You win some you lose some.

This is my favorite kind of recipe...simple. Asparagus, pancetta, leeks and EVOO. That's it! Except salt and pepper. This is from Chiarello's Casual Cooking. Super yummy and light.


Homemade butternut squash gnocchi with a sage brown butter sauce. I liked it but Fancy preferred it raw over cooked. Drat.

Since we had so much butternut squash left over we made soup. The recipe called for leeks and potato (two items we also had in our box) and recommended it be put through a sieve. Well, we now know that it must not have meant a Fine Chinois because all we were getting was butternut milk. Once combined back together it turned out quite yummy.
Not featured is my latest red cabbage recipe. I still have two more red heads of cabbage to get through so there is time to find a good one.

Nov- Dec

Everything is done in excess at our house.


Monkey enjoys visiting Fancy's school.


Fancy enjoys hanging upside down at school.



Since Fancy's gym class is a class of one, she often gets lumped into other classes. It does not bother her one bit that they are older, in fact I would say she thrives on the challenge.


She is a busy little kid. Also loves dance.


Rootbeer tasting on x-mas eve.

Keeping track of these guys is a major challenge in the rows of x-mas trees.


Pumpkin patch mayhem.

Fancy's good friend and the one she learns all her climbing tricks from.




Monkey still squeezes into the doll stroller.

Brussels

This is an old one for me now. It is the only way I like brussel sprouts but I LOVE them this way. Baked some up for lunch today. Cut in half, tossed with EVOO, salt and pepper then baked cut side down at 400 for 25 minutes until starting to brown a bit. They come out soft and yummy.

New Years Resolution

Well, I haven't written them down but my thought was to be a little more creative than the same old same old. So my first one is a little complicated. It goes something like this: To fall in love with cooking all over again and to focus on vegetables because we like them and they make us feel good. Since we get a veggie box every other week and it comes with all kinds of yummy organic veggies I want to embrace each and every one and maybe the kids will even start to enjoy them. So today was the first attempt and it was a success (well for the adults anyway).

Braised Red Cabbage
I used a recipe from Mustards Cookbook and although I would cut back on the vinegar and brown sugar it came out yummy and was easy. I don't want to take the time to write out the whole recipe right now but if you want it you can email me.

Coming soon, what we will do with leeks and bok choy. Looking forward to it.