Burekas

Tonight we had a pretty heavy dinner and then we started watching Capote and it's all making me very sleepy. We had Burekas, which is essentially what spanakopita would be if it were a calzone (spinach and feta baked in a dough). I think feta (or cottage cheese or ricotta or similar) and cooked spinach is delicious with pretty much anything bready, so this dish is surely a winner. The original recipe yielded a disastrous dough, so we simply co-opted the Calzone one because it's essentially perfect; light and crispy.

I was originally going to make roasted pepper Couscous but didn't because we apparently don't have any. Instead I added some cucumber and tomato and called it a salad. Considering the somewhat mismatched Roasted Pepper and Cucumber Salad it was actually pretty good. It was different. I liked it, but I don't think I'd eat it again. I think I'm torn and everything pales in comparison to the burekas. I probably wouldn't recommend it, I'll leave it that.

I was originally making falafel, but ended up just making Stewed Chick Peas and Carrot. No surprises here, just a way to get more vegetables on the plate. I thought about adding cumin and cinnamon like a recipe I came across, but wasn't feeling particularly adventurous this evening. Instead, just some garlic, chicken stock and one of seemingly hundreds of now not-so fresh bay leaves I'm trying to use up. For dessert we had Ben 'n Jerry's Chunky Monkey, which is probably my favorite ice cream and is definitely not helping me stay awake.