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I'm enjoying a childless afternoon, thanks to the in-laws, at the Tattered Cover in Highland's Ranch.  I've got my cup of coffee, my half of a ginormous chocolate-chunk cookie (because there are no calories if you split it with someone else), a stack of cooking magazines from which I am surreptitiously copying down promising recipes (I don't mind buying magazines, but I hate storing them), a comfy chair, and air conditioning.  Tomorrow, the whole hectic cycle of teaching, childcare, and chauffeuring starts over again, but for the first time in a long time, I'm completely relaxed.  It takes so little to make me happy.

Speaking of cooking and free recipes, I made this Talerine "Beef" Casserole last night (I used ground turkey and about 1/2 the cheese), and it turned out pretty yummy.  Luke didn't eat it, of course, but that would have been nothing short of miraculous.  Thank god for Whole Foods Unidentifiable Yet Organic Frozen Chicken Parts.   I love the Simply Recipes blog; everything I've made has been wonderful, and Elise posts a nice mix of recipes, none with outrageous instructions or ingredients.  Between her blog and the wonderful Epicurious database (and my current unscrupulous bookstore transcriptions), I hardly ever haul out my old cookbooks anymore.