Still Alive!

Okay, I admit that we've been a bit lax in our blogging lately, but that doesn't mean that we've been lax in cooking.  The cooking always comes first and thank goodness it does!  We've made some pretty tasty dishes over the past month and a half.  The goal is to recap every other week, after we've finished a cycle.  This time, I'll recap everything that we've made and starting in two weeks from now, it'll only be for the those items we cooked and links therein.


30 January 
Athena - Asian-inspired chicken and rice casserole
Chalence - Chicken and Forty Cloves
Julie - Lasagna
Randi - Jambalaya


6 February
Athena - chicken and shrimp stir-fry

Julie - Tibetan Beef Dumplings, Kimchi and Turkey Mandu, and Lai Wong Bao

13 February
Chalence - Chicken Paprikash with Dumplings
Randi - False Alarm Chili

20 February*
Colby & Julie -  Pot Roast with Root Vegetables, meyer lemon sherbet
Randi - Mexican Lasagna

27 February
Athena - Shepherd's Pie
Chalence - Curried Chicken with Noodles

6 March
Julie - Sriracha Salad with Chicken
Randi - Greek Salad and Hummus

On the 20th, we had our first CSHC dinner party.  Colby insisted on cooking and came through with flying colors.  He'll post about this soon.  *AHEM*.  Since this was a good forum for food that isn't easily transportable, I took the opportunity to use up some of my meyer lemon stash and made a quick sherbet.  Recipe to follow when I can find where I hid it. :)

Year of the Rabbit

from http://disney-clipart.com

Thursday was the first community supported home cooking-free evening this week.  I think I went through withdrawal!  On Sunday Colby and I enjoyed lasagna, on Monday we had Randi's jambalaya, on Tuesday we had Athena's Asian-inspired chicken and rice casserole, and on Wednesday we had Chalence's chicken and forty cloves.  It was all very delicious!

Initially, the plan was to cook every other weekend and everyone would bring their dishes all at once.  We quickly discovered that there is almost no refrigerator space at the office, so this was less than ideal.  We decided to switch it up and this week, which was supposed to be the "off" week, Athena and I will make dishes and the week after, Randi and Chalence will go.  This lets us have a more continuous flow of dishes.  I'm sure that over time, our system will morph to become more efficient, but we'll always update the about section, for everyone who's interested.

Athena's plan is to make a healthy stir-fry, which will be a nice reprieve from all of the deep fried Superbowl snacks.  In celebration of the Chinese New Year, I'm making dumplings. The Asian Dumplings book by Andrea Ngyuen has been one of my go to cookbooks ever since I bought it a year and a half ago.  I'll be making Tibetan beef and Sichuan peppercorn dumplings, kimchi mandu, and lai wong bao.  Recipes and pictures to come!