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Leah's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 9/24/02 -------------------- 9/20/02 8/30/02 8/26/02 8/15/02 7/4/02 6/4/02 6/3/02 4/25/02 4/4/02 3/28/02 1/1/01 10/26/00 10/19/00 10/14/00 6/15/00 5/24/00 4/26/00 4/20/00 4/12/00 4/6/00 3/23/00 3/16/00 3/8/00 3/1/00 2/25/00 2/16/00 2/9/00 -------------------- Leah's Introduction

October 19, 2000

It is so nice to be cooking again. The new kitchen is great for cooking, more counter space, bigger refrigerator, a pantry cabinet with pull out shelves. I've never begrudged my husband the money he needs to spend in order to do good work and I should have the same attitude towards my own work. We all should.

But this afternoon for lunch I did not cook. I met my husband downtown for a date since my little 21-month-old, Kipp, goes to a friend's house on Thursdays -- and I can get caught up.

Today for lunch I had wonderful grilled polenta. Polenta is something I was introduced to when I was 17 years old and a foreign exchange student to Paraguay, South America. The mother of the family I stayed with was a wonderful cook and she always made her young daughters the creamiest, most delicious polenta. I've loved it ever since, but my attempts to make it have always been rather lumpy -- I can never find quite the right ingredients here in Minnesota to duplicate the delicacies I had in South America. Not the right corn meal, not the right cheese, etc. But I'm going to experiment again, because I think it is a food Kipp would enjoy. Once I've found a good recipe, I'll share it with you. The grilled polenta I had for lunch today is one of the few vegetarian entrees I find completely satisfying.

Now I need to take advantage of the rest of my Thursday "off" from mothering and continue to try and get the new house squared away. I still cannot find where my father, who unpacked my kitchen boxes, put the corn starch!