MARCH 8, 2009

The cooking grove that is – this weekend was filled with good recipes and good food.  I was not planning to cook this much, it just kind of happened.  Friday evening we gobbled down deluxe BLT sandwiches and ice tea. I heart BLTs – it reminds me of summer and since we  had great weather it seemed fitting.  No basketball game is complete without pizza, so Saturday afternoon we watched the KU game with the best homemade pizza.  Andreas had been asking for chocolate chip cookies, so Saturday evening I whipped up a batch (I never use to whip up cookies, it feels so domestic).  I am making him take the remaining cookies and three diet cokes to work tomorrow so I am not tempted.  On Sunday, which is soup day at our house, I made a great minestrone and finally tried the no knead bread recipe.  Numerous people had raved about this recipe so I had to tried it.  It’s a keeper – crusty on the outside and soft on the inside.

Oh, there were other important things happening this weekend besides cooking – pantry shelves were built, holes were puttied, shelves painted, some knitting, an ass kicking by KU men’s basketball team, seeds planted and a spring-forward nap.  There were some things that didn’t happen this weekend as well – we still have to pink chair (Andreas promised to have mercy for one more week), one wool sock still in progress, my kitchen…read above and you get the picture, and dirty laundry is still waiting.

The weather man just reported that on Tuesday it is suppose to be 74F and on Wednesday…32F. I have no words.