For reasons that will become clear in the near future but that I will currently explain simply as "an occupational hazard," I had to bake eight batches of box-mix brownies yesterday. Technically, I didn't eat any of the brownies I baked, unless you count the batter from each scraped bowl, and the crumbs under the cooling racks, and of course whatever chewy goodness stuck to the knife when I was cutting the 9-by-9-inch batches into smaller squares. So, uh, yeah, I didn't feel like my best self when it was all over. I don't expect anyone to feel sorry for me here, nor do I expect anyone to find the situation normal in any way. (When I told Abby what my work required of me that morning, she said "That is not work, sorry, Mom.") But surely everyone has those kind of days where you end up rolling into the kitchen at dinnertime craving nothing but vegetables and redemption? In my case, that redemption arrived in the form of black rice bowls topped with various roasted green things, something I've been craving every since first spying a version in the excellent new book
Black Rice Buddha Bowls with Peanut Sauce
Black Rice Buddha Bowls with Peanut Sauce
Black Rice Buddha Bowls with Peanut Sauce
For reasons that will become clear in the near future but that I will currently explain simply as "an occupational hazard," I had to bake eight batches of box-mix brownies yesterday. Technically, I didn't eat any of the brownies I baked, unless you count the batter from each scraped bowl, and the crumbs under the cooling racks, and of course whatever chewy goodness stuck to the knife when I was cutting the 9-by-9-inch batches into smaller squares. So, uh, yeah, I didn't feel like my best self when it was all over. I don't expect anyone to feel sorry for me here, nor do I expect anyone to find the situation normal in any way. (When I told Abby what my work required of me that morning, she said "That is not work, sorry, Mom.") But surely everyone has those kind of days where you end up rolling into the kitchen at dinnertime craving nothing but vegetables and redemption? In my case, that redemption arrived in the form of black rice bowls topped with various roasted green things, something I've been craving every since first spying a version in the excellent new book