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I keep feeling like I'm not accomplishing anything today because I decided not to really try to do too much. In reality, I have

1. Made myself a quiche and actually followed the recipe properly for the first time ever - I usually have tried to cut the number of eggs and improvised ways to make up for their loss with varying results. Actual quiche was pretty delicious, even if I am terrible at prebaking pastry shells.
2. Which means I have followed my ridiculous breakfast cycle plan for over a week successfully. Which means I've eaten breakfast every day for over a week. Nice.
3. Shaped my challah dough into 6 knots and one little loaf. To be baked once they have the day to rise, pretty much. Or parbaked and frozen, in the case of the knots.
4. Got a chicken in the oven.
5. Washed all the dishes. For the first time in I don't even know how long, every dish/pot/pan/etc/ is either clean and put away, actively in use, on the drying rack, or in the dishwasher (which is running). Woo!
6. In seven  more pages, including ads, I will be all caught up on my Entertainment Weeklys, ignoring the ones that got misplaced and therefore remain unread. I don't know why I am compelled to read these things cover to cover whether I am interested in the contents or not, but I am and it weighs on me when I have unread issues lying around.

Not bad. And I may yet do more today, who knows?

Dumpling Report

I got thrugh enugh of my To Do List that making some dumplings seemed like a good idea. So I tried frescatelli, which is supposed to be "the simplest way to make instant dumplings" according to the recipe book. Semolina flour, you flick water over it to form little lumps of semolina dough, boil them for a couple of minutes and then (for this particular presentation) brown them in butter. Except my little lumps turned into porridge at the boiling stage, so I ended up with something akin to grits. Still tasty, but in no way dumplings. I think I didn't flick enough water and my lumps of semolina were too small, maybe. And possibly not so much of a roiling boil next time?