So I have this recipe I make for a spicy peanut sauce, which is one of my favourite things in the world. I usually make it to put on top of pasta (well, better with Asian noodles) with some fresh vegetables.

The recipe is pretty simple; I’ve approximated it a few times when I didn’t have the recipe on hand. (One version I wrote down.) The real recipe calls for scallions instead of onions, a bit more peanut butter (total 1/4 cup), and quite a bit more sugar (1/3 cup). It also calls for ginger.

Anyway, I made this recipe on Sunday night, with pasta, steamed broccoli, and fresh cucumber slices. It’s a four-person recipe. Monday night I ate leftovers. Tuesday night, I bought two chicken breasts, chopped and saut&eeacute;ed them, and added the chicken pieces in as well. (I also bought some peanuts, which I hadn’t had.) And then tonight, there was only a small bowlful left. So I bought a zucchini, and saut&eeacute;ed it with salt and pepper. I made a bit more pasta. And then I heated the leftovers and the new pasta together with a bit of coconut milk (I had some leftover in the fridge) and an egg, until it was cooked, and then added in the zucchini. It’s just, wow. I’m not sure I could replicate it easily, but I’ll definitely try sometime: follow the normal peanut sauce recipe, but add an egg and replace some of the water with coconut milk. Also add salty-pepper-y zucchini.

Yumm.

Back to watching Mary Poppins. (Why? Because they played the babysitter song on This American Life. Sometimes I’m suggestible. Also I talked about it with either Emily or Ashley the other day. Or both? Dammit, I must be middle-aged already.)