Feb 22 - Halsey - Manic; hopeless fountain kingdom
Feb 23 - The Ebony Hillbillies - I Love Ebony Hillbillies Sessions Vol 1; 5 Miles From Town
Feb 24 - Beyonce - Lemonade
Feb 25 - Rhiannon Giddens - there is no other; Freedom Highway
Feb 26 - Toshi Reagon - Toshi
Feb 27 - Alex Isley - Love/Art Memories
Feb 28 - Cedric Burnside - Benton County Relic
Feb 15 - Janet Jackson - 20 Y.O.
Feb 16 - Prince - 1999
Feb 17 - Naya Ali - Godspeed: Baptism (Prelude)
Feb 18 - Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
Feb 19 - Measha Brueggergosman - Songs of Freedom; Measha Jazz
Feb 20 - Nitty Scott - Creature!
Feb 21 - Oscar Peterson - Montreaux '77
This book falls into the category - Pretty But Not For Me
This is a beautiful book to read through but like so many others, there is very little in here that my kids would eat, so it deserves a better home, a more adventurous home, a home where ungrateful children don't make puking noises at the dinner table.
Cookbook Cleanup results so far - Back on the bookshelf - 11 Donated -9
This is a bowl of garlic noodles with a splotch of chile garlic sauce on top, ready to be stirred in.
I joined Tik Tok to monitor The Boy's usage of it it and while I don't visit it much, I have found some very delicious recipes - this one is a repeat around here.
Feb 7 - The War and Treaty - Healing Tide, Down to the River, Hearts Town
Feb 8 - Southern Avenue - Southern Avenue
Feb 9 - Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
Feb 10 - Tankia Charles - What! What? What!?
Feb 11 - Jully Black - Revival, The Black Book
Feb 12 - Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig, Leaving Eden
Feb 13 - Odetta - Odetta Sings
Feb 14 - Solange - What I Get Home
It got horribly cold here this week and I'm thinking of warm Spring and Summer days, and these 2 photos from a lovely drive last Summer.
I don't remember if I mentioned we bought an air fryer last year - I think I called my mothers day gift to feel less bad about buying it - but we did, and we used it for a while to make fries and roast veggies mostly. Eventually it got pushed to the back of our minds - and the cupboard it lives in, due to lack of counter space - but at Christmas we pulled it out again to cook some store bought frozen appies and since then we've been using it regularly again, not only for veggies and appies but for meatballs, chicken cordon bleu and even pierogis.
I bought a couple of cans of chickpeas in the fall to try roasting them in the air fryer and finally got around to it last week. I used this recipe, and specifically the Italian seasoning because I figured that had the most luck of being tried and possibly even enjoyed by my family.
They were easy to make and very very delicious! The Mister and I both enjoyed them, The Boy ate a handful, said they were pretty good, and slithered back to his room for mysterious pre-teen reasons, and The Girl flat out refused to try them.
2 notes I will share - the recipe calls for you to dry the chickpeas thoroughly and discard any skins that come off but I would say dry gently and keep some skins - they are deliciously crunchy as well.
The other is that the recipe is correct that these don't keep particularly well. They are fine for a couple of days afterwards, but are definitely better the day of cooking.
2021-3
We aren't good at explaining things to children. Especially not hard things like how nothing is fair or means anything but, you know, keep trying anyway.
I don't believe in Karma, but I believe there are things that can happen that very specifically force you to understand what an asshole you were.
Week 1 is done, and I listened to at least one new to me album each day. A few days I was even able to squeeze in a second album!
Feb 1 - Nina Simone - Nina Simone in Concert, Silk and Soul
Feb 2 - Sade - Love Deluxe, Stronger Than Pride
Feb 3 - TeaMarr - Before I Spill Myself
Feb 4 - A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders, People's Instinctive Travels & The Paths of Rhythm
Feb 5 - OSHUN - bittersweet vol 1
Feb 6 - Janelle Monae - The Arch Android
bread, croutons, goldfish crackers, salami, tortilla bowls, guacamole, cheddar, marble cheese, parsley, asiago, fontina, grapes, radishes, green onions, cucumbers, grape tomatos, lettuce, onions, salsa, honey ham, bacon, beef broth, tea, clamato
$104
Have you heard of MWE - Music Writer Exercise - in which you listen to one album a day in the month of February, an album you have never listed to before.
I discovered it this past Saturday night; Saturday afternoon I was in the car with my kids and they were singing along to the radio while I kept saying "What song is this? Who sings it? How do you know this?"
I used to love listening to new music and new-to-me music, but somewhere along the way I settled into only listening to music I already knew, or classical and nature sounds to calm my nerves. In the car I listen to the same CD's over and over, and while I work I listen to podcasts or ocean or bird sounds to keep me sane.
I'm excited to give this a try and discover some new to me music this month, and I will be focusing on Black artists as well.
I hope to come back here each week and let you know what I listened to. If you're interested, check out the #MWE tag on twitter.
