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Nov. 27th, 2006 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
badseed1980Boy, December really IS filling up fast! I just put a bunch of things into my palm pilot, and realized I need to request time off for Christmas weekend next month. I already have plans for 12/8, 12/9, 12/13, 12/14, 12/19, 12/22, and 12/23-12/26.
I've been doing some real cooking, after eating food that other people made for several days. Saturday night was beef stew with a splash of cabernet, and some of that will also be my lunch today. Last night was sea scallops with a white wine cream sauce (ok, evaporated skim milk, but still creamy) over four-cheese ravioli, with a salad. Yum. I'll be making that one again, with a little tweaking of the process. Brown the scallops more quickly over a higher heat, take them out before they're cooked through, then do the sauce and let it reduce a bit more before adding the scallops back in to the pan to finish cooking.
I'm getting an urge to bake holiday cookies. I should do so for my office one of these days. I need to show off my cooking skills here, since there are so many other good cooks around and I haven't yet brought anything homemade in for people to enjoy.
Five positives for today:
1. I woke up next to a gorgeous man this morning.
2. Laundry night tonight means I have a shot at fixing that damned sweater I'm working on, since I'll be sitting still for a while with few distractions.
3. Hiking in the Fells yesterday with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pierceheart was great. We had perfect weather, and it was beautiful there.
4. I'm just in a good mood. Hey, it counts.
5. I have a dish in mind that I can't wait to cook, for people who I think will really like it!
Speaking of #5 there, does anyone know somewhere easy to get to where I can buy tart pans with removable bottoms?
I've been doing some real cooking, after eating food that other people made for several days. Saturday night was beef stew with a splash of cabernet, and some of that will also be my lunch today. Last night was sea scallops with a white wine cream sauce (ok, evaporated skim milk, but still creamy) over four-cheese ravioli, with a salad. Yum. I'll be making that one again, with a little tweaking of the process. Brown the scallops more quickly over a higher heat, take them out before they're cooked through, then do the sauce and let it reduce a bit more before adding the scallops back in to the pan to finish cooking.
I'm getting an urge to bake holiday cookies. I should do so for my office one of these days. I need to show off my cooking skills here, since there are so many other good cooks around and I haven't yet brought anything homemade in for people to enjoy.
Five positives for today:
1. I woke up next to a gorgeous man this morning.
2. Laundry night tonight means I have a shot at fixing that damned sweater I'm working on, since I'll be sitting still for a while with few distractions.
3. Hiking in the Fells yesterday with
pierceheart was great. We had perfect weather, and it was beautiful there.4. I'm just in a good mood. Hey, it counts.
5. I have a dish in mind that I can't wait to cook, for people who I think will really like it!
Speaking of #5 there, does anyone know somewhere easy to get to where I can buy tart pans with removable bottoms?
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Date: 2006-11-27 04:02 pm (UTC)Yes, I think I know exactly where....
Oh wait, tart pans. I thought you said pants.
My bad.
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Date: 2006-11-27 04:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-27 04:04 pm (UTC)YAY for good moods!
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Date: 2006-11-27 04:10 pm (UTC)i thought about you hiking yesterday - i took longer out running errands than i had intended, it was lovely out, and i keep thinking i need to soak it up before the snow hits. and i wished i was walking in woods. :)
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Date: 2006-11-27 04:30 pm (UTC)Think so? Huh. I'll try them. Thanks. I went there once just to look around, but didn't get anything, and there was too much to remember what was there and what wasn't.