Four for Dinner

Busy week.  S at a business dinner on Monday.  I’m out tonight.  Going to the mountains for some skiing (hoping for some decent snow) on Friday.  Nonetheless, dinner still needs to be made and eaten.  Here is my plan for the week, some of which has already been consumed: Monday – Cauliflower Mac ‘n Cheese [...]

My daughter, L, had a friend over to play last Friday.  They are both a little bit shy and usually look to me to get ideas for fun things to do.  We have a candy making kit, that someone gave my girls, that is supposed to be a sort of “science” experiment kit.  The girls [...]

Just finished the meal and it was good, but not as good as I’d hoped for a couple of reasons.  First, the girls were just not that into the cooking.  Raw chicken, not so appealing to 10 and 11 year olds.  Second, we started a little late, everyone was hungry (and cranky), and we didn’t [...]

After last Sunday’s success, we are trying Kids Cook Sunday again.  And, our friend LF is staying for dinner. J promised to help us cook this time.  J & L decided on the following menu: Chicken Breasts with Proscuitto, Sage and Cheese Fusilli with Broccoli and Parmesan Blueberry Crisp Actually, I decided on the blueberry [...]

While I was obsessed with the inauguration, it certainly didn’t keep me for my cooking.  On Wednesday, I gave my friend LH a cooking lesson.  She does not have a repertoire of soup recipes and wanted a lesson on soup.  Turned out to be the perfect day for it.  After 2 weeks of ridiculously beautiful [...]

Because school was out Monday and it was our day of community service, and because S was away, and because I was tied to the television on inauguration day, and because I’m still trying to figure out this blog thing….well, I haven’t written out the week’s menu.  Here goes:   Monday          OUT for Thai with [...]

No dinner at home tonight.  Went out with the girls and my good friend RF.  We were out most of the day today on the coast.  First volunteering, then enjoying the beauty of our California coast and tidepools on this balmy January day. We went at 11:00 to Half Moon Bay to a senior center [...]

S is out of town tonight, but we wanted to cook in. In the past, we’ve tried, somewhat unsuccessfully, to institute a “kids cook” night. I want to teach L & J to cook. I figure that the earlier they learn, the earlier they can help me AND appreciate the effort that I make on a [...]

This is the coolest vegetable – Romanesco. I bought this at the farmer’s market and took the shot. Unfortunately, when I cooked it – being organic and all – it was full of unseen bugs that crawled out when the steam was too much for the critters. So, it went uneaten, even though it was [...]

I made the Rainbow Cookies today.  They turned out beautifully.  I pretty much followed the recipe, but did make a couple of changes.  Namely, I put in less red and green food coloring (about 10 drops vs. 25 drops) and I put 10 drops of yellow coloring in the middle layer.  I used raspberry jam, [...]