Cooking post-baby

While there have been a fair number of take out meals and quite a few (treasured) dinners prepared for us by friends and family, we have actually managed to maintain a certain amount of cooking in the post-baby era. We are still working our way through the half-o-lamb that we purchased from a local farm last year (unfortunately we are now without its piece de resistance, the rack, thanks to a certain robber; however, our insurance company reimbursed us generously for it). A highlight of recent weeks was a plate of delicate lamb chops from the same little sheepie, paired with mashed potatoes and peas and a very French pan sauce.

This particular dinner was created by Joe, but we have also accomplished some feats of tag-team cooking, in which I start dinner but am pulled away to feed the Ravenous One and Joe finishes the meal. This has only resulted in one disaster; now Joe knows that I fill the steamer AFTER I load it with vegetables.

Mashed Potatoes and Peas

Boil some potatoes. Cook 1/2 cup or so of frozen peas. Put the peas in a blender and blend them real good. Add the peas to the drained potatoes in the pot. Generously add some salt, butter, and milk. Use soy milk if you are nursing a potentially milk-allergic baby. Mash it all up and serve alongside your little lamb chops. With the leftovers, make a shepherd's pie worthy of St. Patrick's Day.