Tasty Snacks & Edibles

That day I had chores to do at home, and scheduled a few deliveries to receive since those were chilled and frozen items, and edibles. Then surprise surprise, more edible gifts from the friends also arrived. J's Christmas box of dips, cheese and crackers arrived beautifully packed from Loaded Gun Kitchen and The Cheese Deli.  

Then the friends' 滿月盒 arrived (to celebrate their newborn son turning a month old). The sweets and savory items were supplied from Traditional Bakes by Nicole Tan. I was surprised to see glutinous rice in there, along with a small tub of sambal. There were two portions of Chinese-style glutinous rice; it was almost 5pm, and we had no dinner plans that night. I decided to snack. I promptly ate one portion of glutinous rice that held peanuts and a ton of fried shallots, and the sambal was spicy. Wow, those were delicious! 

All these presents meant that I didn't have to think about the menu for meals at home this weekend. We would have a few hearty meals planned at the restaurants, and wouldn't want to eat so much at home at lunch or even for dinner. We could rustle up something with all these gifts. I had cooked up a batch of Impossible beef bolognese sauce to keep in the fridge for the weekend. Boiling up a batch of wholewheat fusilli to go with that would meet all needs for carbs. 

Since there were no plans to head out for dinner tonight, we stayed in. Didn't even need to go out to tapau food or to order in. We had loads to eat. There were stuff in the fridge, including tomatoes and butterhead lettuce. There were the two hard-boiled red eggs too. Muahahahaha. We were sorted. Dinner was a platter of crackers, dips and cheese. BEST. We didn't need anything more substantial. These were enough! 

The man had a huge huge carb-filled lunch and couldn't have anything heavy for dinner either. Neither could he stomach a steak or a fillet of fish. The aged gouda boerenkaas was full of umami and while Smol Girl loved that scent, I didn't let her have beyond a small nibble. I allowed her to have a few pieces of comté. The cheeses went so well with the dips.