So, I have a 15 page paper due by midnight on Sunday, a case analysis for one class, some groupwork for the same class (due Monday and Saturday respectively), 2 lectures to listen to for my online class and response questions due on Sunday, a case for my financial management class, and readings, all for Monday. Tomorrow I will be participating in my amazing roommate's Faces of Africa variety show, part of a weeklong event celebrating and showcasing public health in Africa, and African culture. I can't wait! She's been working realllly hard on organizing it all, and I hope that tomorrow night goes really well. It'll be fun! I'll get to model a beautiful Nigerian lace dress, and carry the Ghana flag with Twum (hopefully, if he agrees!) during the flag parade.

Just now I cooked a lot of food - which is my default procrastination activity for times like these ;-) I made Thai jasmine rice with coconut milk (and I'll add lime to it before serving), and I just put into the oven a butternut squash with loads of garlic, a pat of butter, dashes of cinnamon and nutmeg and whole cloves, to roast.

I also got a big salmon fillet and covered one half with a pineapple-honey-teriyaki glaze that I cooked on the stove (and there are whole chunks of pineapple on it as well!). I'll serve that half with fresh papaya :-)

The other half I first covered with coarsely chopped garlic, and then covered with another glaze of red wine, balsamic vinegar, whole-mustard-seed mustard, and olive oil. I then covered that glaze with some Parmesan cheese mixed with herbs, and topped that with some bread crumbs. PHEW! That was a mouthful. I hope it tastes good :-)

Tomorrow I go to the Northeast Market to find lamb and Greek - style yogurt, and then - I plan to make roast lamb with a yogurt marinade crust (I saw this on a Bobby Flay show on Food Network a while ago and have been dying to try to make it), and maybe I'll fry up some falafels and get some pita and make tzatziki or something. I do have cucumbers that I need to use up :-)


ahhhhh I love food!!