This morning I was up early, bathed and dressed even, testing out the “Fronch” toast recipe from my new Vegan with a Vengeance cookbook…all before 10am. After breakfast I offered to take the little man to the Walker’s family day festivities. But it was a no-go. And who can blame him, after rushing off to school first thing in the morning, five days a week. So instead he’s been lounging in his pajamas all day long, watching movies on my laptop. Hey, that’s my job! Buh.
Now the husband, he is often skeptical of these new-fangled cookbooks that make their way into our home. And, not unlike many high school home-ec teachers, he prefers an older edition of The Joy of Cooking to all other cookbooks. But he dutifully thumbed through Vegan with a Vengeance and saw that it contains a recipe for biscuits, one that was veganized from an old school Betty Crocker recipe, so he thought he’d give it a go. He is the starch king after all, so he whipped up a batch of those, along with mashed potatoes…while I made the batter-fried seitan and gravy (one of our standards). Mmmmmm, starch-y. We will be making those biscuits again. But I do want to try something from the cookbook other than carb-laden goods. Next on the list, the white bean and roasted garlic soup.
Bonus: I love it when the little man spontaneously bursts into song. It’s especially funny when it’s “I like to move it, move it” from Madagascar, a movie we’e seen exactly once.
Plus: Right now I could be at the Is This Art or Is This Punk? Fest. And I really should be there, considering how close it is to our house, and how rarely anything of interest happens near here, but instead I am watching as the husband plays more DragonQuest VIII. So sad.
