Even though we haven't left the house yet, it's been a fine day. We had a morning chock-full of giggles, photo ops, dress-up and a certain little someone decided she was actually hungry today. hungry! this makes mama happy.
Several months ago I decided it was time to vamp up my domestic skills. Off i went to Chapters and purchased 2 new cookbooks which I now use on a weekly basis. Charlie Trotter's Home Cooking and Perfect Salads by Linda Doeser. I've also been using recipes from blogs written by, in my opinion, culinary geniuses. Recently I've discovered that I no longer loathe cooking and have learned to embrace it because until I get that maid i've been longing for, im the sole cook in this joint. I was always so afraid to venture out and try new recipes and ingredients, but I knew my husband and child could not live off Quinoa alone..but by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God...so i started incorporating more meat, potatoes, and BUTTER! Once in a while ill whip up a scant albiet scrumptious salad, last night was a feta, strawberry and mint salad, no mint and added brown rice fusilli. Tonight im going to make Asian Lettuce wraps, the recipe is from a blog i enjoy reading called alexandra's kitchen. Her meals and photos are phennomenal!
The house is quiet, the dust has (somewhat) settled and life is good.
About Me
- violet @aviolettintedlife
- Toronto, Canada
- Torontonian mama to almost 4 year old W and 1 year old L. Love to cook and bake and experiment with new recipes from cookbooks, blogs, friends, magazines.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
happy rainy monday and i got the blahs!
this basement-finishing project has turned our house into a haven for tiny dust particles from all the sanding and puttsing thats been going on below ground level. its rather maddening when you lightly drag your finger across every surface in the house and see how sneaky the stuff can be..it's everywhere. i hate to think what our lungs look like.
on a happier note, the day is drawing closer when darling husband will be going to Cambridge, MA to continue his studies at Harvard Business School. The quicker he leaves, the sooner he will be back. (is this how one remains optimistic?.. i have no idea anymore). I also have no idea where i'll be spending the 3 weeks while he's away. I would love to just stay home and clean (is that pathetic?) but due to my fear of being kidnapped, broken into, or pank called at 3am with with heavy breathing on the other end of the line, i cannot and will not stay home alone. wimp.
2 paragraphs and im already itching, pun intended, to get off the computer and start dusting, sweeping, mopping, and perhaps force feed the wee one who oh-so-adorably refuses to eat.
on a happier note, the day is drawing closer when darling husband will be going to Cambridge, MA to continue his studies at Harvard Business School. The quicker he leaves, the sooner he will be back. (is this how one remains optimistic?.. i have no idea anymore). I also have no idea where i'll be spending the 3 weeks while he's away. I would love to just stay home and clean (is that pathetic?) but due to my fear of being kidnapped, broken into, or pank called at 3am with with heavy breathing on the other end of the line, i cannot and will not stay home alone. wimp.
2 paragraphs and im already itching, pun intended, to get off the computer and start dusting, sweeping, mopping, and perhaps force feed the wee one who oh-so-adorably refuses to eat.
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