This week was definitely outside the norm. I headed to Cedar Rapids for a team meeting on Tuesday afternoon, and returned Wednesday evening, I stayed in a hotel for the first time since this whole mess started. It was nice to actually see and talk to my coworkers, though I am not really the type of person that needs a lot of face to face interaction, it was good to have a bit.
On Friday, I took the day off, as I am above the non-temporary max of vacation, so I got a hair cut, and went to my late visit of the Cheese Shop. Shannon decided to come home early so I, jokingly reluctantly, brought her home a sandwhich, after she discovered I went out to eat lunch.
Last of my lunch at the Cheese Shop
Stovetop Mac n Cheese n Spinach (p.380 Good Eats: The Final Years)
This was a quite good mac and cheese, though I did struggle at the end adding (half as much as called for after doubling the recipe) the spinach. So I should probably use a bigger pot the next time I use this. This did leave shannon something to eat for lunch as I headed off for my first in person meeting in a long time. As a side note, I used mass market Irish cheddar, because of timing, and I feel vaguely guilty about it.
Light and Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe
I remember why I didn’t like this recipe. I get the paint of doing the extra work of separating the eggs, whisking the whites and all that. I’m just not going to do it. So I did it, the pancakes were fine.
Chickpea Salad Sandwiches
Needed more salt. And more spices. For some of the leftovers I added a wee bit of hot sauce and it was much better, served with Triscuit and ate some this morning for breakfast, and it was a lot better with the saltiness of the cracker and the heat from the hot sauce. It made for a good snack breakfast. On the other side, I think it often depends on the chickpeas to how cooked they are when they are canned. Some will be a bit more chalky in texture, than others.
Brats
BBQ version apparently (what I found open(ish) first). Good stuff.