"serene" > wrote in message
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> Well, not frenzy, exactly. More like relaxed puttering, and I'm loving
> it.

Yeah, that's fun!
>
> On the stove is a pot of brown rice simmering in fresh chicken stock,
> on which to serve the tofu curry I'll make in a few minutes. In the
> oven are a couple of eggplants for the baba ganouj I'm making for
> tomorrow's open house. Also gonna make the garlic fondue (with a
> sweet batard and some rustic rye to cube and dip, along with some fuji
> and granny smith apples), a veggie tray, and some guacamole. Guy's
> partner is putting out chips, salsa, soup, cold cuts, drinks, and who
> knows what all else -- she usually goes overboard, and who doesn't
> love that?
>
> What are y'all cooking tonight?
>

We had a pretty simple supper, since we were going out later. We had a
salad of cooked, chilled rock shrimp, sliced avocado, and sectioned ruby
grapefruit atop a mix of baby arugula and baby spinach. The dressing was
simply olive oil, lemon juice, and chopped shallot. We heated up a baguette
to accompany it. Very tasty and light.

Later, at our friends' house, we ordered pizza and noshed on Doritos,
Funyons, and assorted chocolates (I brought along the last of Carol's peanut
butter thingies -- the Wheat Thins and PB drenched in chocolate, plus some
sparkling wine and sparkling grape juice). It was a pretty low-key night by
adult standards (though the kids were thrilled...they got to stay up past
midnight, and do the whole horns-hats-streamers-confetti-SillyString
routine).

I should be plotting a great breakfast for hubby and I tomorrow....I'm
counting on the little ones sleeping til at least 11 a.m.

Chris