trying for once a week now...

sunday night, after a trip to the store, made mashed potatoes with italian sausage and onions. i suspect i'm buying meat since i'm planning to go vegetarian for lent, beginning march 1st.

i also made this cake (with vanilla extract, since i don't have cash to just burn) with the accompanying oranges. mmm.

on monday, i was inspired to cook eggplant, for i believe what is the first first time. aww. i made this, more or less, (sans the wine and bay leaves and lemon peel) with the leftover italian sausage and it was pretty awesome. i think the trick to eggplant, for me at least, is to cook it into oblivion.

then nothing of note happened until saturday morning, when i amde bran muffins using the recipe on the back of the box. they were lighter and fluffier than the ones i made before, and probably better? richer, due to buttermilk, i think.