Week 31: Ready to Leave

Recipes to Go: 507 204

Weeks to Go: 52 21

Recipes Made This Week

Leek Soup with Brie Toasts

African Beef Curry

Pot de Creme

Tropical Lime Chicken

Walnut-Filled Coffee Cakes

Ranger Cookies

Honey-Glazed Snack Mix

Coming off the high of last week's recipe binge, I started the week with some leek soup. I came across a little financial trouble with this one. It called for tarragon, which as it turns out is ridiculously expensive. Since I wasn't sure how often I'd be using it, I couldn't justify the expense, especially after already buying the leeks ($$$) and the brie ($$$). Apparently this is an expensive soup. Luckily, it tastes that way.

(Also luckily, there's a decent blend of spices that can get you close to tarragon. Thanks Internet.) The Husband doesn't like brie normally, but this toast was fabulous. I think the next time I see some on sale, I'll grab some day old Italian bread and make this again. Because it has such a wonderful buttery taste when it's toasted. And it goes so well with leeks.

I fed the missionaries on Tuesday. The problem was, I was going to be out of the house most of the afternoon and they had requested to come earlier than usual. Well, this would have been a problem had it not been for this lovely recipe. We are huge fans of curry at our house. I have made it several times and it's one of my favorite go-to meals, but I didn't know what would be different about African style curry.

As it turns out, not much, mostly the toppings. So it was delicious, and I got to leave it on the stove, have rice cooking in the rice cooker and open my door to people waiting on the porch and be greeted by a delicious smell. I only have to set the table and we could eat. It was fabulous. And it tasted fabulous too.

For dessert, I tried the Pot de Creme. Unfortunately, I made it at noon, rather than the night before, so when we ate it hadn't quite set up yet. That didn't stop it from being delicious. Nothing like drinking thick chocolate yumminess out of wine glasses . . .

Since we were going to Brazil for two weeks, and leaving on Friday, I was trying to get through all the food in the house. So Wednesday was leftover night.

Thursday I made the Chicken with tropical salsa. The salsa would have been much better if I could have let it settle all together longer, but alas, time is usually not on my side when it comes to dinner.

That day I also made the coffee cakes to take to class with me in the morning. They were huge. I guess I let the yeast get away from me. Consequently, they tasted yeasty to me, but no one else said anything, so I might have just been crazy hormone taste buds.

Friday, despite our mid-day departure time, I managed to make the Ranger cookies. I halved the recipe and it only made a little over a dozen, perfect for a car ride. And they were very tasty. More interesting flavors than regular oatmeal cookies. The Captain enjoyed them, as did the rest of us.

Also for the car ride, I made the Honey-Glazed Snack Mix. I didn't add nuts, for The Captain's sake. Unfortunately, these just tasted burnt to me, but everyone else, including my niece loved them. So I guess again it was just me.