HNS Top 25 of 2009

2009 has been a mostly happy, albeit difficult year. We thank God for our family's good health and for His great love for us. That would be our #1. Here are 24 other things that have brought us joy (no particular order).

1. Best Bread Pudding of 2009: Maple Bread Pudding sans praline
2. Hiroshi's Eurasian Tapas: Tofu Salad
3. Grilled Portugese Sausage at Mac 24-7
4. Pasta Alla Norma, adapted from Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
   
5. The Chocolate Malt from the Little Oven
6. Mark Enomoto's Tuna Sandwich (winner of Wellspring Church's Sandwich Showdown)
   
   
   
   
7. Town Restaurant: Grass Fed Steak & fries
   
   
   
   
8. Mexican food from Han's birthday party!!! Including this Mexican Rice recipe from Bon Appetit
9. Himalayan Kitchen
10. Han's Steel Cut Oatmeal, based on this recipe from VeganYumYum
11. Glee!
    
12. Movie: Snow Prince, a Japanese film
13. My dad's salad dressings
14. Our cute herb garden (now sorely in need of tlc!)
    
    
    
    
15. Paninis, especially with grilled veggies, basil pesto & carmelized onions
    
16. Food movie: Food, Inc.
    
17. Town Restaurant: Croissants
    
18. This Roast Beef sandwich, with my dad's smoked prime rib and au jus
    
19. Yogi Kombucha Green Tea
20. Moosewood LowFat Cookbook: Mediterranean Couscous Salad
21. Stracciatella
    
    (gourmet.com)
    
    
22. Mole Tamales from Mercado De La Raza (available 3x/year)
23. Fries and dipping sauces from Hank's Haute Dogs
    
24. Auntie Ann's Cocoa Crispies Cookies!! (We'll try to get the recipe!)