Sunday

What I'm wishing for, with all my heart, is some cold weather!!!!!

I live for Sundays, and I get bonus points on this one because it is – finally - overcast and cool. And when it is cool, I bake; therefore, I am. Today is going to be the oatmeal raisin cookies from Lobstersquad, which is my favorite thing in the whole entire world to read right now.

Other great things about Sundays include clean sheets, not having to drive multiple times to multiple schools, no mail and the hundreds of wonderful possibilities for Sunday Dinner. Roasted Chicken? Maybe, that is always a favorite. Caulifredo? Which is angel hair pasta with a sauce of cream and mashed cauliflower, another definite maybe, plus Gus asked for it yesterday. Or maybe a big pot of tortilla soup or albondigas? It looks like it is going to be under 85 degrees today, and by Riverside September standards that is positively artic, so, yes, maybe soup.

Whatever else I do, I am going to Maxi foods down the street and I’m going to buy as many ripe juicy Roma tomatoes (at 50 cents a pound!) as I can carry home and I’m going to roast them in my oven to put away in my freezer for the winter. Ditto with all the red, orange, yellow and green bell peppers I got for 59 cents a pound when Leo, Gus, Grace and I went to the 99 Ranch Market in Chino Hills yesterday (where I also bought perfect, absolutely blemish less cauliflower for 39 cents a pound!).

Then I’m going to Borders to buy a Laurie Colwin book, and maybe Nigella’s “How to Eat.” Ximena from Lobstersquad says these are musts, and I’m going to take her word on it.

Never mind that my classes start on Wednesday, and I probably will fall behind right off the bat because Fall is finally peeking around the corner and that will make me want to cocoon, read and cook even more than I already do. Which is a lot.