A quick refueling

This is Dancemasters Weekend at Wesleyan, a time when various choreographers and dancers come from across the country to perform and to teach master classes. I have just come home from a class with Carla Maxwell, one of the principle dancers with the Limon Dance Company. The class was pretty vigorous and I have returned dripping in sweat and craving a good nap. Unfortunately I am on a pretty packed schedule and soon have to turn around to go to Robert Battle's class. I am beat, but since he is the founder of the amazing company, battleworks, I could hardly skip it. So I found myself needing a refuel...and FAST!
I was ravenously hungry so I knew it had to be carby, but I also needed a heavy dose of protein to sustain me through the afternoon. Peeking in the fridge, I saw we had no quick and easy meat so I started thinking peanut butter. The final dish was highly experimental. It sounds pretty gross and isn't terribly easy on the eye (although the picture doesn't capture the warm curry color - it didn't actually match the table!), but it was absolutely delicious.

First I put some couscous (leftover from the night of disasters - see earlier post) in a saucepan and added a bit of milk. When it was nice and hot I put in about a tablespoon and a half of crunchy peanut butter. Thinking of thai food as inspiration, I added a few liberal shakes of curry powder. Upon tasting, it was missing some tangy-ness. I peeked into the fridge, hoping for sour cream, but only found cottage cheese. I decided to give it a go, so in went the cottage cheese. As it heated up those awkward lumps melted down, and the dish came together nicely. Now I am feeling ready to return to the dance floor! Hooray for experimentation!