Back to the Future Dinner

So the Baker and the non-baker are both major BTTF fans, though they tend to disagree about which of the three is best. As a result, when the non-baker found out that it was playing at her school's movie theater, she invited the Baker down to have dinner, see the movie and sleep over. So, first they needed to get dinner, and so they sauteed some veggies (starting with some mushrooms and zucchini)
And then adding chunks of red onion and summer squash to the mix
Then, they added some tomato sauce to the mix.
cooked up some couscous (for a quick grain)
And tossed some brussels sprouts with balsamic vinegar and tossed them in the oven at 350 or so for 45-ish minutes ( a recipe idea that the non-baker got from a friend of hers.)
Then they put a bit of each into bowls and sat down to eat dinner.
But of course, this was only the beginning of the evening. They still had a movie to look forward to. And of course, they decided that they wanted snacks to bring with them to the movie. But, buying snacks? How passé. Instead, the Baker (of course) suggested that they bake. And, since they both felt relatively lazy, they pulled out a bag of scone mix that the non-baker had sitting around, poured it into a bowl
Added the requisite amount of water, shaped and cut the scones into wedges and plopped them into the oven for 15 min or so.
Quick and easy scones? Accomplished. They packed up the scones and walked over to the theater (which they had decided to get to early, since they were concerned that the rest of the school would be just as excited about getting to see BTTF on the big screen as they were. ) Luckily, almost no one else was, and they ended up with some of the best seats in the house.

the Baker and non-baker eat out with their parents

So a bit ago, the Baker and non-baker's parents were in town and they decided to go out to eat. They decided to go to a new vegan restaurant that they had heard about, called Karyn's on Green. The food was fantastic.
They started off with a cold broccoli soup that was almost like the Baker and non-baker's mother's gazpacho in texture. This was closely followed by first an arugula salad
And then second, a kale salad (or slaw).
Then were the vegan sliders (which were surprisingly delicious.)
After this came the main courses. (They had, in true Baker/non-baker family tradition decided to order a number of dishes and all take bites of everything in order to ensure that no one would feel as though he or she had missed out.) The first main dish was roasted raddichio.
The second was a tofu gumbo (which the entire family enjoyed so thoroughly that the non-baker forgot to take a picture of it.) And, the third was a delicious soy cheese pizza.
All in all a fantastic meal and a wonderful restaurant- both based on the food and on the atmosphere.

The Baker bakes again

So, a while ago, the Baker was visiting the non-baker before school started and the Baker decided that she wanted to bake cookies, as she is wont to do. However, she wanted the cookies to be sour. So, she mixed in some yogurt and made peanut butter and jelly cookies. Of course, being the Baker that she is (and because of the ingredients available at the non-baker's house) she used crunchy peanut butter and lingonberry jam. Yum.
She also baked some chocolate chip cookies, because, as usual, she was not content to bake just one type of cookie. She's the Baker and she's amazing.