Beyond tired, jambalaya

What is going on with the kids' sleeping lately? Except for the night T let me crash in the basement, I've been up at least 2-4 times per night since Sunday. Needless to say, I barely know my own name right now. As well, I'm on my third round trip to/from Jack's school and am a little over the drive. Did I mention there's no school on Monday or Tuesday? Fantastic. More kids than expected truly seemed to like the jambalaya this morning, and both jack and T are eagerly anticipating it for dinner. I'm not in the mood anymore so might go to bed instead. Blarg.

I am very interested in making a grapefruit tart recipe I discovered yesterday so going to try and summon some energy soon for that. Dio mio, sono molta stanca!

Grilled radicchio with brûléed grapefruit is so fantastic

Y'all, I just brought to fruition the image I'd had earlier of radicchio, grapefruit and heat; I am devouring it all as I write. I cut my radicchio into "steaks" and then brushed those rounds with olive oil, seasoned lightly with salt and pepper and then dusted lightly with Chinese 5 spice. Onto the hot grill they went for 3-4 minutes. In the meantime, I'd removed the grapefruit skin and cut the fruit into rounds. On each round went 1 T brown sugar and then I broiled those for 4-5 minutes. Afterwards, I finished them off with a little kitchen torch, layered each round atop a radicchio steak and drizzled the whole thing with very good aged Balsamic. (The pic is pre-Balsamic.)

Fan-freaking-tastic.

C'est bon! Idea

Ooh la la, this jambalaya is spicy and good! I'll post the recipe soon, but in the meantime, Jack approves and said not to let anyone else have a taste before tomorrow. I'm also noodling on an idea: grilled radicchio topped with brûléed grapefruit and aged balsamic. Sound good?