Reading and Eating
Oof! My son has arrived home in his usual swirl of chaos. This time the chaos was especially… swirly… because his car broke down two hours from home and had to be towed to the nearest Kia dealer. My husband went to pick him up, and now we’re dealing with repairs while the car is on the other side of the state… but we’ll get it figured out. The main thing is, he’s home! And he seems to have assigned me a summer reading list. But first, I’m in the middle of this book: At first I didn’t lone it; it felt disjointed and I didn’t feel any connection to the main character (I wonder if that’s because it’s a female main character, written by a male author?) But it got better and better, and now I’m involved in the plot. I’d better finish it fast, because I have two books waiting for me: The Anthony Horowitz is the latest “Hawthorne” mystery. Since it’s a library book, I’ll read that first and then get into the Orson Scott Card. Over the school year, my son read the entire “Shadow” series and is urging me to do the same. I really wasn’t planning on making this ANOTHER summer of Orson Scott Card, but he told me to just read the first book. Okay, I will. But I’m not reading the whole series! (famous last words…) He also has a nonfiction book lined up for me, and then he’s starting another sci-fi series. Well, good thing I won’t be running much next week after my race- I can spend all my free time reading. Eating! Yes, I cooked. I didn’t cook anything new, but I made some old favorites. Inspired by Elisabeth, I made this recipe for Mango Curry. I’m sure it bears very little resemblance to Elisabeth’s recipe, and as a matter of fact my own dish bears little resemblance to the recipe I “followed.” Basically I used it as a rough guide- added tofu, used broccoli instead of cabbage, only used one mango and cut down on the sugar. Other than that it was exactly the same (ha ha.) On Sunday I made baked ziti: This is the same recipe I’ve been making for almost 20 years. The recipe came from the food section of our newspaper. That shows you how long ago it was (we got a newspaper delivered???) It uses vegan cheese, and a creamy sauce made with tofu. So good! And, I made brownies! My daughter requested “Oreo brownies,” but my son thought that sounded disgusting. No problemo! After 15 years, I’m used to accommodating two kids with completely different tastes: I used this recipe from Nora Cooks, and just added Oreos (to half.) it worked out great! What are you reading? Oreo brownies- yay, or nay? Top photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash