Happy Friday. This week has flown by. I don’t want even to think about the sheer number of words that have come out of my mouth while talking with patients or that I’ve written or typed in the past few days. I’m ready for a little downtime.

Saturday I’m going to be helping set up for the International Restaurant and Foodservice Show of New York and then indulging in a little karaoke silliness—and hopefully Korean BBQ. Sunday plans include a half-shift at the hospital and hopefully some yoga.  I did a lot of cooking on Thursday so won’t be doing much food prep or recipe-testing over the weekend. I plan to enjoy a lot of soup and toast. Fancy, I know.

For those of you who plan to spend some time in the kitchen, what’s on the agenda? Any fun experiments you’d been meaning to try? Here are a few things that caught my eye this week:

I love the idea of making my own fermented foods at home, but I’m such a scaredy-cat. Some years ago, my then-boyfriend made cashew cheese that spent a week wrapped in a towel in a cabinet, and after I ate some, I laid awake for hours waiting for botulism-related eye twitches to set in. Still, this recipe for homemade sauerkraut (in a mason jar, no less) sounds pretty badass.

A bunch of clicking around led me to this 2010 post for an egg baked into a sweet potato on The Daily Balance. Um, I need this in my life.

Speaking of vegetables, I loved this article on what a serving of vegetables looks like. A good visual makes all the difference.

Maybe it’s my age, but I feel like all of a sudden I know tons of people who are having babies. These lactation cookies from the Fitnessista would be a great gift for a new mom. Since I am a terrible baker, I’ll just keep sending goodies from Mouth or ordering from the registry, but you can try to make them…

What are you up to this weekend? Any recipes you’re planning to try?