well, then!

[verbicide]

The day much improved after my last post.

- Pete's birthday was a rousing success.
- My headache went away after the second dose of Advil
- The rest of the afternoon flew by.
- I had a particularly spectacular French lesson, which I wasn't expecting since I had little time to study since Sunday
- Came home to Sarah (who'd just headed here after work) and I somehow managed to have enough stuff here to make us dinner
- Dinner was exciting and I managed to use the rest of my farmer's market fare to make some fun stuff:

. Grilled chicken marinated with garlic, lime, thyme, and home-grown basil
. Home-made salsa with tomatoes, green onion, garlic (all from the farmer's market), and home-grown basil
. parmesan cous cous
. farmer's market broccoli

If I seem overly orgasmic about the farmer's market fare, it's because I get excited and buy too much and then things rot in my fridge. Not this time! And everything turned out as it should, and we even set the table and had a nice leisurely meal. Because we kept the room dark, and the fan on us, we ended up chatting for a long time in the dining room about all kinds of various personal stuff and the changes in our lives over the past few years. It was just kind of wonderful. It's just nice to have good, good friends who know you so well and have seen you change over the years (hopefully for the better). It's always interesting to see yourself from someone else's perspective. It always catches me off guard, because I forget that as I have opinions about others, (duh) they have them about me.

Then after dinner, we bonded over chocolate and talked some more career stuff. And eventually Sarah left, but after delightfully agreeing to see John Tucker Must Die with me --which looks appalling, but delightful in that Bring it On way.

I love Sarah *beam*

Comments

[euphrasie.livejournal.com]

I am SO glad that I am not the only person who wants to see that movie!

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

I'm totally ashamed, but the preview just KILLS me!! :D

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

I liked Bring It On! Granted, I was semi-dragged, but it would take a team of elephants to drag me to John Tucker.

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

No, I can totally understand that.But like I said--the preview cracks me up!

[greyaenigma.livejournal.com]

Hey, as long as you enjoy it!

[archaica.livejournal.com]

That meal sounds delicious! I just made couscous and added in some sauteed green peppers. It was actually pretty good.

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's my favorite grilled chicken marinade--let me know if you want the recipe.

And cous cous rules!

[archaica.livejournal.com]

mmmmm, chicken marinade. Send it over!

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

I'm at work, but I'm pretty sure:

Marinade (for 1lb of chicken breasts):

1/4 c lime juice
1/4 c olive oil
1 tsp minced basil
1 tsp minced thyme
1 clove garlic
salt/pepper to taste

For something so simple, it always turns out really perfect. The recipe calls for a simple salsa to accompany it, with:

I made mine with:

- one tomato
- two green onions
- squeeze of lime juice
- tsp of olive oil
- chopped basil
- garlic
- salt/pepper

[archaica.livejournal.com]

I so need all that little stuff (lemon juice, oils, spices .....)

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

It's a nuisance to collect, but once you have basics, it's amazing what you can whip up!

[archaica.livejournal.com]

Seriously! I had to go get olive oil and butter last night, before cooking! So annoying.

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

It is totally crazy when you move into an empty kitchen and realize, oh hell--I don't have um salt. (Which is what happened to me when I moved up here a few years ago.)

[archaica.livejournal.com]

Seriously! Contemplating the cost of spices alone just leaves me weak in the knees (and not in a good way!)

I did get an awesome new pan the other night though.

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

Yay for awesome new pans! And you'll eventually build it up. For me it extended over some time--buy a new spice every time a recipe calls for it and it just builds up your repertoire!

[archaica.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The key is to not not have your own kitchen for three years. That doesn't help.

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

Totally.

[phemale.livejournal.com]

We get to see Sarah soon! YAY! You are lucky to be able to see her so often, I am jealous!

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

I'm happy you guys will be able to get together soon! But I am lucky --very lucky :D

I hope you guys will be able to come out to Seattle someday, too!

[phemale.livejournal.com]

We are working on being able to come out there!

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

Excellent!!