The Amazing Power of Bacon Mac n' Cheese

A good weekend, I guess. Saturday woke up late, went to eat with B, caught a movie, food shopping, some cooking, vegetating in front of the TV. Made rice n' beans again, went heavier on the sofrito and added dried porcini to the pot. Used the chicken stock I made last week, much better than the packaged stuff.

Sunday morning cooked a large quantity of bacon mac n' cheese for a holiday party which we attended in the evening. The hostess kept on refilling my martini glass, but I never did get particularly drunk. The amazing power of bacon mac n' cheese! Used a simple recipe -- noodles al dente. Make a roux, add hot milk, add three kinds of cheeses. Slop all together and bake for an hour. I added a rasher of Niman Ranch bacon, sauted in battonettes, and gave a nice smokey overtone to this high-calorie dish. Fat really shouts flavor, and when you suspend bits of bacon in a souffle of high-fat cheese, it does not joke around.

SATURDAY:
BREAKFAST: 12:3opm, bagel with cream cheese and salmon, 3 slices of bacon, spoonful of potato, spoonful of Israeli salad, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 7:30pm, sofrito shrimp with rice and beans, topped with lime juice and jack cheese, 2 bowls, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 9pm, handful of chocolate chips, spoonful of freshly made mint chocolate chip ice cream, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING WATERING: 10pm, quart

SUNDAY:
BREAKFAST: 10:30am, organic cheerios with good milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 2:30pm, half a steak sandwich with onions and cheese, steak fries, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 6pm, small plate of bacon mac n' cheese, a stuffed mushroom, 2 cheesy toasts, 4 cosmopolitans, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Surprisingly, only got slightly buzzed, and it wore off by the time we left around 7:30pm.

EVENING SNACK: 8:30pm, a third of a slice of chocolate mousse cake, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING WATERING: 10pm, quart