Saturday, October 25, 2008

 

Oooh oooh witchy woman


Halloween party tonight. They seem to be early this year - I think so that people will still be able to go trick-or-treating with little ones. That's all I can figure out, because all the people I know going to parties are going this weekend. Anywho, so we're going to ours tonight. We had originally RSVPd no to this occasion as we hoped to go for a weekend getaway somewhere. That didn't work out, so off we go to our party. What does one take to a Halloween party? Witches hats, of course!

 

Pete Zaaaah

Sometimes I don't know what to make for dinner and we're at the store when struck by inspiration. Last night was that sort of night. As we headed home after running some errands, we stopped at the grocery store to figure out what might be served for dinner. Publix makes a really good fresh pizza dough, so we decided on that.

I seemed to recall as I got the dough all spread out far enough to handle toppings that the stone said not to use anything else. Wow was I wrong... Last night was my first official temper-tantrum thrown because of pizza. It looks beautiful, tasted really good, had a cheese-stuffed crust, but left the bottom crust all over the stone. Lucky for us, Travis is able to bring me to a reasonable perspective most of the time. We were able to eat our pizza, salad and beverages without too much more frustration.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

 

MIA?

I bet all of you, my loyal readers, yeah, that makes both of you...anyway, I bet both of you thought I was gone, done for, kaput. Alas, no. What I would like to say is that summer got terribly busy, full of living, taking fantastic vacations, having raucous wild outings with friends. The vacations happened, but really nothing else from that. My job, combined with the later departure time via the vanpool, resulted in my having less time and creativity to cook adventurous (or even mundane) recipes. This past weekend, the cooking savant (really Amanda??) returned.

I have been on a quest. Well, less of a quest, more of a something-I-think-I want-to-do-if-I-ever-get-around-to-it-maybe. I had tried the Thai Express from R Thomas' Deluxe Grill, and it is built on a newly famed "grain," quinoa (pronounced keen-wah). Quinoa hales from Andes regions of South America and is comprised of about 12-18% protein. Because of this, it has found its way into the health food world of USA. And this being my healthier blog and all, it was only a matter of time before it found its way here.


Enter quinoa as a base under Moroccan Butternut Squash Stew. YUM!!! This was an excellent dish. Not only did the squash call up flavors of fall, but the colors burst forth from the bowls like the perfect foliage viewing of an October weekend. This was truly delicious. The following night, we indulged again on leftovers, this time adding a lamb chop which had been morseled appropriately. However you choose to doctor it - or not - I cannot recommend highly enough that you try making this stew. It's so easy that it almost feels like cheating. Bon apetit!

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