Server down all day, eggplant, carrots, Meatless Monday cheers

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Boy did I feel disconnected today! After my pansteak post, our server crashed because the battery went out in something in the cabinet where there are lots of wires, fans and components, blah, blah, blah. Needless to say, I had to wait until T got home to fix everything. We're back! I had a lovely lunch of leftover buff mozz and fresh tomatoes and did indeed go the Yotam burned eggplant route.

I also wanted to use these beautiful carrots so whipped up Claudia Roden's Moroccan carrot salad which is so easy and so flavorful and saves really well, if you can prevent yourself from eating it all in one sitting.

As I neared trimming the end of the bunch of carrots, look at these darlings I found; they were dating underground. Aren't they too cute?! Jack loved them, and I cannot yet bring myself to decouple them.

We're off to eat but I will post all recipes + a pic of the end-result burned eggplant dish in the near future. In anticipation of our pilgrimage to the Willamette, we've just opened the 2007 Adelsheim Pinot Noir. It is so good; pick up a bottle if you see one while you're out.

Whole grain pancakes, debt ceiling

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I've mentioned this recipe before, and really, it is so good. These are more like pansteaks due to their thickness, but the flavor is, nonetheless, excellent. I posted the recipe a while back but do want to make an extra n0te: you'll need to add more liquid than is called for. Obviously I didn't get quite there today. I'm looking forward to enjoying some of my tomatoes for lunch and Yotam's burned eggplant for our Meatless Monday dinner. I might also make his or Claudia Roden's middle eastern carrot salad with those fresh carrots I bought yesterday.

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On another subject completely, are the country's wing-nuts really not going to raise the debt ceiling? People, default would be disastrous. For peeps who keep harping on the last economic crisis and blaming the Dems for it (ridiculous- hello, Lehman, Bear, TARP were all under Bush, guys), do they really want to be held accountable for our country's credit rating plummeting?? Food for thought at 8:02am.