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I love the Farmer's Market so fucking much. It really inspires me to cook and make things I haven't made before.

This week's menu is going to include fresh pesto (Jeff's recipe) and I also bought a pound of romano beans.

I'm going to try this Pakistani dish called Haleem. OB gave me this package mix with the spices and lentils, and I'm going to use the slow cooker to stew it all night.

I'm also going to make the fresh fruit tart with jam and a hazelnut crust for my little dinner party tomorrow night. Some bruschetta to start and the peanut chicken curry for dinner.

I'm glad tonight is so mellow because tomorrow will be packed! I really have to thank saavedra77 for introducing me to Ex Machina. I am twitching to get the next books tomorrow morning. And in spite of some bad reviews, Pete and I are going to see the new Zach Braff movie. I'm going to hit the Pubic Market for spinach, because they were all sold out at the Farmer's Market today.

Then, Sarah's family will descend and there will be much shrieking fun.

Also, I really need to do laundry tonight so that I can enjoy a bounty of fresh underwear to choose from tomorrow.

another happy discovery

So I've been meaning to try making pizza dough in my bread machine, and I wanted to try to grill it. Tonight seemed like a good night for both experiments. Plus, I didn't want to do my laundry.

I tossed a few ingredients into the bread machine, it took about an hour to make, I split it into two balls and put one away for later, and hand tossed the other into a basic pizza-shape. I brushed on some olive oil, slid it onto a hot grill and... voila! I cautiously cut a slice of it (sans topping) and it was surprisingly good. I could have probably rolled it out thinner, because I do love thin crust pizza, but it was really pretty damn good for my first try!

Combined with some chicken that I salt/pepper'd and tossed onto the grill and my fresh pesto, this was a pretty fucking spectacular meal. And I have another ball of pizza dough for tomorrow!