"Italian" Night

Cooking really is how I relax, so this week now that I'm home, I'm taking advantage of the time to cook.

For appetizer we had warm baguette, brie, and jam. I discovered the wonders of brie in Italy and my friend Lindsay showed me how amazing brie was with some jam (everyone must try!!). The sweet tartness works perfectly with the brie.


For dinner, we had sausage and tomato pasta. It was a wonderful family meal and a perfectly carb-y meal

Simlple "Good Stuff"

This was my breakfast last weekend (im falling behind in my posting), its nothing fancy but still good. Just made some refried beans to go with tortillas from our little stash



So I'm still trying to cook Indian food. I think I may have to give up soon. Although I have found ready made Indian sauces, that I have not messed up (at least not yet).

Last week some people came over for dinner so I thought this was a safe meal. I've made lentils before and those are always good so I thought naan would be a nice addition, I don't know how I messed up bread, but my naan didn't come out very naan like. It was just flat pieces of bread. (I dont think i treated the yeast properly) In the end, it was all good, bread and lentils made a wonderful meal.

Pumpkin Bread Monday

OK this is obviously not the pumpkin bread but it was my lunch and i thought it looked nice. It was salami, pesto, tomato, mozzarella sandwich (a staple at our house).


So for the main event...

We still had pumpkin puree left over from our pumpkin pancakes so I decided to make pumpkin bread. I also added "cinnamon swirl" layers which was a delicious idea if I do say so myself. The actual bread is more of a cake like texture, but it still works.

Strawberries: Nice Page

So this is really old but I just found the picture. oops

Well one night Kelley decided to make chocolate strawberries. I was at a portfolio info session so when I came home she told me she had arranged them nicely on a plate but ate one because she couldnt help herself. Well in my "studio brain" state I told her it was a nice page, instead of plate.

Not the best story ever told but they were pretty.

Halloween Brunch

We've (actually more Kelley) have wanted to make pumpkin pancakes for a long time. Halloween day brunch seemed to be the perfect excuse, so we invited people over and had some festive food!

We cooked up some pumpkin pancakes and mixed up some cinnamon sugar. My mom sent us some Halloween stencils so we all stenciled our pancakes with sugar and Sean made some whipped cream and the feast was complete. Well it was complete after making some of our espresso, then it was truly perfect.