Then, for the evening, I celebrated my parent's anniversary and brother's birthday with my family. We decided to order take out from Wood Ranch. The tri-tip was really good; and I'll know to order the baby back ribs instead of the beef ones next time. It was great that they were able to provide a box of sweet potato fries, and their rolls were great. The black beans, cole slaw, broccoli, mashed potatoes, and WR fries were regular. The pan-seared salmon with soy sauce and brown sugar was tastier than the hardwood-grilled trout.
On Sunday, we had the Community Group Leader kickoff luncheon, with a Hawaiian theme. Along the lines of the song I blogged about last week, the title of a book mentioned really says a lot "If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat" by John Ortberg
In thinking of what to cook for the next COA outreach, I tried a new dish last night, and it turned out quite well. It's a chicken with rice and vegetable stew. I pan-seared the chicken with an herb rub, added vegetables (carrots and italian squash), covered with water to boil; and then added rice and cooked till done. It was fairly easy, one-pot cooking; and had a lot of flavor. Equal parts rice, meat, and vegetables work pretty well; and next time, it may make sense to add the it squash later, since it cooks faster than the other ingredients. It reminded me a little of the dish that was made from the packages we put together for COTN - except, here we have real vegetables instead of dried beans. I also just roasted zucchini; and cooked chicken in a pan with a hazelnut olive oil vinigraitte with herbs, onions, and garlic. The reduction as the chicken cooked made a really nice lightly sweet marinade. It's nice when dishes turn out well, and I do enjoy cooking.
Full weekends usually result in being even more tired than usual on Monday mornings; but, making memories and spending time with others are important parts of life.
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