Home of the Wanderer

Breakfast, solo, was duck oatmeal, this time prepared with the glaze reduced from an already highly concentrated duck broth.

I simply postponed, and then skipped, lunch - first thinking I would eat soon (and that I was getting a lot done), then that I was eating soon anyway (an that I ought to wait). I ran a bunch of errands, including a trip to New Seasons, where I had a bite of a bagel from the “solutions” counter (which might, as it turns out, have contained eggs). Once home, I threw together a batch of my latest favorite flavor of Happiness(tm) Chocolate (which I think I’ll call “Brut”), and set to cleaning the place. My house was much more ready for company by the time I ran out the door.

Dinner, with my friend Maren, was an “Incan Bowl” at Blossoming Lotus: quinoa, beans, steamed kale, and sweet ginger sauce with tempeh and avocado. We bumped into Andy and Donna, too.

Dessert with Maren and Alexis was a ramekin each of vanilla coconut bliss and Brut Happiness(tm) chocolate.

I made it again. The only thing not captured in the pictures is the chipotle, which I toasted and then soaked before adding it to the mix.

Then I brought it to a potluck, where there was also this tasty mixed green salad with beets, oranges, gorgonzola, and balsamic vinaigrette.

This time, with a leg of lamb. Apologies to my vegan readers, and many thanks to farmer Dan of Wooden Bridge Farm, who has kept me well-supplied with locally raised lamb and beef this summer.

I’m nearly done eating this meal already. I’ve thought, while making it, “I should take a picture of this.” But I haven’t, because it was just too delicious and inspiring. (more…)