Comprehensive Bite Report (cf. GTr.)
I started my job as a cross-curricular teacher's assistant at Urbana High School two weeks ago, and so far I've been absolutely delighted with it. The students I assist are taking some really interesting classes (Earth & Space Science, African-American Studies, AP German, etc.) and so I'm learning a good deal. They're all great kids, too, and it's lots of fun to spend the day with them. It also gives me all those lovely grown-up things like health insurance and a retirement fund and a name badge that gives me some measure of authority in the eyes of high-school students.
Since I get out with the kids, it also gives me a lot of free afternoons and not much to do with them. I'm still lagging behind in the friend-making department (although I've been going to regular swing-dancing events and getting to know the people there) so I don't go out a lot. Beyond reading my way through the Urbana Free Library, knitting, and mucking about on the computer, I have discovered that I really like to cook.
A report of my (well, our) culinary experiments to date includes:
-Scampi
-Zucchini-basil soup
-Lots of homemade pesto
-Vegan ratatouille with meatless Italian sausage
-Cheese-pepper soup
-Fried couscous
-Vegan chicken salad
-Summer vegetable frittata
-Potato-cheese soup with organic bacon
-Parsley & garlic-sauteed chicken
-Key lime pie
-Baba Ghannouj
And, of course, the usual, non-adventurous things like lemon chicken and beer bread and Caprese salad and corn on the cob and all that. As domestic and trite as it may seem, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside to not only be providing for myself, but providing well and deliciously for myself. Hoorah!
P.S. And I just discovered that the UGL has video games. FF7 and Guitar Hero III, here I fucking come!!
Since I get out with the kids, it also gives me a lot of free afternoons and not much to do with them. I'm still lagging behind in the friend-making department (although I've been going to regular swing-dancing events and getting to know the people there) so I don't go out a lot. Beyond reading my way through the Urbana Free Library, knitting, and mucking about on the computer, I have discovered that I really like to cook.
A report of my (well, our) culinary experiments to date includes:
-Scampi
-Zucchini-basil soup
-Lots of homemade pesto
-Vegan ratatouille with meatless Italian sausage
-Cheese-pepper soup
-Fried couscous
-Vegan chicken salad
-Summer vegetable frittata
-Potato-cheese soup with organic bacon
-Parsley & garlic-sauteed chicken
-Key lime pie
-Baba Ghannouj
And, of course, the usual, non-adventurous things like lemon chicken and beer bread and Caprese salad and corn on the cob and all that. As domestic and trite as it may seem, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside to not only be providing for myself, but providing well and deliciously for myself. Hoorah!
P.S. And I just discovered that the UGL has video games. FF7 and Guitar Hero III, here I fucking come!!