Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Yo-yo Ma and Neatloaf

L
ast week Derrick and I went to San Francisco for the day to attend an open rehearsal of the SF Symphony- featuring Yo-yo Ma! Here is a picture of the symphony warming up and Yo-yo Ma playing!




It was pretty awesome. He got so into when he played compared to the other symphony members.

After the show we went to eat at a place down the street called Ananda Fuara




Its inspired by this kinda weird religious/cult guy, but you wouldn't know it except that there is info about it on the menu. Anyway, the food was delicious! I got curry and Derrick got Neatloaf, which is basically vegetarian meatloaf. Derrick like it so much that he googled a recipe for me to try! I made it over the weekend and it is so good! Here is the
recipe I used:
    Neatloaf
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/4 cup Lipton Onion Soup Mix (I don't know what this is, I just added some bullion and extra onions instead)
  • 1/3 lb low-fat ricotta cheese
  • 1/3 lb firm tofu (squished up into small pieces)
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil, of choice
  • 1/3 cup onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup cooked brown rice (make sure you cook it well or the rice bits on the outside will turn to rocks)
  • 1/2 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon basil
  • 1/4 teaspoon rosemary
  • 4 cups Special K cereal (I substituted quick oats)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic
    Here are the ingredients for the sauce:
  • 1/2 cup ketchup (you can also substitute catsup)
  • 1/8 cup Dijon mustard
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1/8 cup apple cider vinegar
  • Cayenne pepper (to taste - a pinch is plenty for me)
    Directions:
  • Heat oven to 300°F.
  • Saute the onions and garlic (in just a little bit of oil).
  • Beat eggs in bowl, the mix together all ingredients except Special K (to make gluten free add gluten free corn flakes instead)
  • Mix well, and add Special K last.
  • Turn into a pan sprayed with cooking oil. You can use either a 7×9 or 8×8 pan.
  • Bake 1 hour.
  • While Neatloaf cooks prepare sauce, whisking together all sauce ingredients in a bowl. I typically like a lot of sauce so I double the sauce part. (I just used the sauce from my regular meatloaf recipe since I didn't have all the stuff in this one)
  • Remove loaf from oven, pour sauce over the loaf and cook an additional 10 minutes.
  • When loaf is done, if you can avoid the temptation, it’s best to let it sit for 10-15 minutes


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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Six loooong years

O
n January third Derrick and I celebrated 6 years of marriage! We went over to Napa and ate at Bistro Jeanty and then wine tasted at Jessup cellars. Fun!
It really has been a great six years! The first one was a little rough, but even that wasn't really marriage troubles. I just couldn't get a job despite 5000000 interviews (kind of depressing) and got mono. We have been through some trials that have really grown us and I feel pretty confident that we can make it through whatever else comes our way. I love you Derrick!


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Another Christmas come and gone

This year we got to spend about a week with Derrick's family at Christmas. We had the big meal on Christmas eve since we wanted to catch the Christmas eve service in Wilmington that night. The spread was very impressive! Derrick and I had a gift certificate to the Honey Baked Ham so gave it to his family to use for Christmas. It took about an hour of discussion to convince his Grandpa (who usually does all the cooking) that they did NOT need to be cooked. In the end everything turned out delicious.
After we ate I volunteered to take a family picture with my new tripod! I think it came out really well. In the back l -> r, Derrick's grandpa, Derrick, Derrick's mom, dad, brother, uncle and aunt. The cousins, grandma and I are in the front.

Christmas in Wilmington was much more low key. We were supposed to have a big dinner with my cousins and everybody who we haven't seen in several years, but my uncle got a crazy case of food poisoning that had him the hospital for about a week over Christmas. Then we were going to have a smaller meal but my mom got a skin infection on her face (what are the odds?!). So that left us with lots of spare time to go to the beach (and no family photos unfortunately- I actually took some but my mom made me swear not to post them on the internet :) )
It went by way too fast and now it is back to reality. sigh.
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