Night Before

I'm cooking for mom tomorrow and finalizing my menu and my last-minute grocery list--there's always things I've forgotten. Usually I try to wing it and make do without extra runs to the market, but sometimes, if it's a crucial ingredient, I have to run out.

Tomorrow I am planning to make the crab cakes, grilled chiken, grilled asparagus, sauteed spinach, roasted potatoes (done this evening), spinach fritatta, chicken salad, deviled eggs, seared scallops with the beurre blanc sauce, roasted parsnips, and perhaps a chicken soup, we'll see--ohhh, I have enough  asparagus to make a creamed asparagus soup....mom would swoon over that; she adores creamed asparagus soup!

I have a lot of work to do tomorrow as well, so I may have to cook some tomorrow and finish up on Wednesday or do it all on Wednesday. We'll see how it works out coordinating with my brother.

The plan is to coordinate with my brother to drop off the packaged food in an ice cooler at the end of his day, and he will take it on over to mom. She and my brother live pretty far from me, but my brother works near enough for me to save a lot of time by doing a drop off. This will be our first attempt. I hope it's a go!

I feel excited inside, like I'm revving up for a 10K. It's a rush. :) Always there's the lurking question: will mom like the food this week? Gosh, I hope so!