spoilin'

preamble: there's been a lot of foodtalk on here lately. a lot of talk in general, come to that. please allow me to 'splain: i'm intentionally sharing little day-to-day tidbits here, in order to avoid having to go to ridiculous ends in an effort to feel less lonely. when you read, you help prevent insanity. thank you! i certainly appreciate it.

soooo: saturday night. dinner at charbonneau house. this calls for "mmmm!" after a costco/sobey's run, twopointfive hours over a hot stove/oven/cutting board, and the potato-a-peelin' help of both kevin and mike, i laid the following on the table:

a) garlic and rosemary mashed potatoes: a recipe of martha stewart's, apparently.

b) orange asparagus with sesame seeds: standard fare.

c) big puffy oven pancake: one summer, when mom taught summer school, corina and i made this for her all the time. we found the recipe in the betty crocker kids cookbook. it's basically a 9" yorkshire puddin'!

d) mediterranean and raw beet salad with feta cheese: pretty! but i wouldn't repeat this with from-frozen veggies.

e) pot roast the most tender and tasty pot roast i've ever eaten devoured: granted, i haven't had all that much pot roast in my years but i swear it was objectively impressive. also in the roasting pan were stewed tomatoes, carrots, onions, mushroom soup, and love. these added so many nuanced and delicious flavours, as well as forming a superb, if liquidy, gravy. a little cornstarch goes a long way :)

i may have also served ice cream an hour later. a little overboard? maybe. but i was so thrilled that nancy stayed for prayer (and chose a nice reading) that i felt ok about spoiling them a bit.

oh, my. i'm so ready to be a granny.