Cooking!

I cooked for the first time since Israel last night...my friend V is staying with me until the dorms open, as she has harp lessons and whatnot this week. I made us homemade pasta sauce (let me tell you, the fresh mushrooms were a fantastic addition) topped with goat cheese. And yummy, yummy salads inspired by Panera's Strawberry Chicken Poppyseed - spinach, mandarin oranges, blueberries, strawberries, homemade granola (courtesy of V, not me), and an orange-lemon dressing that I made. Apparently I now know how to make homemade dressings. That was new...and yummy! V, an avid Trekkie and Star Wars fan, had not seen "Galaxy Quest." So I sat her down and made her watch it. Life was good.