Reading and Eating
We had some great meals last week! Having visitors really helped motivate me. But first, I finished a book I really liked: I originally got this book because I thought it would be light and easy to read during a busy week. I had no idea I would enjoy it so much! Five years ago, Lucy was somehow involved in the murder of her best friend. Everyone thinks she did it, but she can’t remember anything about the incident, and she was never charged with the crime. She’s trying to put it all behind her, but a true crime podcast is dredging it up again and forcing her to revisit the scene, and memories start to return, little by little. This book was funny! (For anyone who’s read it- Grandma’s birthday party, hahahahahaha!) And it’s a satisfying mystery, and there’s a little romance thrown in. I enjoyed it so much, I was sad when it ended because I didn’t want to stop reading it. Everyone recommended the audio version, but I read the print and I can vouch for the fact that it was VERY enjoyable in that format. Ah, food. I already reported on the epic burrito night from my sister’s visit. The next night we ate out at Planta, an amazing vegan restaurant. We got all sorts of sushi rolls: …and noodle dishes, appetizers, and some amazing desserts. Fun and delicious night! THEN… we had our Big Pizza Party! Originally we were going to make four different pizzas, but the logistics of getting them all cooked at the same time didn’t make sense, so we made two very large ones. The first was half Buffalo “chicken” (we used the Daring brand) and artichoke, and the other half was Beyond sausage, pineapple, and hot peppers: The second pizza was our “bipolar” pizza. About 2/3rds of it was a veggie-lovers pizza, with yellow pepper, broccoli, hot peppers, and onion, and the other third was a “vegan meat lovers” pizza with leftover Beyond sausage, Buffalo chicken (we just put on everything that didn’t fit on the other pizza) and vegan pepperoni from Trader Joes. Both pizzas had homemade pizza sauce and Miyoko’s liquid mozzarella. So good!!! It probably goes without saying that after all this, I hit the wall. Our visitors left and I felt like I never wanted to cook dinner again. We got Chipotle the next night, and since then we’ve been grudgingly throwing together some meals, because everyone still insists upon eating dinner… every. single. night. Sigh. What are you reading? Have you made any great meals lately? Top photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash