Kat Cooks Bakes Eats: What's Going On?

I am a creature of habit. I love making lists. It's comforting...some may say I have control issues. ;) It's how I convince myself that I'm organised. Well...not totally disorganised. I went grocery shopping today--with my list. Separated by store, with their respective bargains, the top right corner of every grocery list with what I must buy. After my first stop, my list disappeared. I don't know what happened to it. It wasn't in my wallet. It wasn't in my handbag or in one of the grocery bags. DAMN! I was feeling a little lost at my second stop, trying to remember what I had written down. But I'm happy to report, I survived. I may have veered off course a wee bit--a wedge of Black River Gorgonzola and a pound package of lady fingers--but I'm okay. Look Ma, I don't need a list in my hand (pocket, handbag, glove box) all the time.

The kitchen has been its usual busy self. My mind is beginning to race with what to bake and make for the holidays (both eating and giving). I made mini cinnamon scones and cream cheese cookies (aka 'crack cookies') for a work meeting, and I baked a second round of Oreos today. One of the problems I have (if you want to call it that), is once I make something, and it's really good, I'll make it again...and again...and again. Case in point...applesauce. My first go-round was Asian pear sauce; since then I've made apple-pear sauce, persimmon-peach sauce and plain old applesauce. The same has happened this week with chicken. I cooked four large breasts the other night because I had an idea to make a variation on golumpki. It involved steamed cabbage leaves, shredded chicken, sauted carrots and onions, and basmati rice with lots of curry powder and sesame oil. The results were good...the execution needs improvement. So now I have a lot of leftover chicken. It's been 3 days of chicken salad (again...and again...and again), but let me tell you...the cats are thrilled. It's not every week where they get a daily dose of chicken. They can smell it a mile away and are all sitting pretty while I get their bits ready.

Here are some photos from the last week. It may be a bit of the same old, same old....but it's still delicious.