A typical Friday night of cooking

I usually cook on the weekends. But sometimes it begins on Friday night.
This Friday was one of those nights that the menu got out of hand.

It all started with wanting to make some hummus. The following events ensued…

I had bought apples at the store this afternoon because I wanted to make apple cider. Figured that while the cider was cooking down, I could make the hummus.

Then I thought how Thanksgiving is coming up and how I should practice making my yeast rolls…so I thought ‘while I’m waiting for the dough to rise, I can make the hummus’.

Then I figured I might as well fire up the grill and pull out a few steaks…and some chicken…and make a few hamburgers. You know…while I’m waiting on that dough and the cider. Then I can do that hummus, too.

So I took the steaks, chicken, and hamburger out. I’d like to make sure it is clear, this is the first thing I’ve done. Up to this point, it was only thinking and planning.

While the meat thawed, I cut the apples up and threw them in the pot with some water, sugar, cinnamon, and allspice. That’s got 3 hours of cook time ahead of it.

Then I started making the dough for the rolls (no pic). That’s got 90 mins of rise time before I make the dough ball.

Next, I got the grill started. This is when I realized that I wanted to make some veggies to go with all this meat and bread. So I prepped some zucchini, red onion, and bell peppers (orange, red, and yellow) and I made my stir-fry brown sauce (which has to sit out for a bit…recipe HERE).