Monday, January 15, 2007

Cabin Fever

Just returned from 3 days at a "cabin" near Lake Tahoe. Well, they call it a cabin, but it has central heating, wireless Internet, full kitchen, 4 bedrooms, and TV with cable.

I skiied for the first time in 20 years. My kids skiied for the first time ever. It all came back to me, and my older son liked it a lot. Now I will have to get a third career to pay for skiing.

The nicest part was sharing the cabin with our good friends of many years. Sharing meant that the mom and I shared cooking responsibilities. (What is wrong with this picture? Can nobody else cook? Well, my husband has long since been elbowed out of the kitchen by my overcontrolling nature and hers, who does cook, actually skis, while she does not, so cooking fell to the females.) We planned ahead so we didn't have to make too many trips to the grocery store. Night one was very simple. Put the spaghetti in the water. Dump two jars of sauce into a pan. Add chicken apple sausage. Steam broccoli. Voila -- dinner is served. And a good thing, too. After a five hour drive, we were all ready to eat.

Apres ski, the next day, we were treated to my friend's delicious spinach lasagna. Sorry I don't have the recipe, but maybe she'll post.

The final night we wanted Chinese takeout but the nearest restaurant was 14 miles away, so we opted to cook in again -- burritos. Again, no recipe required.

I did make scones from a fairly decent mix received by my husband as a holiday gift. It was for cranberryorange scones from Cook-in-the-Kitchen. The amazing thing was: just add water!

Tomorrow, a decision: take time away from work/kids to visit the grocery store, or raid the freezer and fridge for a true Condiment Queen meal? Probably the latter...

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