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December 29, 2007

The thing about planning meals for the week is that they’re just a plan, not set in stone. Since J. was home on vacation this week, I thought we’d stick pretty closely to the meals I outlined for the week. Not to be.

Wednesday the kids were being ornery and J. had no interest in the eggplant. Since I hadn’t purchased the ingredients yet, I scrapped that plan and fed the kids yogurt (a favorite meal for them). Then we ordered Indian from Mughal Palace. Yum, and no dishes to wash. The next day I went to the supermarket to pick up eggplant anyway, thinking I’d make the dish over the weekend instead. But the eggplants all sounded hollow and were mushy near the stem, so I passed on that recipe entirely.

Friday I did cook the soup in the afternoon, and I was planning on serving leftover rotisserie chicken with it (for me and G., since A. and J. won’t eat it). Then we had a late-afternoon playdate and the boys wound up eating there. J. didn’t feel like having the soup because I’d forgotten some sort of bread to have with it. I’m going to make beer bread today for the first time and we’ll have that with the soup for lunch.

A bright spot: My in-laws brought us a few bottles of wine from Panacea Wine Co., a 2005 cabernet sauvignon which was really easy to drink — mostly because it was very light and barely dry. I thought it was fresh-tasting and enjoyed it, though I see it’s not getting great reviews online for the price. (But hey, free to me!)

Tomorrow I’ll be doing cooking for New Year’s Eve, which we spend with friends on Long Island. I’m making cold sesame noodles, some kind of chicken satay, guacamole, and kitchen-sink cookies. Will be posting many recipes, I promise!

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