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Nov. 6th, 2008 02:23 pmI had a nice dinner date with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pierceheart last night. It had been a while. We went to Sagra in Davis Square: you know, the restaurant at the cursed 400 Highland Ave. location. I really like that place, and hope the curse doesn't get it.
Tonight, though, I'm cooking: pasta with meat sauce (made with a mixture of chicken and pork Italian sausage, drained of fat) and a salad.
I need to start cooking with recipes more. I need to get inspired and try new things! I also have to be less afraid of stuff that takes more time to cook. More time to cook just means a little less time in front of the TV for me in the evenings. Big deal. I watch too much TV in the evenings anyway. I also need to start looking beyond my typical side dishes. I don't do enough fun stuff with vegetables, for example. All too often, it's just steamed-and-salted. Good, oh yes, but not creative. And I have to stop fretting thatpierceheart won't like some weird idea of mine. He's always liked them so far, even when they've been outside of his normal food comfort zone (as in, they combine sweet and savory).
I have a hankering now for greens of some kind (probably spinach) cooked with pancetta, golden raisins, and pine nuts. Not the lightest veggie dish ever, but if I served it with baked chicken breasts with lemon and rosemary, or fish done that way? Not so bad!
Hmm. I want to cook!
pierceheart last night. It had been a while. We went to Sagra in Davis Square: you know, the restaurant at the cursed 400 Highland Ave. location. I really like that place, and hope the curse doesn't get it.Tonight, though, I'm cooking: pasta with meat sauce (made with a mixture of chicken and pork Italian sausage, drained of fat) and a salad.
I need to start cooking with recipes more. I need to get inspired and try new things! I also have to be less afraid of stuff that takes more time to cook. More time to cook just means a little less time in front of the TV for me in the evenings. Big deal. I watch too much TV in the evenings anyway. I also need to start looking beyond my typical side dishes. I don't do enough fun stuff with vegetables, for example. All too often, it's just steamed-and-salted. Good, oh yes, but not creative. And I have to stop fretting that
pierceheart won't like some weird idea of mine. He's always liked them so far, even when they've been outside of his normal food comfort zone (as in, they combine sweet and savory).I have a hankering now for greens of some kind (probably spinach) cooked with pancetta, golden raisins, and pine nuts. Not the lightest veggie dish ever, but if I served it with baked chicken breasts with lemon and rosemary, or fish done that way? Not so bad!
Hmm. I want to cook!
