Musings from a servantless, stay-at-home, cooking-obsessed mom
Posted in Musings on May 31st, 2012
Hydrangeas are pretty nearly a perfect flower. I just adore them: they’re so old-fashioned yet never date; the enormous spectrum of hues they can present is fabulous; they’re lazy but not. And how cool is this spider!?
Posted in Cooking & Eating on May 31st, 2012
What a good day: to have catered a large lunch, not have felt much stress, enjoyed the process, and shared some really beautiful food. As I’m learning, photographing food inside and with a flash never does it justice -at all!- but here are a few attempts. And almost best of all, there are a few [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating, Musings on May 30th, 2012
Oh.My.God. I am in love with my sage pesto. Y’all MUST try this: 3/4 c packed sage leaves + 5 basil leaves + 1/4 c toasted pine nuts + 1/3 c EVOO + 3/4 tsp salt + 4 cloves garlic + freshly cooked pasta (recipe posted). Ridiculously good. I tossed mine with grilled salmon which [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating, Musings on May 30th, 2012
Oh.My.God. I am in love with my sage pesto. Y’all MUST try this: 3/4 c packed sage leaves + 5 basil leaves + 1/4 c toasted pine nuts + 1/3 c EVOO + 3/4 tsp salt + 4 cloves garlic + freshly cooked pasta (recipe posted). Ridiculously good. I tossed mine with grilled salmon which [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating on May 30th, 2012
Today was really fun despite my fatigue. Jambalaya for 20- check. 48 cookies- check. Dressing and spice blends for tomorrow- check. One of the three tarts- in the oven. Ol is spending the night with his grandparents, and Mr. J and I have had a lovely date since he got home from school. I even [...]
Posted in Cooking & Eating on May 30th, 2012
I am sad to say that I’ve been up since 3:50am. Jack must have been having one heck of a vivid dream, because he called out loudly, urgently and repeatedly for about five minutes before quieting down. I, however, was never able to get back to it. Sh&*(*&$#t. Anyway, the adrenaline has finally kicked in [...]