Tomorrow is going to be a really busy day. Besides tidying the various remnants in the house that need tidying, I also need to do a big shop and a bunch of prep work for Dashiell's birthday/our housewarming party.

Because I'm a complete masochist, I'm going to bake and decorate Dash's cake myself. Complete with coloured fondant and all kinds of decorations. That said, I'm not so masochistic that I'm following the cake decorating magazine's descriptions to the letter and making it a 2 tier cake. I'll stick with a single tier. We're also not expecting that many people, so a 12" and 8" cake would be kind of ridiculous. So a single 9" cake it will be.

I'm also going to bake and decorate cupcakes.

And make fruit salad.

And... and...

So yesterday I made Hungarian goulash for dinner, per this recipe that was posted by alasharia_la in her LJ a few weeks ago. Can't get more authentic than a recipe that actually comes from someone who is Hungarian.

Super easy, and tasty. We had ours with mashed potato. And there was enough that I could freeze two batches for dinner another time, always a bonus.

Tonight we'll have "Chickpeas Cooked in Tea" with "Delicious Chicken Bits" per my Madhur Jaffrey cookbook. The second recipe will be a new one for me to try, the first is already a favourite of mine.

And depending on how much other stuff I get done this afternoon, and if I have time, I might bake some pumpkin cookies. Mmmm...

The microwave just dinged to let me know that the milk is warm for our café au lait with the chicory coffee from Café du Monde in New Orleans. Delish!