Naptime
Todd's been working late and August is going through a fussy phase, so when the baby fell asleep this morning I flew into action and got started on a few dishes (he's not a reliable napper, so I could have had only about 20 minutes; this morning it was closer to 40). I baked off some par-baked rolls for dinner tonight; split a pound of ground lamb in half, using one to start on the ragu Mark Bittman wrote about in his column today and seasoning the other half with cumin, coriander, cinnamon, fennel, salt and pepper and shaping into patties for burgers tonight; washed and quartered some mushrooms then tossed them with chopped onion, salt, pepper, olive oil and a sprig of thyme and popped them in the 400 degree oven; and chopped red onion, cilantro and mango and mixed it with prepared mango chutney to top the burgers tonight. Whew! When's my nap?
It feels good, though, to have some stuff ready to go. The ragu needs to be heated and have the milk added, the mushrooms I'll layer with polenta for a quick lunch for me, and the burgers are ready to go for tonight.
I can empathize with getting stuff done while the little one sleeps. I have a 9 year old but he also was not a reliable napper when he was tiny. Hated to sleep. Wouldn't. When he did, I cheered. I either napped too or did bits of cleaning and cooking like you. It felt great when my hubby got home and most of the dinner was actually prepped so eating would be done at a reasonable time instead of 10 pm.
My son stopped napping all together when he was 2 weeks short of 3 years old. He didn't sleep through the night till past 5 years old. He still never wants to go to sleep - usually somwhere between 10 and 10:30 on a school night and 11 pm on a weekend or vacation night. I know what it is like.
Good that you got such a great meal pulled together when the little one slept. Good job. Sounds delicious.
I made a Gyro Burger last week and it was delicious. This sounds similar.
I'm proud of you. But remember to get some sleep when the little one does. That is what saved me from going nuts.
RisaG