deprived

another week, another long overdue post.

i know you've just been craving a new scone recipe. more breakfast {or brunch} deliciousness hot out of the oven.

well...i've got nothing for you!

last weekend we had more adventures in dressing the mr. for the wedding {not ours, mind you}. this time we were heading to boston so between my getting dolled up and us getting out of here without blowing our whole day i didn't have time to make any saturday. {fortunately, we had some frozen zucchini cheddar biscuits that we enjoyed topped with perfectly runny eggs}

you might be wondering why i didn't make my dough ahead of time as i often do. well, because i had the wonderful notion to use some peaches that we've had for a while and, as with apples, i didn't want to make them early and ruin the dough with leeching peach juice. so there you have it. no scones.

i guess i could have made them sunday...we decided on our scrumptious croissants instead. {and they were divine}

i did make a little something last week. just not the baked sort.

the afghan, dinner sort.

earlier in the week the mr. and i picked up some reasonably priced lamb at the grocer {a rare find}. as is usual for us, we planned on finding some kind of indian recipe in which to use the meat. i didn't find a whole lot of variety {at least not much variety that had even somewhat available ingredients}. the mr. chose the first one he saw: afghan beef korma {found here}. 

last friday he was working late so i took the extra time to get the dish started early so it would be perfectly tender and all ready when he got home. i definitely took some liberties with the recipe: obviously using lamb instead of beef {so much more flavor and it works so well with the spices}, adjusting the amounts of yogurt and such, adding some ground coriander for brightness...i just tasted as i went and adjusted to preference.

it went over fabulously. it didn't have the heat that i normally like in my indian but it did have a lingering warmth. served with some perfectly cooked rice, delicious naan, and a great red blend, it was a terrific end to the week.

in the cards for this weekend:

*baked ziti

*peach scones {sunday, fingers crossed}