back to basics

Thus far, I’ve spent most of the day preparing food or shopping for food for tonight’s dinner. It took awhile to settle on a menu, but I’ve decided on broccoli with carmelized shallots, filet of beef au poivre with matchstick potatoes, a simple salad, and lemon pudding cakes. I made the lemon curd for the cakes this morning, and I’m quite excited to see how the rest of the dessert turns out.

In between cooking sessions, I have my homemade air freshener going (I need to humidify my condo!), and I’m about to take a small break to settle in with a book before I continue cooking and baking. Though this menu seems much easier than what I did last year, I realize that I am just getting much better at organizing and planning special dinners.

Tomorrow, bread pudding is on the menu. I admit, I’m cheating and not making homemade bread this time, but with everything else that’s going on (with tonight’s meal), sometimes a shortcut is necessary. Besides, I think the cinnamon bread I purchased will make a delicious bread pudding.