The Lazy Kitchen Witch

I apologize for not posting anything lately. I guess I'm in a bit of a rut. I'm also enjoying all this free time. Classes were supposed to start Sept.29, but now it looks as though my department won't start teaching until October 12! The new campus is still unfinished and it will probably still be mostly unfinished by the time we move in.

I haven't been doing a whole lot of cooking lately. I made some vegetarian chili for last night's chili night at the boss's house and it was quite good. I can post the recipe if anyone is interested. I was going to add TVP but the store didn't have any this time (surprise), so it was two-bean chili. It was still very nice. I haven't done a lot of cooking for myself lately, though. My band was adjusted a couple of days ago and I haven't eaten much lately. That's the idea, though!

On the subject of herbs, I have access to rosemary. I can't find it in the stores, but there are 6 rosemary bushes growing in front of one of the apartment buildings near me. I walked up the hill last week and snipped off one little sprig and brought it back to put in my roasted potatoes. Yum!

Tomorrow and Monday will be very busy days. We're administering the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) twice tomorrow, and on Monday we have to read several hundred essays. I'll get back to posting soon though, I promise! I want to talk about superstitions about food and the kitchen, and I have a couple of bean recipes that are nice this time of year.