{"id":2011,"date":"2017-05-25T19:57:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T00:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2017-05-25T20:03:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T01:03:47","slug":"a-normal-work-week-waiting-for-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debslunch.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/25\/a-normal-work-week-waiting-for-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"A “normal” work week, waiting for spring"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been cold and grey with temps in the 40s and 50s all week.<\/p>\n

I’ve been saying spring is arriving at a stately pace this year. The blossoming trees and tulips are done, and we’re on to Irises and Lilacs. And lots of wet foliage. And barn swallows nesting in the eaves at Helen C. White.<\/p>\n

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Let’s see if I can remember what I cooked. On Monday, I biked to work with a change of clothes, with a plan to bike to the community center to help with the Monday prep for\u00a0the Tuesday breakfast, but it was threatening, and I didn’t want to get stuck out there on the east side at like 6:30 when the buses aren’t running so frequently, and there’s no place to park my bike under cover. So I swapped for the car, which gave me the opportunity on the way home,\u00a0even though it was raining hard, to stop at Target for cat litter – got 4 jugs ‘cuz it was on sale – and return an overdue library book. Got in, showered, and had pie & ice cream for dinner (already promoted that Ad nauseam<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, still grey and rainy, I drove again to Goodman to serve the breakfast. Potato pancakes – we had 120 and I fried most of them Monday – with rhubarb sauce that I also made Monday. Pretty satisfying to see the plastic tub of stalks transformed into a steam table pan of pretty pink sauce. And a spinach and cheese and tomato fritatta. We had a tub of diced tomatoes donated to the food pantry – must’ve been from a taco place or something.<\/p>\n

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Spinach, cheese & tomato fritatta<\/p><\/div>\n

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Potato pancakes, Ovens of Brittany style<\/p><\/div>\n