Monthly Archives: November 2005
Asian Braised Beef
“Asian Beef”, the name of which tells you it’s Americanized. Turned out ok, despite including sesame oil. It probably helps that the instructions (mix 7-ingredient sauce, pour on flank steak, broil 5 min, flip, broil more) means that all the … Continue reading
Cranberry Pancakes
Cranberry pancakes turned out really well. Standard pancakes, with 1/3 whole wheat flour, an extra 1/2 TBSP of sugar, a bunch of cinnamon, and a lot of slightly microwaved and smushed up cranberries.
8s
Another fabulous evening at skating club. During class they had us do figure 8s. This is much harder than it sounds. After class I pulled out some old printouts of ISI dance steps (a set of moves they make up … Continue reading
Oven-Braised Lentils with Sausage
Oven-Braised Lentils with Sausage (Cooking Light, 11/05), with red wine instead of white. Good, fast (except for the baking). Made a lot (a pound of lentils and nearly a pound of turkey kielbasa), so it’ll be dinner all week.
Book Log
Books read recently: Melusine, Master and Commander (abridged, on tape), Warprize, My Antonia (on tape).
Progressives…?
Dunno what progressives are supposed to be. They’re a dance move. The coach kept saying “they’re not like crossovers”, which was not so helpful, since what she was doing didn’t make me think “crossover” at all. We learned the Dutch … Continue reading
