Honey, it's Indian tonight

Much knitting grumpiness has been afoot. I finished the Geometric Scarf, only to discover that it is just too short. I need more yarn. Of course, I bought this yarn like over 2 years ago, so I'm not going to find the same dye lot again. Sigh. At somepoint, I need to find some baby free time to go downtown to my favorite local yarn store and see if they have a skein that is close enough. Or I need to just frog the whole thing and find a different gift for this person. Sigh. This never would have happened to Martha.

Last night I made a lovely dinner: Basmati Rice with garam masala green beans, masoor dal curry, and mung dals. So very good. In the picture is a little pickle on the side for added heat. I make all my food pretty mild so the wee ones can eat it too. Even the criminal ate it up last night, and kerplopis (who is almost one) ate the beans!

Butternut squash seeds - who knew?

that they are even yummier than pumpkin seeds? Well, they are. I bought a couple of organic butternut squashes today for the wee baby, and scooped out the seeds before baking them. Sprayed a cookie sheet with a little olive oil. Sprinkled on a little salt, baked for 10 minutes at 350 degrees F. Delicious!!! Even the 5 yr old princess and 3 yr old criminal kept eating them. I would post a pic, but they were gone too fast. I highly recommend it. It's a good thing!

A quick google search will tell you a lot about the great nutritional properties of pumpkin seeds, and I would guess that the profile of butternut squash seeds would be similar. To think for years I tossed squash seeds in the compost!

Knitting is moving along. I am not moving along. Still wearing crazy boot action. Missed Martha today, will miss her again tomorrow. Not a good thing.