the list: an update

I thought that it might be a good time for a “list” update. In the last couple of weeks I finished two more items. I made Ina Garten’s Lemon Chicken with Croutons and I read an entire book in a day. The chicken was great and the book was short.  Just eighty pages. But hey, it counts. Oh, and anyone from work that checks out my blog, please don’t read anything into my book selection. I was checking out a friend’s book shelves and went for the shortest. Though the book did provide a great deal of insight into many aspects of life. Did you know that’s it’s perfectly ok to quit something? It’s true. One thing I’m not going to quit? This list. In fact, I think I may need to pick up the pace if I hope to get through them all.

Five down, thirty-two to go… To be continued…

morning photo project 9.02.2009

Did my first baking since being on Weight Watchers last night.  I made Ina Garten’s Lemon Cakes for a party at work today and for our condo association board meeting that I’m hosting Thursday night. Gotta love a recipe that makes two cakes. This is one of my favorites. It takes eight lemons to make it. Translation: lots of zesting and juicing. But it’s so worth it. First there’s lemon juice and lots of zest in the cake batter.  Then a lemon simple syrup is absorbed into the cake when it’s right out of the oven.  Once cooled the cakes get a glossy lemon glaze. Lemon, lemon, lemon. PS, the amount of sugar in this cake is kinda obscene.