Well. Today is the day. We have voted. Carla is home with me; her school gave everyone a day off to ensure the teachers and staff could vote. I am filled with a buzzing, nervous energy as I am sure so many are. Let us hope I can channel it into cleaning and walking on the treadmill rather than into eating leftover Halloween candy. But either way, we will be gentle with ourselves.
We have sunshine today and mild temperatures. Perhaps I can cajole Carla into going for a long walk through the leaves. (She sees this unexpected holiday as a chance to watch TV.) Perhaps I will spend the day cooking. Perhaps I will curl up with the newest Robert Galbraith book (we can discuss the internal wrestling of enjoying artwork by deeply problematic artists another time). Perhaps I will chip away at a holiday gift guide post I have been working on. Perhaps I will watch more episodes of The Mindy Project, which is a balm. Who can know yet where this day will take us.
This week’s dinners are all about comfort and joy, ease and nutrition. With the exception of paprikas, I’ve got protein, carbs, and veggies in abundance in each meal on the list. Best of all, these are filling, delicious foods I look forward to, no matter what. Today is Tuesday, so we will have tacos. Gorging oneself on tacos is much more soothing than one might expect.
Dinners for the Week of November 3-8 (Election Week 2020)
- Tacos
- Oven Baked Pork Chops with Steamed Broccoli
I am also planning on making some apple crisp. If there is a more comforting dessert, I don’t know what it is. Plus, the work of peeling and chopping many apples promises catharsis.
Hope and well-being and so much love to everyone.
My favorite part were the last sentences of each paragraph.
Apple crisp is perfect. I think I will employ the box of Ghiardelli brownie mix in my pantry. Warm from the oven should serve the same purpose, I think. Now I’m excited.
I love Comoran and Robin and I wish the author would just please hush. What do you have to gain here?! But I didn’t realize the fifth book was out and now I can look forward to that today, so thank you.
Tacos and a long walk sounds lovely. All my fingers are crossed.
Bonus: the book is HUGE.
I have been trying to decide what to do with myself today and baking actually seems like a good idea. I could do an apple crisp, or there was an apple cake recipe in the food section of the paper this morning.
If you try the apple cake and enjoy it, I would love to hear about it. I have been poking around for a good apple cake recipe.
I am intimidated by your description of the preparation of the chickpea bowl, but then it sounds so good. We make an Indian butter chickpea recipe about once a week that takes an hour and a half to make, but it’s delicious! It’s actually pretty easy, but there’s a lot of stirring at low temperatures which is why it takes so long. Is the bowl too complicated for a mediocre cook?
I definitely think you should try it! For me, it’s been one of those recipes that was complicated and scary the first time I did it, but then the subsequent times have been much easier. And it’s DELICIOUS. The best things I have done are a) make a big batch of the ginger/garlic sauce, and freeze cubes of it for easy use and b) make a big batch of the spice mixture, so I don’t have to measure everything out each time. But obviously there is a First Time, which does have a fair number of steps. What I am saying though is it is WORTH IT. I have made this multiple times now and it’s always very yummy.