On Saturday I made fishcakes with the last of the same mashed potatoes, and some Tilapia that I got frozen from the coop that turned out to be really nice fish. It smelled really sweet, like scallops, not fishy at all. The recipe was from what is apparently the last Waitrose Food Illustrated to come to my door – this press release says “a new look” for the mag, but the letter inside my March issue said the new Waitrose Kitchen will be sold in stores only. From an article on how this clever mum keeps both hubby and kiddies happy & well fed – fish fingers and mash for the kids, fishcakes (made from leftover mash) and watercress salad for  mummy & daddy. we ate ours with watercress salad, too – Matt Smith’s cress from the indoor winter market. Then we went to see Alice. I liked it – Tim Burton’s fantasy on parade.

On Sunday I made power bars a la Heidi to send to my brother for this years bike race. I put in candied ginger and chocolate chips – that melted a little more than I wanted; they came out like allover chocolate power bars, instead of chocolate chip – and powdered instant espresso instead of ground, and I made 3x the recipe in one big half sheet pan, 65 chubby little bars. I also made brownies glazed with melted chocolate and heath bar chips, and BBQ Tofu and slow cooked brats, and put it all out with rolls (giant bag from Costco) and chips (giant bag from Costco) and salad – bought a Sentry box of Earthbound Farm lettuce because the Costco boxes are just too big – for the students at the Dinner on Wisconsin tonight.

And, oh, yeah, I also made lazy person’s overnight instant winter tabouli – recipe coming soon. I have the last of it for lunch today with lettuce & dressing & pita.

Bucky with a spoon; Gotta love him

Prof. Dave & Mimi with the tandem at FHR

To me, the picture – besides being a miracle because my niece is almost smiling – is a miracle of genetics. My brother looks like our dad – though much slimmer – my niece looks just like John, especially this really old picture of John I just found, sitting on the steps of his high school), and like her mom.

I put the picture in my iPhone, and I was just looking at it last night when I got email from the bro asking if I’d send power bars to his this-year’s birthday bike race, like I did 2 years ago … and of course I had to say yes – it’s in the genes.