snacks - novembermas edition

snacks vol. i

a lil something

Chad’s shirts in hsm2: I majored in VACATION HE DID IT.

WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS SHIRT MY MOM THINKS I’M RAD VIVALABASKETBALL

for halloween next year, maybe people should give trick-or-treaters random bits and bobs in their house that they don’t want. support a give economy, and a ten year old walks away with a a JBL speaker win-win

things i want to do but might not have time for rn:

- climb a mountain

- create website

- build extension for house

- replace flooring in our room

- hug my partner until we both fall asleep

- build guitar

- play music

- make art

- watch every season of every show

- stare lovingly into my dog’s eyes

- fish

- learn to shoot

- etc

self-discovery is a powerful journey. the right questions can help you explore your inner world and uncover hidden truths, desires, and potential. here are some questions you can ask yourself to guide your self-discovery:

personal identity

are you swaggy or kind?

are you a party pooper or is your party always pooped?

how many times do you let your dog lick you before you stop them?

are you always giving advice or given advice?

quick pizza dough

passion & purpose

what moves you?

literally like what do you like to do?

are you a michonne or a lori? (there is an obvious answer)

what commitment issues do you have?

you will need:

1 tsp sugar

2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast (or 1 package)

1 cup warm water

2½ cups of flour

1 tsp salt

4 tb oil

⚇ mix yeast, sugar, and water together. Let it sit for a few minutes to bloom.

⚇ mix flour and salt together add to yeast mixture alternating with tablespoons of oil mix all together

⚇ knead for 5 minutes until it gets nice and stiff. let it sit for 20ish minutes or until it doubles in size.

⚇ then, roll out or shape into a disc top with your preferred toppings bake at 450ºF for 15-20 minutes or until it’s browned to your taste

munchies

a table setting for the whole family

christmas 1st (november 1st)

the world is dark even as sun hovers over horizon leaves crunch, crystallized in the small bits of ice the ground is shriveled and brown with frosty glaze yet inside the lights grow brighter the children gather around the table paper snowflakes decorate the windows scraps decorate the floor dogs and cats decorate the hearth we are missing those we have lost we are welcoming those we have found and together and together we are

wanted: jolly old santa claus

pie crust sure to please the masses:

Ingredients:

6 cups of flour

2 teaspoons of salt

2 cups of butter

1 egg water

instructions:

1 mix together the flour and salt

2. then cut in the butter until the particles are fine

3. Beat the egg in a cup measure and fill the rest of the cup with water

4 Add the egg/water mixture to the dough a little at a time tossing with a fork

5 form dough into a ball

6. wrap in plastic and let sit for an hour

7. proceed with your pie

word of the month: festive - filled with holiday spirit

amuse-bouche

bread and jam for frances and the radical power of throwing shit in a pot

a couple days ago, i read bread and jam for frances by russel hoban aloud to my daughter (who is four months old). i remembered loving this book when I was little, and it surprisingly holds up so well. i won’t spoil it for you if you haven’t read it––the descriptions of food alone make it worth the read!––but there is a lovely interaction between frances and her friend albert at school about food in the conversation, albert is talking about how much he enjoys eating and how glad he is that different types of food and different kinds of meals exist. “i think eating is nice,” he concludes.

like albert, i love food and eating, but i also at times have a complex relationship with both. lately i have been on a small quest to repair some of that relationship, which has largely taken the form of cooking.

i have perhaps literally hundreds of recipes from over the years saved on my instagram of foods i want to try, but feel intimidated by––what if it comes out bad and i’ve wasted food? what if i don’t have all the ingredients and they are too expensive to obtain? what if, what if, what if like frances, sometimes it feels safer to just stick with what i know

but i want to be brave! and i want to have an expansive relationship to food and cooking! so lately i have been trying a new approach i’m calling “throwing shit in a pot.” i look into my fridge, and imagine what could go well together. sometimes, i google recipes and compare three or four different ones, taking what looks appealing to me, or what i have the ingredients for from each one the results have been okay! i made a pretty good chicken pot pie, a semi-decent chicken and broccoli situation, and a pretty bangin butternut squash soup. it’s exciting to be able to make dishes with what i have and to release from the pressure of making food exactly as the recipes asks

anyway, i think eating is nice.

ingredients

1 apple

1 onion

a couple tablespoons of butter

1 regular potato

2-3 cups of diced butternut squash

2-3 cups of broth

sea salt

black pepper nutmeg

cayenne

butternut squash soup

directions

1. dice up all veggies

2 melt butter in a pot and throw in the onion, cook until fragrant

3. add apple and cook a few more minutes

4 add broth, potato, squash, and any other veggies you ’ re using

5 bring to a simmer and add seasonings to taste

6 cook until potato is soft

7. at this point i was going to use my immersion blender, but my baby was asleep so i didn’t––do what you need to do

8. eat in a big bowl with a big spoon

notes

i borrowed ideas and ingredients from a lot of different recipes i put some parmesan cheese on mine, but it would be fine without i had half a baked yam from friendsgiving leftover, so i threw that in I think canned pumpkin would be good too

thanks to mary oliver for her line”you do not have to be good” which is both poetry and permission

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