roasted potatoes

....with olive oil and a little bit of thyme. Mmmmmm. :)

What, cottage cheese now?

I had cottage cheese for breakfast! This is another first food for me. I'm doing quite well at widening my food horizons! And I have to admit, it didn't taste like what I expected it to. I had it with cinnamon-sprinkled peaches. I might even make it a regular breakfast. :)

I ate a shrimp

I thought about eating two. It was really gross for a minute but then I tried not thinking of it as meat, and just concentrated on the cocktail sauce. So I really did swallow it and everything, and I wasn't even sick! I have to say that MAYBE I could eat more in the future. I don't think I would pursue it unless they've got some great health benefit though.

a shrimp deferred....

The shrimp will be waiting for tomorrow. But it wasn't my doing! I will post just as soon as I eat it. :)

I wish for....

On the way home tonight I expressed a wish something along these lines:

I am really jealous of places that have meat markets. Where you can just walk up and say "I'm making chicken tonight. Give me some chicken for dinner." And then you get enough for just that night, and the next day you come back and say, "Hi, I'd like some pork tenderloin for two." I really wish I had a place where I could go and get fresh meat just like that.


Later on, Alex and I were at Hannaford and lo, there was a meat counter! They had a bunch of fresh cuts of meat laid out, some seasoned for you with fascinating things like mango chutney. And then a little way down the back wall of the store, there was a fish counter with fresh cuts of fish, clams, etc.

This is my newest delight in the cooking world. The whole point is that the meat is FRESH! :)

seafood, ahoy!

Tonight I will eat at least one shrimp. All the way down the hatch. No spittings-out allowed. I have mixed feelings about this. :P

Discovery!

Cool Whip makes the best mousse. You have to not mind the fact that nobody (at least not me) knows what Cool Whip is. But it makes a delicious, fluffy, delicious mousse that lacks some of the bitter chocolatey-ness that my earlier attempt had.

Ultimately I guess it depends on one's mood on the particular day. But I am now resolved that I need to figure out how to get that light flavor out of regular whipping cream and chocolate.