09 April 2007
I was going to post some photos of the little recipe pin board I made, along with the banana walnut cake I baked this morning, but I'm feeling more in a listy mood.
-- The photo above is of my first besan dosa -- good flavour, but not perfect (of course) -- and some roast veggies in a homemade tomato sauce.
-- My banana cake turned out very nicely! I used melted jaggery instead of sugar; the flavour goes very well with banana.
-- There a little 'Gold Medal' grocery store a couple of miles from me, and I was very pleased to find it open this morning, while all the big supermarkets were closed for Easter. They had some nice speckled bananas (as well as fresh ones!) and a bag of walnuts -- key for making banana walnut cake.
-- I don't think I've mentioned that I'm going to London on Thursday, have I? The excuse is the London Book Fair, but of course there's a little bit more holiday wedged in there than book fair.
-- Speaking of holidays, I take (England's) bank holidays off and work on most American holidays, but I need to work out a better alert system. I worked, like a chump, on Friday, when I should have been lolling about. I've since been notified of Monday's bank holiday, and so plan to spend tomorrow. . . well, doing whatever I want!
-- I'm really looking forward to being back in the UK (and Ireland, where Rob and I are having a mini holiday-within-holiday). I'll be eating Kit Kats and jammy donuts the entire two weeks. Just kidding. Chips too!
Oh, I must try that banana cake. It looks very good.
posted by Oiyi at April 9, 2007 03:32 AM
Mmm...the banana cake looks tastey. I must try that recipe, as I have some walnuts and bananas that need to be used!
I wish I had tomorrow off too!
posted by sara at April 9, 2007 06:15 AM
I hope you get a chance to pop into Foyles to see us!
posted by Claire at April 10, 2007 12:07 AM