Food is the most primitive form of comfort.

I'm a bad blogger.  I had the whole day to myself and didn't save any time to write a blog.  So I'm writing one now instead of sleeping.  But that's okay, I don't have anything to do early tomorrow, anyways.

I made a fantastic meal today.  I made a pine nut and currant meatball dish with swiss chard and baguette slices:
Trust me, I'm aware I need to work on my display, but whatever, it was incredibly delicious.  I got the recipe out of a Real Simple recipe book/magazine.  I purchased it a while back and made another meal out of it previously which was equally delicious.  I plan to cook an apricot glazed ham with asparagus and potatoes meal from the book later this week, which I'm sure could not be bad.

I own a lot of recipe books, but this one piqued my interest for a few reasons.  Real Simple magazine is a GREAT magazine, it is incredibly useful for a million different reasons, so obviously, they're going to make a good cookbook.  Another reason I chose this book is because many of these dishes had really interesting ingredient choices, some of the ingredients they put together would never have occurred to me otherwise.  The dishes are also incredibly varied.  If I want scallops one day, braised chicken the next, and turkey waldorf another, it's all here.  Lastly, and most importantly, all of these dishes are intended to be quick, easy, and mostly nutritional.  So far, they have been.

Here's a link to the book to purchase if you're interested:  Recipe Book .   You may be able to find these recipes on the Real Simple recipe website as well, I'm not sure.

Tyler is a major foodie and he has really loved all of the dishes I have made from the book so far.  It makes me feel pretty good, because he does most of the cooking, and it's nice for me to get to make something delicious every once in a while as well.  I wish I had the natural ability to cook like him, but I don't.  Luckily for me (and him, I suppose) I am really good at following directions.  So, as long as it's a good recipe, it's going to be a good meal.  This is probably one of the reasons I tend to do more baking than him.  Baking is a lot less winging it and a lot more measuring and following timelines.

I had it all set in my head that next time I wrote a blog it would be about communication differences based on your upbringing, but somehow this just ended up being about food.  Whoops.  Maybe next time!

By the way, this Saturday is Tyler's birthday and we will be heading to Chicago to see Beady Eye (Liam Gallagher's new band).  We're only going for one night, but it should be a lot of fun!