"Head...Shoulders...Knees and...SOCKS!"

I like to make food into other food.  It's fun, and of course quite satisfying in the end - oh, and you get to lick the bowl.  With it being Passover and all, our usual carb-o-licious diet is put to the wayside for the week.  As Av said to me last night "I'm tired of special Passover food."  So on this wonderful day off o'mine - on this almost mid-April weekend on which we are expecting snow flurries(!) - I cooked and baked.  First off some brownie cheesecake - for the boy.  He said "I think that cheesecake would make my yuckies go away and make me feel so much better."  Next I made a mushroom-garlic dip (for me).  It's my sister-in-law's recipe, and one that I enjoy every time she makes it.  It tastes so good on matzah.  Last up, I made my annual batch of spinach gnocchi for Shiny.  I also have on deck a blue cheese-pear salad and artichokes stuffed with smashed potatoes.  Oh, and Av wants me to make blue and purple matzah balls.  That should be fun!  Those however will have to wait until tomorrow when I have the energy to do more cooking. 

Our fridge is stuffed with food and ingredients.  But no longer stuffed with the leftovers from Thanksgiving, which had been pushed to the very back and we had been putting off cleaning the bowls out because of the worry that it would be fuzzy stinky nasty.  Oddly enough, the largest dish, Shiny's aunt's artichoke potato salad (sans mayo) looked perfectly fine.  Fine to the point that I thought "Hmm... that would be a yummy Pesach dish" as I stuffed it down the garbage disposal. 

I always worry about what Av will eat, since he normally lives on veggie burgers and veggie chicken.  While we were out of town, he subsided primarily on cheese, yogurt, fruit, matzah and french fries.  Shines found Passover chicken nuggets, which Av was happy to eat since they looked just like (and taste just like) his regular nuggets.  Yesterday was a challenge, as it was the Spring Party at his school.  Poor thing loves cupcakes and brownies, and I told him to do his best, and what he could eat.  He came home in good spirits, and told me he had fruit salad and cheese at the party.  He also asked that I not send Passover cereal for snack anymore.  Totally understandable.

He'll be disappointed that he can't have the cheesecake until tomorrow, but excited for his Popsicles.  Shiny and I however have the ultimate treat waiting in our freezer for after Passover - Jello Pudding Pops!  Oh yeah!