Ok, I know it's Tuesday, but I have a good excuse!  Yesterday my baby turned 10.  The shock and awe that his 10 years were added to my mental age, was in itself a reason to huddle in a corner, but...  The birthday boy wanted a full court Thanksgiving for his birthday dinner.  Minus sweet potatoes.  So on Monday I was kinda busy...    Why didn't I do it Sunday?  Well, that day was reserved for baking 200 mini muffins.  100 brownie, and 100 apple cinnamon.  For anyone's future reference, a batter for a 9 X 13 pan will make 24 mini muffins.  The mini scoop that I use for just about everything holds 2 tablespoons.

Tonight I am not cooking.  The plan has a big blank spot where dinner would go.  The refrigerator has no blank spot where groceries would go...

 The rest of the week I'm back on the clock though.   Wednesday will be Penne with Pink Vodka Sauce.  I use fat free half and half for the sauce, and never bother measure the ingredients for the Italian Green Bean Bake.

The kids requested Sloppy Joes this week, and I'm going to replace the beef with vegetarian crumbles to see if anyone notices.  We don't eat a lot of red meat, but I prefer to grind my own beef (with the food processor), and this week...well, I'm just not feeling it.

We'll end the week with Mediterranean Style Orange Roughy.  This recipe has a lot of flavor.  I make some extra topping because it's tasty with the rice.

But tonight...tonight the kitchen is CLOSED!!!