Wine Thursday
March 13, 2008 by arielle
Barring any extenuating circumstances (such as the flu), if it’s Thursday, we’re drinking. Tonight we were also cleaning, and battled the apartment in a record-breaking 40 minutes, which means even more time for wine.
I was feeling ambitious and made crab cakes for dinner. Actually, I used to make these all the time, but Trader Joe’s has some really gross canned crab meat, so we haven’t had them in a while. I remembered to pick up the good stuff at the regular grocery store this weekend, though. I usually add some corn to them, mostly because I’m too cheap to buy enough crab. Plus I like the corn, it makes them kind of sweet. Here they are cooking:
I’ll post the recipe under that section. I made roasted potatoes and broccoli with them this time:
I ate nearly all of that, but there are some potatoes left over and I cannot wait to eat them cold with ketchup tomorrow. I might have them for breakfast.
Earlier today, I had a couple of snacks.
A pear:
A fig:
This is the mother of all figs. Huge.
And these little pieces of broccoli were too small to go in the oven but too cute to throw away, so I dipped them in a little hummus:
Alright, gonna relax and drink my wine. Have a good night! Tomorrow I have a meeting from 11 - 2 so I probably won’t get to post until the afternoon.
Enjoy the wine! Looks tasty!
of course you drink on tonight- its Thirsty Thursday!
I had some bad canned crab the other day. I swear they just ground up the shell right along with the meat.
Dinner looks delish!
Hey! First of all I LOVE your site!
My boyfriend just accepted an investment banking job with Wachovia and will be moving to Manhattan in July. Therefore, the search for apartments is on! Where do you all live? Any recommendations? Thanks 
Also, some of your recipe links aren’t working 
Great idea w/ adding corn to your crab cakes… I think that looks really good & you get some extra veggies in there!
Cara - thanks!
Free - I thought you were going to be spam
That’s basically how Trader Joe’s crab is - little tiny gross pieces.
Ashley - That’s funny, my brother works in commercial banking for Wachovia. He was here, but just got transferred to head up the new office in CA. Anyway, I live in Brooklyn. I would recommend Craig’s List, which I’m sure you know about, but you can search on there for apartments without broker’s fees. You want to avoid using a broker, cause it’ll cost a fortune. It’s hard not to, though, if you want to live in the city. Look in the neighborhoods downtown - they are more young and fun. East & West Villages, Chelsea, Lower East Side and Murray Hill are all nice neighborhoods. Let me know if you have any other questions - feel free to email me! Oh and thanks for the heads up on the recipe links. I have no idea how to work this thing.
Lindz - Thanks!! Stretches the cakes and stretches a buck