We both took Friday off, we had planned to meet my parents at a state park in between Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, but it looked like it might rain, so we just met them in Cedar Rapids instead. Mom served a nice meal, and we chatted for several hours. Afterwards, I dropped off a bottle of whiskey that I had bought on behalf of Nathan and a beer, and ended up dining out (post CDC change) with the Matta family. Though we were in a very loud section of the restaurant it was nice to spend time, joke, chat, and just be with people.

Pasta Alla Zozzona

Interesting process to get a wonderful flavor. I quite enjoyed this pasta. I ended up using puréed whole tomatoes, because I don’t think I’ve ever seen “passata”…anywhere. This’ll have to get made again.

I did have to make an adjustment cause I though i had red pepper flakes, but I did not, so I used a bit of jalapeño powder. I’ll need to make a list for all spice.

Spicy Orecchiette With Tuna, Peas, and Lemon Recipe

I made the effort to get a spendy jar of tuna. This was fantastic, but was it so fantastic that it was worth 3 times the price of the tuna, I normally buy? Perhaps. Comes together pretty quickly, and surprisingly enough, the cats only noticed when we started eating dinner. Red pepper flakes substitution applied on this as well.

Ground Turkey and Peppers

A bit of a long day, surprise end of day work, so I didn’t feel cooking, so, Delayed!

Soy Braised Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Steamed Rice (if I can find Sweet Potatoes)

We went out to the Cheese Bar, and ate there, So Delayed until today.

Taco Salad

Went with just beans, instead of beans and chorizo. Good things.