I've fallen a bit behind now. Let's see: on Sunday, the whole gang came over for dinner again, and I decided on burgers. That means veggie burgers for the gluten-eaters among us, while Rose was offered a wonderful grilled chicken breast, which she rejected. Along with the burgers: peas (store-bought frozen petite peas, which taste pretty good), and garlic-rosemary roasted potatoes: take red potatoes, cut into wedges, toss with some olive oil and salt and pepper, and place (cut side down) on a pan. Cover tightly with foil and bake at 425 degrees (F) for about 15 minutes. Remove the foil and bake until the side touching the pan is nice and brown, then carefully turn the wedges so that the other cut side is down. Bake for 10 more minutes: first bake for 7, then sprinkle on some fresh rosemary, then bake for 3 more. Meanwhile, make a paste out of garlic and a little salt, and put it in the serving bowl. When the potatoes are done, dump them into the bowl and mix.

For dinner last night, I put some chickpeas, Japanese eggplant, sweet potato, canned diced tomatoes, onions, garlic, celery, green pepper, and spices, into a crockpot, and cooked it all day. Served it with rice. Pretty good, but would have been better with some andouille sausage.