Last week was black bean and sweet potato week here at the Baker house. I know that probably sounds strange to you, because it did to me a couple of weeks ago. But we (and by “we” I mean Craig) had purchased many, many pounds of sweet potatoes about a month ago, and they needed to be eaten. And black beans are cheap (as were sweet potatoes, hence our abundance). And I generally trust Moosewood cookbooks, so I thought I’d give the “black bean and sweet potato hash” a try. Now, I’m not one to make hashes, as a general rule, so this involved a little bravery to start with. Here’s the recipe, so you can see for yourself what I was getting into.
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Mother knows best
So Lucy likes to take down the spices (and extracts, and colored sugar) from the spice rack and smell them. This is usually a harmless passtime, which possibly develops her sensory awareness, so usually I let her be. There have been a couple of spills (sesame seeds come to mind), but, as I say, it’s all usually harmless.
So yesterday, I noticed Lucy pouring the orange sugar from the bottle into the bottle cap and eating it. I questioned her, and she denied eating it. I warned her that the things on the spice rack go in foods, but aren’t very tasty by themselves. (Not true of colored sugar, but it was a general statement.) I walked away.
Mmmm…bread
Today’s lesson: how the bread machine works. Including discussion of the heating element, the rotary motion of the mixing paddle, basic and more elaborate bread ingredients, etc. The bread machine then got a good scrubbing. What subject does that go under? : )
Happy Birthday, Samantha!
Ok, it’s a couple of days late, but that was so that I could get the pictures up. I can’t believe she’s a year old already! I had to go back and re-read her birth story as part of the celebration.
We had broccoli pasta and apples and squash, both of which Samantha could eat and really, really enjoyed.
We had apple pie instead of cake, since she can’t have eggs. (There are eggless cakes we like, but the pie is really good!)
