I was inspired to spend the day in the kitchen, and so far, it really has been a whole day kind of thing. I was at the grocery at 8:00 am getting ingredients and have been dorking in the kitchen ever since.
Tuscan White Bean Soup, which is a recipe I found in Cooks Illustrated. It was okay, but not great. I suspect the cannellini beans from Whole Foods (Whole Paycheck) were a bit old. I had to cook them much longer than expected to get nicely tender beans. But still, it was a nice fall lunch. Maybe I’ll hit the farmer’s market in Coooopertino and see if there are good beans to be had there.
I also threw together a batch of hummus for grazing through the coming week. Props to Mary Jane for the original recipe which I have since evolved into my own.
Then I put together a pie crust and the guts for a pecan pie, which is in the oven even as I type. How is it possible that I don’t own a set of pie weights? What are the odds this is the first time in human history that a set of metric sockets have been used as pie weights?
And then for dinner, I’m making enchiladas. I’ve tweaked this recipe a bit, roasting the chicken thighs in advance and shredding them as if I was making chicken salad. It’s simmering on the stove now; we’ll see how it turns out.
I have massage worked planned for every single night this week (either class or doing practice massages), so this may be the only cooking that happens all week. 
Gah! Lessee, massage, cooking, fixing Macs… you’re kindof like “The Ideal Man” at this point, aren’t you??
p.s. the package is still MIA! :-0
Excellent! Bean soup sounds tasty. And it sounds like the perfect fall-weather kinda food for the cooler days we’ve been having of late.
I keep meaning to be inspired to spend a day cooking in the kitchen, but so far that day hasn’t materialized. Thankfully, the pumpkin that’s going to be cooked (pumpkin curry–mmmm) will last for quite a while sitting on the counter. Gourds are good that way.
As for using metric sockets as pie weights, I suspect this isn’t the first time in human history that’s been done, but I also suspect that it hasn’t exactly been a common occurrence. *I* certainly wouldn’t have thought of it. Nice improvisation!