply to ccbayer #
Monday: Roasted Vegetables, simple mixed green salad, boring. I can’t do my shopping until later tonight, so I didn’t want to make anything too complicated tonight.
Tuesday: Garlic, Garbanzo, Spinach Soup, with some sweet koala sauce.
Wednesday: Jamaican Black Bean Pot, Spinach/Mandarin Orange salad, rice.
Thursday: Broccoli Terrine with new potatoes, mixed greens.
Friday: Potato Rosti with Tofu. (This might actually happen on Saturday, depending on whether I actually feel like cooking still. This is a much more ambitious week.)
- i think today's a barbecue day! #
- Girl Scout cookies! #
- @Adponce @ccbayer i love the oscars!!!!!! unfortunately, i gotta go to the airport right in the middle of the festivities.. so, no. in reply to Adponce #
- why have i spent multiple hours playing sushi cat? wtf is my problem? how is that cat so gd cute??? #
- Wow this is kinda hurting… #
- Who told me I could eat an entire shamrock shake? #
- Is this a pantomime/breakdancing hybrid? #
- Michael Bluth! #
- @tks_smith cause its awesome! Spectacle! Also, you need a real icon for twitter. in reply to tks_smith #
- Was that mandy patinkin doing the voice over for that car commercial with the cool stereo? #
- This is the worst. #
- I just totally won my Oscar pool!!! #
- Pansotti! #
- What's better than a freshly mopped floor? Having something better to do than mopping the floor. I'm bored. #
- Just found my tickets to last year's Pitchfork fest. If only I'd done my taxes last July. #
- is salad dressing designed to mask the fact that your lettuce went bad? cause that's why i use it. #
- @ccbayer dude your cats were PARTYING! in reply to ccbayer #
- Did alex have the confederate battle flag on her backpack? #
- Why won't this end? #
- i need to get a haircut. so that's the goal for the day. dreaming big. #
- @ccbayer what was wrong with my old twitter pic????? in reply to ccbayer #
- downtown! #
- I think I'm gonna start checking in to strangers apartments on foursquare… just hang out in front and drink a soda. #
- I'm ice skating! #
- Lady Gaga and Husker Du and the Two Way. Holy canoli! #
- I just ousted Nathan H. as the mayor of The Whistler on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/Fawd2 #
- CAPS LOCK IS THE BEST LOCK. #
- How do I make the best of a beautiful morning? I put some product in my hair and take the dog for a walk. Product. #
- The party is starting. http://twitgoo.com/kaluf #
- Listening to Gaga @45 #
- Wow, the morons are outside, drunk, and wearing green. #
- Actually, I think "chirish" is sweet. #
- Another failed nap attempt! Why the face? #
- Curtis can't figure out how to get the ball. Smart guy. http://twitgoo.com/klo2q #
- We've been doing this for ten minutes, still no ball. http://yfrog.us/jboj6z #
- I want dessert…. and a second dinner. And then maybe a second dessert! #
I don’t know.
So I’ve got a new plan!!!
Every week, I’m gonna cook something awesome and new every night! Five full days of awesomeness!!! WEEKENDS ARE FOR PIZZA AND BEER! THEN AFTER THAT I’m gonna save the hell out of my leftovers, and the NEXT WEEK I am going to eat leftovers EVERY night!!! AND THEN the third week I will cook again!!
Whew. Now that I’ve got the exclamation marks out of the way, I can get on with… it. Read More