Ooooh! I'm starting to get excited already for the holiday season! So much to look forward to - the 5K Mad Dash in the Wicked Woods, Halloween itself, Santacon, Festive Fridays and the Ugly Christmas Sweater party! So...to get me in the mood, I decided to engage in a little light pumpkin carving this evening. I had three pumpkins from my up, up and away girls weekend in Napa (I know, I know - I still need to write that one up for you!) ready and raring to go. So - with the help of a rather nifty pumpkin carving kit from Safeway (its amazing the stuff you can buy in there!) - I unleashed my inner squash scribe and I have to say I think the results were quite outstanding!
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| Emergent brilliance... |
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| Ta-da!!! |
I'm really quite impressed with myself! I even managed to spell it correctly and to carve out the right bits! Well done, me! I might even try another one.
Now, I'm not sure if its the change of the seasons (in as much as they change here in SF), but I was in a distinctly domestic goddess mood today. I think I must have been inspired by the cooking class I went to last Sunday, so off I trotted to Trader Joes to stock up on supplies and then spent a very contented couple of hours pootling about in the kitchen. The result? Maple whipped sweet potatoes with caramelized onions, thyme Yorkshire puddings with a couple of chicken and apple bangers. Washed down with a
very nice glass of rose Cremant de Bourgogne from Trader Joe's, it was the perfect end to a very chilled out weekend!
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| They are, indeed, things of beauty. |
2 comments:
That is one meal I hope you reprise when I get there , looks and sounds delicious, you can have my glass of wine though ! What cooking class ? you are not keeping us fully informed with your oh so interesting and varied lifestyle. More blogs!!!!!! No pressure.Top marks for Yorkshire puds , just perfect darling xxxxxxxxxx
Got so carried away with Yorkshire Puddings I quite forgot to say how impressed I was with your pumpkin carving skills, very impressive darling, and all 10 digits still unscathed, well done you !!!!! xxxxxx
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