We spend so much time doing social rounds till we don't get the luxury of staying home alot unless we specifically allocate time to that purpose.
So this evening, we turned down invitations to (restaurant) dinners and drinks to stay in to watch some of those movies we got last week. (There is 'Lantana'!)
I was watching a segment on reindeer as food on 'Discovery Travel and Living'. So I had to remind the man not to be too adventurous. "No reindeer brain or anything weird! Pasta please!!!" I yelled from the room. He flipped through the August issue of Gourmet and picked out a recipe- tonnato sauce with arugula.
He made a side dish of Spanish chorizo and scallops to go along with the pasta. While I generally avoid spiced meats, the man appreciates that salty meaty taste like chorizo and all kinds of spiced sausages. Those scallops were nice.
In case I made noise about the chorizo, he oven-baked a halibut in onions, fennel seeds and lemons as well. I raised an eyebrow at the addition fennel seeds. He rarely uses fennel seeds in his cooking. He's fond of using fresh fennel, not the seeds. He just wanted to prove a point about not overly trigger happy with fennel seeds after that disasterous dish at Spruce.
Now, I want dessert. :) Let's see what's available in the freezer.
10 comments:
it's nice to stay home and spend quality time. but then, every time you spend is always quality time.
looking forward to see what your guy is going to cook up with all the new bottles of gourmet stuffs you've brought back on your trip.
getting to stay in for the evening is actually a rare luxury
tuti: using them bottles slowly but surely!
sinlady: totally!
sausages, scallops, pasta - what could go wrong?! :) Well, my lifestyle is the opposite of yours. Going out for dinner feels like a luxury but one which I rather engage in on an occasional basis :)
jomel: I suppose at different stages of life, we trade lifestyles. if i had chosen to have children, i'd have to eat in very often too! dining out would probably be reduced to a twice or thrice a week affair.
Your fridge stocks a lot of stuff huh!
yum yum. the man can seriously consider opening his own restaurant.
lms: VERY many stuff. that's why i wonder why we go grocery shopping weekly still. whatever we get on one trip is enough to last the month!
yann: hahah. he always dreams about it. but too scared of the hard work involved!
If we get to go out more than once a week, that's a luxury :)
I have the can-wait-can't-wait agony of waiting for the kids to be old enough to not need a babysitter.
kachunknorge: i know! i babysit for friends about once a week. heheh.
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