Sassy Black Friend

Put down the candied pecans

SBF asked me to find a way to make candied pecans for the spinach salad I’m making for the party tonight. So, I spend a couple of days trying to get as close as possible to the ones Trader Joe’s sells, because they’re my favorite. But way too expensive for the amounts we wanted.

The good news is I got really close. The bad news is I’ve developed a serious addiction to these things. Is there some kind of 12 step program?

Maybe a nice life-threatening allergy I could develop?

Kitchen craziness

Things are especially wild right now in my house. I’m cooking nonstop, while trying to help the boyfriend set things up because the weather turned awful and we have to be prepared to have everyone in the house at all times tomorrow night.

Thank goodness J and her man are on their way over to help, I’m starting to panic a bit. The kitchen looks like there was a tornado in it, and we’re pretty much out of room in the fridge.

I just realized that I haven’t eaten anything (aside from tasting while cooking) since lunch yesterday. Apparently running around like a chicken with your head cut off is an excellent appetite suppressants. Who knew.

Speaking of chicken, I need to make a marinade for some.

Farm stand fun

Oh, got a situation here. J and I are heading back to DC in the morning, so we decided to hit up a farm stand today to stock up on yummies. Now I’m concerned there might not be enough room for our luggage in the car. I can’t put anything in the trunk because I forgot to empty it before I left on Sunday.

So we’re going to have to either stay another 6 weeks to eat all the produce we bought, strap our bags to the roof, or… I dunno. hope and pray.

In the middle of this realization I got a call from my mother with questions about some term life insurance thing she heard about. Like I’m the expert on everything because I do research for a living. Like a good daughter, of course, I’m looking into it for her. Any experts out there?

Best 10 minute dinner ever

Well, it was probably more like 20 minutes total, but you get the idea. Just got to the beach house and was starving.

Dan and Paul both went to sleep off their hangovers from yesterday, so I figured I’d make something quick for SBF and myself to eat.

I made steamed mussels in a white wine/garlic sauce and sautéed green beans. Yummy, yummy. We just ate and the guys seem to be stirring. We’re all staying in to watch the 1st Stanley Cup game. Go Flyers!

Mmm, fruity!

I spent most of the day in my car today, coming back to DC from central Virginia. Which sucked. But I did find an amazing farmers market, and have loaded up on some great produce. Lots of excellent vitamin replenishing deliciousness. So, I’m going to spend the evening cooking, which I have been too busy to do for a while. Very exciting. Sometimes eating healthy is fun. For a while. With booze.

And then we had ice cream

The boyfriend and I had a kind of big fight this morning. Doesn’t matter what about, we were both kind of stressed and just took it out on each other. I was in meetings most of the day, then doing some car-related stuff so I didn’t have time to call him. I sent him an email and promised to talk this evening. When I got home we both apologized, and are having ice cream for dinner. He bought two kinds of Ben & Jerry’s – so I know he really was sorry. So now I’m happy, but about to be in need of the best diet pills, if you know what I mean.