Catching Up and Cooking Around The World: Afghanistan
Hey everyone! In spite of my best intentions, I have found myself continually slacking on my blogging duties. So the first thing I'm going to do in this post is play a little catch up on some tasty things I've made in the past two months. Latkes with applesauce. A classic combination. First off, let's take a look at the Chanukkah cooking. Obviously there were latkes. The Toddler and I spent an evening cooking those up together after several weeks of anticipation. You see, she had gotten a book called "The Runaway Latkes" which included a recipe at the end. She was eager to try it out, and insistent that OUR latkes would not be allowed to run away, but there was a twist. You see the Toddler is terrified of the food processor, so she started crying when I took it out of the cabinet. Thinking fast on my toes, I said, "Well, I guess I could hand-grate it..." and after that the Toddler insisted we get out the grater. 30 painful minutes of elbo...