LOVELY SATURDAY

Today was supposed to be a makeup day for all the students who have missed lessons due to weather, illness, and stupidity. One, I repeat, one student, out of six, remembered and showed up. One. Well, the good news is I have had the greatest Saturday. My idea of a perfect Saturday is plenty of time at home, cleaning, doing laundry, listening to beautiful and fun music (today's choice is brazilian), planning a yummy dinner for that evening, preferably simmering in a crock pot all day, and doing all of this in sweats and slippers. I have done all of that, including teaching my one student, and I even started reading my new book I bought yesterday on a whim. YEE HAW!

So, to recap, RECIPE #3, the chick pea and pea shoot salad, was delicious. Not to brag, but I think I make better salads than this. The dressing didn't have as much flavor as I thought it would have. Sam loved the salad, and I liked it a lot. Some tweaking and I think I'll make this salad a lot in the future.

Tonight's dinner ~ RECIPE #5: NEW YEAR'S SOUP, page 132. Black-eyed peas, collard greens, parsnips, carrots, etc. Looks very yummy. Dying to try it.

Tomorrow night, I am going to a super bowl party. I am trying two new inventions on the poor suckers: the totally healthy spinach artichoke dip I created and absolutely love, and a buffalo wing dip that is also totally healthy, served with celery. Both are packed with beans, which get really creamy when you break them down in a food processor, instead of cream cheese or even worse, mayo. Blech. I'm tempted to not tell anyone how healthy they are and just see what they think first...