Grenadine Ick

Woke up late, too hot to go out with Edie in the morning, just stayed in and prepped for the evening's dinner. Took Edles to our friend MAP's office in the afternoon followed by some playground int he rain. A nice evening indoors with another family from the 'hood


TODAY'S COOKING
Grenadine syrup: 2 cups pomegranate juice, 2 cups cherry juice, 4 cups sugar. I made the mistake of walking away and candied it, making a big sticky lump that hardens when hit with cold seltzer, not dissolve.  Will try again and be more careful. (I'm making this to add to seltzer and some lime juice to make an old fashioned Lime Rickey, inspired by the knish lecture I took in this past week.)
Pizza: -sigh-. First time cooking pizza since leaving the restaurant. Watching my hands stretch the (whole wheat Wholefoods) dough, topping the pies as I've seen done 1000s of times. Made margarita, a pepperoni, a white pie with a medley of vegetables I roasted earlier, a nutella pie decorated with jelly beans contributed by a 2 year old guest. It was fun to make pizzas, but it's starting to feel like something from the past already.


BREAKFAST: 10:15am, smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Milk, banana, good yogurt, CSA blueberries, frozen cherries & mango, ground flax, vanilla extract, salt. Pretty good, not very sweet but still balanced. Edie demanded some, sat next to me with a cup of it, and proceeded to get equal amounts in her mouth, smeared on her nude body, and the bench and walls.


LUNCH: 1:15pm, apple pork sausage, green pasta, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 6pm, assorted slices of homemade pizza, 3 small ice cream sandwiches, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5