Ho hum, where has all the time gone? It's already February! I've been keeping busy: A month of classes has gone by, and rehearsals are starting to pile up with orchestra, opera pit, and quartet. I signed up for a month of meditation classes that are culminating on Saturday. One recent weekend was devoted to a project of thorough insulation installation around the apartment. Then the apartment gained a new tenant - a mouse that lived a decadent lifestyle chewing up vast quantities of bread and butter and leaving remnants in shoes around the house. (The new tenant's formal application was not accepted; he was caught and released back to his former home in the nearby meadow.)
And, a lot of good food is coming out the kitchen! I've decided this week will have a theme to glorify the morning - The Week of Really Good Breakfasts - and I started with steel cut oats (which I've always wanted to buy, but never have because they're about 10x more expensive than rolled oats, until I discovered that a certain grocery store in Lexington sells them for an incredibly cheap price) with pears, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves, and topped with yogurt, grape nuts, and honey. I cooked them in whole milk to make them creamier, and added the pear slices in with the milk right away while it heated to a boil so they cooked through. Steel cut oats are so good - great texture and flavor - and are definitely worth the extra stovetop cooking time. I'm brainstorming for the rest of the week; suggestions are welcome :)
