Things I've been fantasizing about making recently (hopefully soon, when I finally set aside the time...):
- a matcha crepe cake (have never before attempted; somewhat convinced that the cream layers in between the crepes would be harder than the crepes themselves...
- and if not a in cake form, then crepes in general (gotta test out the brand new crepe maker that I brought back from the family's Christmas 2022 white elephant gift exchange!)
- Ensaymada rolls -- feeling rather proficient at the general brioche roll technique lately having mastered cinnamon rolls and more recently having 80-90% successfully improvised pumpkin cinnamon spice rolls in order to use up some leftover pumpkin puree. Since ensaymada is just a delicious variant of brioche (WITH CHEESE!), even if this fails I bet it would be an edible failure.
- On the theme of ensaymada rolls -- could hybridize them further....... ube-ensaymada rolls? matcha ensaymada rolls? black sesame ensaymada rolls? Not sure how the latter two would go with the cheese component, BUT HOW WILL WE EVER LEARN IF THERE IS NO TRY?
- Cookies; specifics not yet determined (probably should wait until more of the post-holiday store-bought cookie stash has been consumed before following up on this one)
- Black sesame cookies
- Slow sugar cookies
- ^ saw both briefly in passing on the internet without much info on recipe, specifics, etc. BUT no reason for that to stop me.
- spicy soup (maybe hot pot on Monday?)
- mochi, either plain or maybe with ?peanut butter filling. I don't really want to commit to peanuts, but peanut butter seems like it could work -- wouldn't even need to add any sugar.
And some stuff I had been thinking about making that I actually made this weekend:
- guacamole
- Sushi bowls (after picking up some seaweed salad from Costco for no other reason than It Was On Sale)
But, even though the weekend has been without baking adventures, we've still been pretty productive --
- trips to Costco, Trader Joe's, and the local regular supermarket (!) -- safe to say the kitchen and pantry are much better stocked now than they had been at end of last Friday. Unexpected score of the trip: green chile and cheese tamales were being sold at half price (though they didn't label it as a markdown -- they just posted a regular looking price tag that was half the price of the meat ones)! Too bad that it's a seasonal thing they only sell around Christmastime because it's really one of the best flavors.
- Finished fixing/replacing/taping/securing the insulation for the A/C piping up on the roof. A months-long item on the to-do list crossed off AT LONG LAST!!!!!!!
- Re-caulked the tub after having removed all the disgusting moldy caulk left behind by the people who lived here before us.
- C made Ragu -- a double win for the space it freed up in the freezer (so many different cuts of meat are apparently needed) and for the meals and meals worth of ragu we now have in the fridge and freezer for future days.
- Visited my parents with an additional side quest trip to visit my grandmother.
- Filed some receipts and tried an really good new place for Indian food.
- Now back home on the couch while I send emails and C plays video games.
- Hoping to finish watching through Gosford Park tonight.
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