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Recovering from a Long Week…with Beets with Yogurt and Za’atar

beets with yogurt and za'atar | dailywaffle

Wolf was down in California finishing off Triathalon season over the weekend and I was back at the ranch prepping for the long week ahead. Food-wise, it was a hodge-podge, though I did cook Friday night after living off of enchilada casserole all week. It felt good to get back in the kitchen on Saturday morning and do something that didn't involve sitting in front of a computer. Kneading dough for pita bread and running some errands did me some good. But then that pita really needed something to go along with. Hummus?  Mmm, ok, but maybe something else?

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Sweet, Simple, Seriously Chocolate Pudding

Sometimes you just need things to be easy and uncomplicated.  To cap off a long week, you want something familiar. Something simple and delicious. That’s what this chocolate pudding is, just simple.  No parfait treatments or graham cracker crusts or whipped cream dollops here -- just good ol' pudding.  Where the box variety suggests chocolate flavor, this pudding doesn’t skimp. It's sweet, simple, and seriously chocolatey without being too rich.

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Dinner for One: Cherry Arugula Salad

cherry arugula salad| dailywaffle

Today, it's been eight days since I’ve seen my husband.  I’ve eaten five dinners on my own, if granola and snack mix on the plane home from Austin count as “dinner.” Cooking what I like, only for myself, usually that’s totally liberating. I get to eat all the things I like and he doesn’t. I see myself leaning against the stove in a crisp white shirt (mmm, very practical), sleeves rolled up, stirring a pot with one hand, contemplating my day while leisurely sipping a glass of red wine.  Like in a movie.

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It’s a (pre)Taco Tuesday Taste-Off

vegetarian crunchy taco 2| dailywaffleHold the phone, is this seriously a post for tacos? Are you trying to tell me there’s some grand secret for browning some ground beef in a skillet, adding some spices and then piling it into a crunchy store-bought shell with lettuce, cheese and salsa? Look closer, my friend. That there taco isn’t a standard issue Taco Bell remake. So what gives? It's a pre-Taco Tuesday Taste-Off.

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Bhutan Red Rice with Chickpeas & Currants

  The other night I decided what to make for dinner around 5 o’clock. For someone who likes having a plan, that was late. A bag of chickpeas was thawing the in the fridge, so I made half a batch of hummus and then had to do something with the rest.  Flipping to the index in the Jerusalem cookbook there it was, Basmati and Wild Rice with Chickpeas, Currants and Herbs. I went to the cupboard.  No wild rice. Just as well, I wasn’t gonna wait around for 45 minutes for it to cook anyway. Currants?  Check.  Herbs? Well, cilantro.  Close enough. Time to riff.

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