Abe and I had a really rough Saturday morning, but by the evening things were better. I spent the whole evening cooking for the week because Abe is going out of town, and even when he is in town I have discovered there is no way I can cook dinner after 3pm. Often I am not disciplined enough to cook during Clarissa’s super short morning nap, so if I want to stay in budget and not feed my kids junk food, I have to cook on Saturdays.
Abe got a picture. This week I made: Middle Eastern stuffed peppers with tofu (from the Moosewood Lowfat Favorites cookbook), the Pioneer Woman’s stuffed peppers, the Pioneer Woman’s baked ziti, Cookie and Kate’s minestrone, and Jessica Seinfeld’s chocolate cherry date balls (from her Virtue and Vice cookbook). I didn’t get around to making the Our Best Bites black bean taquitos with cilantro dip, but our fridge is out of space. Also, we have more food than we will eat already, but in the unlikely scenario that we run out, I can conjure up some self discipline and make those Friday during Clarissa’s nap.
Abe was a really helpful command center because it’s hard to cook so many things at the same time! Last time I did this I ended up dumping quinoa into the marinara sauce. I also felt too rushed to taste-and-amend, so I just dumped a whole can of anchovies in there for extra umami, and whoa. It was so gross. That sauce definitely went in the trash.
