August 17th, 2009
I’m having my two cousins and a new cousin in law over for dinner. This morning I decided on a simple meal which somehow spiralled out of control – I ended up preparing several dishes from scratch and cleaning the entire apartment (minus the office, which despite my best intentions always looks like hell) and doing all the laundry. As usual having guests turned into a full day of preparation for me. Now I am tired but I have the following ready to serve tonight:
Spicy garlic and cauliflower soup with flat leaf parsley
Roasted tomato, onion, garlic, and artichoke sauce for pasta
A green salad
Chocolate raspberry mousse. This started as chocolate mousse with a raspberry coulis topping but somehow when I poured the mousse into dessert cups I poured for four, when there will be five eaters. I tried redistributing the amounts to a fifth cup but it looked messy, and in the process I tasted it and decided it wasn’t chocolately enough. I scraped it all back into the blender (coulis included) for more cocoa and another round of blending. I washed the cups and repoured the redone mousse, this time into five cups, and now I am hoping it sets up properly. No egg whites, of course, so who knows how it will behave? It may be loose but it tastes good.
So that’s been my day. I intended to do a lot of reading but didn’t have any time for it between grocery shopping, bathroom and floor cleaning, laundry, dishes, and cooking. You know, my experience of being a stay at home wife has taught me that it’s not hyperbole when they say properly caring for a home is a full time job. It really is – and I don’t even have kids!
But anyway dinner is going to kick ass.