carbo-loading.

in which i made versions of half of the april bon appetit: lemon-olive oil roasted potatoes, strawberry mozarella salad, pea+radish+goat cheese+arugula something, as well as a salad of feta, tomatoes, onions, and shell pasta.

hey! shira was running a half-marathon. i was supportive of the prep-eating.

this guy.

a post-dog park dinner with casey and huck.

i was in the mood for potato salad and stopped by the food cooperative and wound up with all sorts of goodies, like small ciabattas.

what did i do with them? well, let me tell you. i sauteed a bit of kale in olive oil with garlic.  i sliced the ciabatta in half: one side got the kale and the other had sliced mushrooms, tomatoes, and cheddar. and a bit of mayonnaise.

and then, my super sandwiches set my toaster on fire. don't worry! i unplugged it and didn't open the door, following the instructions on the front of it. the sandwiches were not even burned. can you believe it?

but. the potato salad. i used the spectrum canola mayonnaise. but i am a hellman's kind of girl. and i think there are some things that just need to taste a certain way. my potato salad was not what i envisioned. it was sub-par. hellman's is the most superior mayonnaise. next time, if i want a non-mass-produced, potentially-healthier mayonnaise, i am just going to make it myself. it's just eggs and oil.

in conclusion, a salad of beets, carrots, and tomatoes, with goddess dressing.

and then i vacuumed. because huck leaves his hair all over the place. luckily, i don't mind too much.

breaking news.

good morning. it's saturday. i ate breakfast without an egg in it.

full-fat cream-top yogurt with banana and cinnamon.

been too long.

tuesday night was a spring rolls kind of night.

with spinach, yellow bell pepper, carrots, and cucumbers. and a spicy peanut sauce with sriracha.

a brief list.

the nytimes has had some pretty cool articles about food and farming and eating these days.
1.  "In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges." young farmers are the new thing. the old new thing.
2. "Have It Your Way? Purist Chefs Won’t Have It." i love david chang. his restaurants are rarely vegetarian-friendly, so i don't go to them (except for the milk bar). i don't think i am so very special that he'd just cook me whatever i wanted. that's not the point of going to a restaurant.
3. "A Tasty Fungus, Stirring Dreams and Lawsuits." hillsborough, north carolina gets famous for truffles. or tries.
4. "My Unhealthy Diet? It Got Me This Far." some older folks, including BLACK PANTHER BOBBY SEALE, talk about their fatty diets and attempts (or lack thereof) to shape up.

a spring rolls kind of night.

stuffed with spinach, carrots, yellow bell pepper, and carrots. eaten with a spicy peanut sauce.

adult oreos.

salt and pepper cookies. yeah, i said it.

this week's baked adventure was salt and pepper cookies. pretty easy except for a dough glitch. i prepared the cookie dough the night before and put it in the fridge for hours like the authors said. but then it was too hard to roll out! one of the baked kids told me to just try my hardest, that if i smushed it hard enough, it would get soft and ready to roll. he was absolutely right. i just needed to use my body weight to do it.

and they are great, except for the fact that there's quite a bit of crisco in that filling. not my favorite product to incorporate but it certainly made the icing easy to put inside the cookies.

so, yes. an adult oreo, if you will.

and sunday lunch: grilled cheese with two kinds of cheddar and tomato, anjou pear slices, seeded corn chips and a dollop of hummus.

sorry so late. the weather was so nice i eventually just had to get out of the kitchen.