Saturday

I woke up at 6:30 AM on Saturday. According to the news, the official snowfall total for my area was three inches, in case you were wondering. Since it was the weekend, I made soft-boiled eggs for my breakfast.

Then I had to hustle a bit to make my 8:30 AM massage appointment. Since I blew off the last one (by taking too long of a nap) I didn’t want to miss this one!

Once that was out of the way, I headed home. I stopped at CVS to buy a first aid kit for the house (I always have a small one in the car). Now, I have a lot of first aid products in my main bathroom, but some are pretty old, some are in a box and the whole thing’s a giant mess. Needless to say, organizing the bathroom closet is one of this weekend’s projects.

Once home, I treated the cats and got another cup of coffee. Then I headed back out to make my 11:00 AM haircut appointment (I had tried to get them closer together, but that didn’t work out).

Coming back from my hair cut, I stopped at Kroger’s to get a few items I noticed I was running low on: eggs, butter, pretzels and laundry detergent. It was busier than I hoped, but I still got home before noon.

I treated the cats, unpacked the few groceries and changed clothes. Then I started the weekend wash. I warmed up some of the broccoli and cheese soup for my lunch.

I took the few old eggs I had left and hard boiled them. If I have mentioned this before (or if you already know) forgive me, but older eggs make the best hard boiled eggs, because the shells peel off easier. I don’t remember the scientific reason for this, but I do know that’s its true.

Then I reorganized and cleaned up the bathroom shelves. I was tempted to label them, but feared my brother Carl describing me as “you’re turning into to your Mother.” Not that I see that as a bad thing…

I talked with B___ for a while. Then I talked with Jake. Finally. I talked with Melissa for a long while.

Then I went and made dinner. I cored a head of cauliflower and put the florets into a bowl with a sliced medium-sized onion, some thyme and three unpeeled garlic cloves. I tossed them with olive oil, kosher salt and some freshly ground black pepper.

I spread that out on a half-sheet pan, covered with foil and sprayed with canola oil I stuck it in a pre-heated 425 degrees F. oven to roast.

About 20 minutes later, I made my wet mixture of Dijon mustard, thyme, cayenne pepper and Kosher salt. I put three boneless, skinless chicken breasts in that and then coated them in a equal parts mixture of grated Parmesan cheese and Panko bread crumbs.

I put them on a foil lined cookie sheet, sprayed the tops of them with canola oil and stuck them in the oven, as well.

When the timer went off, I sprinkled the cauliflower with grated Parmesan cheese and roasted them another 10 minutes or so. Then I let the chicken rest a few minutes and plated my Saturday dinner.

The Parmesan chicken was as excellent as the last time I made it. But, I was not as impressed with the cauliflower. As long-time readers may remember, I do love cauliflower. But, I love warm, white florets of cauliflower, covered with butter and salt. This method of roasting gave it a completely different “edgy” taste I am still not sure I preferred.

Don’t get me wrong, though. It’s not that I didn’t like it, as I did. It was just, well, “different.”

The jury is still out on roasted cauliflower…

I watched two taped DIY shows and then went to bed.