Leisurely Thursday

In the process of uploading pictures, I realized I forgot to post this one, which is a nice sunset on the drive home--

Moving on, today was busy busy. Lots of moving clothing around and organizing my room. I woke up really early despite not getting to bed that early. Nevertheless, I was really productive. The house has fewer bags laying around, and my clothes no longer litter the walkways.

For dinner, yum. My halmoni had made a summer kimchi for my mom, and it's so deliciously light, fresh, and vinegary. Actually, the use of the word fresh is the opposite of what kimchi actually is: fermented cabbage. Mmmmmmmmmm.
For dinner, we had red quinoa with bell peppers, chicken, onions, and basil. Certainly looks pretty... and it was just as delicious.

I decided to try my first recipe in my delicious Tartine book: chocolate-oatmeal-walnut cookies. They ended up being really good and chewy, when fresh out of the oven. Molasses was used instead of brown sugar, and while I thought it was a nice substitution, my mom didn't quite agree. Cookies can be quite controversial...

Very fluffy butter and sugar.

Folded in chocolate and walnuts into the dough.

Ready to go! Smart tip: wet fingers before shaping the dough, and less will stick to your fingers! It's true!

All baked... so gooey and rich. They spread a lot, so I had to cut into them, but they ended up being pretty flat. Not the prettiest cookies, but definitely yummy. I'm curious to see how they'll turn out tomorrow. One of the reasons I love oatmeal-choco-chip cookies is because of the chewiness that is retained even after the day of baking. Some of the cookies felt a little crispier, probably because of the flatness, so we'll see.

Goal for the summer is to hone my food photography. I've been taking and posting a lot of pictures that I've taken with my phone camera, for simplicity's sake. I figured that people would enjoy getting the idea of what I ate or saw, plus it's a lot quicker to upload the pictures... but it's just prettier if I take nicer pictures, no?

OK, work time then bed time.

Good night, kits.