meh

i have been shockingly uninspired lately. exhibit A (above). nothing but potential deliciousness- lentils, sweet potato, garlic, ginger, diced cherry peppers, cumin, coriander, tumeric, coconut milk, basmati rice and cute shreds of cocconut on top. i ate this for dinner once and fed the rest to my dog. where did i go wrong? cilantro would have helped me thinks... what else though? this is alarmingly similar to this red lentil dal i make on a fairly regular basis that i love so much i could practically bathe in it, so what gives??? my mojo must have been set to 'suck!'.

i'm co-planning a dinner party-- on deck>
*venison medallions rubbed with cocoa and cayenne crusted with toasted pistaschios
*roasted root veggies (potatoes, beets, turnips, parsnips, you get the idea-- with a ton of oliveoil, s&p, rosemary, and a squirt of lemon)
*mache salad w goat cheese and possibly grapefruit
*old skool choc cake

i'm getting all filled with sweaty drooly desire at the very thought of it all...

i hope this dinner party pans out. i am in such a cooking rut! i've had my stand-by i'm-too-lazy/busy/hungry-to-cook meal (micro mac'n'cheese with faux chicken nuggets and crushed tortilla chips all mashed up together. sometimes i'll add peas intothe mix) three times in the last four days. seriously. that's ok on the odd night, but i need some inspiration here...

i'm thinking old skool pot roast and all the fixins next...