Actually seeing the Mattas (outside), last night, reminds me how much I miss being to occasionally see people. No dance recital, no Thanksgiving, and no Yule celebrations. I suspect I will need some practice again to be social in the manner, when time comes again where we can safely physically close again, but I do miss it.

Pancakes

Delayed! First I didn’t have the syrup (came from the food coop), then I didn’t have time.

Roasted Potatoes and Chicken

Delayed! My late working didn’t allow this.

White Bean and Chicken Soup

I had time on Saturday, so I there I was spending a couple of hours making dinner. Nothing overly complicated. I did make some adjustments. The Chili powder blend was the last of Aji Amarillo, that I bought for some reason, and I swapped the cayenne for dried jalapeño. It came out pretty good, warming on a cold near winter day. Add a some crushed chips and some sour cream. Good things.

Egg, Kimchi, and Avocado Sandwiches

While this was to make them en masse, I ended up frying the eggs instead. I thought about baking less eggs, but as I was, again, working late, the time was a factor, so fried eggs it was. I did turn them over a bit to solidify the yolks, but not too much. Other then that it was pretty much the same, though Shannon skipped the Kimchi.

Cheese-Free Sweet Potato Quesadillas

Delayed!

Snickerdoodles

The balls of dough got bigger as I was making them, so I ended up with 18 of the 24 cookies predicted. This made some of the cookies a bit too wide. Taste, overall, was pretty good. I specifically used one with out vegetable shortening, because I didn’t want to buy vegetable shortening. There may be something missing because of that.