Cookie Failure and The End of StuWeekend
All the StuDayTM activities are over. I did score some goodies, which is never required and always really appreciated. I now have two Moosewood cookbooks, so I should be set on many more vegetarian meal options. I should smell wonderful with my new bath products. Mac surprised me with a bigger gift, and the kids got me a cookbook with 366 cookie recipes.
We hit brunch today with friends and family. Thanks for those who came. I’m so stuffed with food that I didn’t eat again until dinner. Tonight’s meal was a pineapple and chili stir-fry. This was a tofu dish. My meat gauge is still on full.
Ada and I flipped through the cookie book and finally settled on a hazelnut crisp. They are really thin cookies with roughly chopped hazelnuts. It was terrible. Hazelnuts go great with chocolate and really great with goat cheese but is gag-worthy with cinnamon. Mac noted that they looked like fake vomit which would be great for a gag, especially with the realistic reaction upon eating them. I redeemed myself by making Mexican wedding cakes. I know those are delicious.
I went to the store to pick up some veges for the next few days. I picked up spinach, broccoli, turnips and Brussels sprouts*. The sad part was the teenager checker didn’t know what they were. Seriously, he had to ask me on all items but the spinach, and I’m guessing because that was in a bag with a barcode. You might be able to understand turnips and Brussels sprouts, but fresh broccoli? Really? I marked down another parenting goal: My kids don’t have to like all vegetables on the planet–few of us do–but they are going to be able to identify them.
*I had my first one at Ada’s Thanksgiving feast at school. They were not bad at all. I have no idea what everybody is so up-in-arms about. They were in a dish of roasted veges that also included carrots and purple cauliflower. The vinaigrette and added pomegranate seeds made the dish wonderful. I’ve been reading on how to cook them to avoid the taste that everybody seems to despise. Wish me luck.
