Readjustmentation

It was a gray, windy, wet kind of day today, the kind you don't get in Denver (or at least hardly ever) and the kind that I have to learn to readjust to along with the gazillion other things going on.
But instead of being sad, it is better to reflect on nice, cozy, yummy things in life. Things like having a CSA box full of goodies to play with every week and time for playing in the kitchen.
Some of the highlights have been: homemade German chocolate cake, lemon bars and more lemon bars, pineapple coconut cookies, stuffed squash with curried wild rice pilaf, cherry ricotta muffins, triple ginger stout gingerbread, Japanese-style beef and squash stew, sweet potato gratin, and cabbage pie. Oh and ham cups with pesto and eggs. I didn't make all of the goodies, but did take some photos of a few things. The rest you will have to use your imagination. Plus I discovered that the trick to successful homemade hummus is an obsessive rinsing of the chickpeas to get rid of most of the skins. That also leads to the least amount of digestive discomfort, if you know what I mean.

Oh and I made a batch of banana oatmeal power cookies and brought some to work. They seemed to go over well. Can't wait for Christmas Cookie Bonanza!