Fabulous, easy lunch

I am, at present, rather obsessed with the harvest bread from Whole Foods. It's seedy, whole-grainy and moist without being mushy, dry or overly HEALTHFOODy. You know what I'm talking about.Anyway, I just made a great sandwich with it and wanted to share the recipe. 2 slices harvest bread (or your fave) Hummus Mediterranean feta salsa Smoked turkey Tomato Radicchio

Lightly toast the bread and then put as much of the other stuff as you want on them until you've got a sandwich! Sliced avocado is also a nice addition here.

For you moms, have you tried turkey roll-ups on your kids? As with smoothies, you can sneak in some pretty good stuff of which they're unaware and all they see is a cute little roll-up that tastes fantastic!

Deals, great news re: environment, Berlusconi

Today's One Day deal at participating Whole Foods: whole, uncooked chickens are $1.29/pound (regularly $2.29/pound) If you're a DC-MD-VA reader, American Plant nursery is still offering 40% off all shrubs, trees and perennials, and today through Sunday, all decorative cabbage, kale and hardwood mulch will be 25% off.

Bloomingdales Friends and Family event is ongoing, 20% off most full- and sale-priced fashion, 10% off small electronics and men's electronics. If shopping online, try code HOLIDAY11.

Restoration Hardware Friends and Family event has  begun: 20% off all full-price merchandise. If you are shopping online, you'll be given a code there to use at checkout.

~~ On another note completely, did you see the fabulous news about the Obama administration's delaying of a decision about the Keystone XL oil pipeline? They should have just quashed it outright, but I'll take a year-long delay for now. ~~

Has Silvio Berlusconi had as much plastic surgery as had Qaddafi? Or does he have a bad make-up artist? Or is he just not aging well? In any of those instances, who is sleeping with him??

Throw-together pasta when foiled by take-out plans

Made it home, got the boys in bed, and plopped down in PJs, in full agreement with T that take-out might be a good option tonight. We got excited for Indian, made our selections, called and found they were too busy tonight to deliver. Mamma mia. Back to the drawing board. Rummaging commenced, and I found some whole wheat orecchiete, an on-its-way-to-sad bunch of lacinato kale, a shallot, and some lovely chanterelles I'd forgotten I'd recently bought. Not wanting to go the more assumed path of mascarpone (not least because I didn't have it) and/or super-savory, I decided to go earthy and sweet with a solid tablespoon of fresh tarragon + a dash of cinnamon and red pepper at the end. Lots of parm, a smashed clove of garlic. Voila. Not awesome, but not bad and quite solid for an improv dinner. Only bummer is that I microplaned my hand and arm while getting jiggy with the Parm. It's actually a little gross, what with 8 distinct skin squares missing. Please give your microplane the respect it's due.

Funny boys story of the day: We're on the way home, Oliver has spied a spotlight in the dark night sky and is transfixed, and Jack is kinda looking/kinda doing his own thing. I say, "I love you boys so much; you are such wonderful children." Jack says, "I love you more," and O says, "I love you spotlight." I cannot even tell you how typical and illuminating of their personalities this brief exchange was.