Honestly, I have recently reflected that I seem to spend a lot of time in the kitchen for someone who doesn't cook very much anymore. I didn't realize the level of my descent until COVID cut off access to the meals that I so enjoy but don't have the skill or coordination to make. It's so often that I have to change the menu for the lack of one crucial ingredient, and then my plans for multiple items are spread out and often eaten together only a couple dishes later, or not at all.
I was totally surprised, and felt extremely grateful, therefore, to friends more organized and with better cooking skills, who dropped off these wonderful items over the last few weeks of holidays.
I am not going to lie. It was one of the worse weeks of my life, this past Christmas. It was time for my daughter to go to her dad's and all I had to look forward to was 4 days of 24 hour call and a Christmas totally alone with no distractions of dinner or drinks or walks with friends. I often cry after I drop her off, or waste the evening in a funk, but this was the first time I lay on the floor and started bawling before she left, and had to tell her that I didn't want her to leave.
So these unexpected gifts of practical love have meant more than I can ever express. Even more that they came in reusable and reused containers, reflecting the shared reality of takeout and its plastic cost, and how we are doing our best to make it useful in other ways.
So thank you to my daughter and my friends who came through when I needed it most. May there come a day that I can pay back my debt, but until that day comes I will pay it forward whenever I can.
Until then, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for being a friend!
Butterscotch chocolate loaf, lentil soup, mango mousse, buns, fig pecan cranberry salad, chocolate chip cookie mix (top left clockwise to bottom left)
Zippole and Cannoli stuffed with cold whipped cream from La Tratt in Kirkland
Gado-Gado with a generous amount of peanut sauce and satay meatballs that Princess Pirate approved of as "the best" she has ever eaten!
Korean glass noodles complete with kim-chee
Dessert or breakfast tarts? Both!
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