Snowed In

I’m sitting on the couch I built (in the IKEA sense of the word) last night. It’s dusk, and the sky out the window is in that vague, calming state between blue and overcast. Nina Simone is singing on the radio… “What good does it do if I ain’t got you?” I’ve got some veggies in the oven–a new recipe. It goes like this:

Cut up all the tough winter vegetables you’ve got. I’ve got some butternut squash, a bunch of carrots, some zucchini. You don’t need to cut them into bite size, just cut them so they are mostly uniform size. I also tossed in a few onions because they provide that sweet sweetness.

Toss them in a pan with:

1 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cayenne (substitute paprika or other ground red pepper)
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon anchur (mango powder)
1 teaspoon FRESH ground pepper
1/4 cup olive oil or so. Enough to coat.

Bake in the oven until veggies are soft and delicious, stirring every 15 mins or so. I’m guessing it’ll take about 45 minutes.

I’m about 30 minutes in, and it smells wonderful. I call it “Broiled Curry Vegetables”. Of course, I don’t know how it tastes, so what good is a recipe?

Nina says “You are young, gifted, and black, we must begin to tell our young.”

Last night, Alex, Kaya, David and Kensy came over. We had a few drinks on the new couch, walked to Nunu’s for anther drink, stumbled back and had quesadillas (with the heirloom tomato salsa fresca I made yesterday). It was a nice, relaxing night. I think my new living room is pretty calming. Tomorrow I’m having people over for lasagna, and I’m stressing a bit about it. I’m not sure why. I invited a bunch of people, and I want everyone to have a fun time.

Maybe it’s just because I invited some new people and I want them to like me. And I’m not sure how everyone will mix together. That’s probably it.

Anyway, if you’re in SD and you want to come, drop me an email or call.