saturdays

A pattern has developed

A nice comfortable

rhythm

I'll blame it

on the snow.

As good an excuse

as any!

Maybe

 I'm just 

frickin' hungry

like...

all the time

intensified by

Food Network's

Bobby Flay

Pioneer Woman

Trisha Yearwood

and the tools 

start coming out

ingredients

inventoried and assembled

cookin' up

a storm

Today's menu

features

Quinoa Chili

which will feed the flock

while watching the games

Anyone who braves my driveway is

welcome to a cup or bowl

Dinner done.

Time to get to breakfast

more like brunch

with

Tofu Scramble

served on a multi-grain tortilla

and topped with

tofutti sour cream & salsa

folded over

and held in place

with a toothpick

portable food

that eats well in front of the

tele

I'm not trying to pull one over here

 T-O-F-U

has become a four letter word

 in my house

not sure why

since all believed they were eating

real eggs

when I last made this

Good thing it refrigerates well

for quick go-to

breakfasts

all week 

long.

Their loss

my gain.

And yet I yearn

for the good ol' days when the

Joy of Cooking

was not only about

 the process

but

came from

making those you love

happy

oh...

how I miss their sheer pleasure

of coming to the table

without

a bazillion questions

like

What's in this?

Is it chili with real meat?

???

I'm not an all in...

my way or the highway

type of person

but with real health concerns in the family

and 

scientific backing

on my side

I would hope for a little

more cooperation

and

an adventurous spirit

where food is concerned.

I'm not trying to fool them

I'm trying to feed them

and

feed them well.

But that's another post.

Wow!

Where did that come from?

Saturdays...

you never know where there

going to take you!