Category Archives: Cooking

Snippets of my life lately

December 11, 2012

1. I talked Walker into trying a Mexican restaurant close to our place and we were quite pleased. The food was ok but the place was so cozy and the staff was so super nice. Walker was talking in Spanish to our waitress and I think she was pretty impressed. I practiced what little Spanish I could remember with him. It was pretty funny.

2. We made apple butter. Our canning was sketchy at best so I hope it doesn’t go bad.

3. Packages….oh so many.

4. I found a discarded rose head on the ground and rescued it.

Fun in oregon

November 27, 2012

It was so much fun to get away for a bit. We had such a great time visiting with our friends and I really enjoyed being out of the city. I joked with Walker that he should just leave me in Eugene.

They took us for a tour of the University of Oregon (where one goes to law school and the other works). The campus was so pretty. What I was super excited to see was Hayward field. The field that Steve Prefontaine ran on. I remember watching the movie about him back in high school back when I was running track and it stuck with me.

Later that weekend we also made it to a winery with the most beautiful views and ended up touring a local brewery in the evening. Nice safety goggles! Ha!

On our way back to Seattle I insisted we pick apples at an orchard I found despite the rain and mud. Now what do to with all those apples?

(Most pictures shown were taken by Walker)

We fried a turkey

November 26, 2012

Happy Monday after the holiday! I wanted to keep it light today as I’m sure, like me, you’re still exhausted from the weekend. I did my best to relax yesterday but with the holidays in full swing that was more difficult than I would have liked.

I mentioned Walker and I went Oregon to spend our Thanksgiving with friends. It was our first adult Thanksgiving. By that I mean it was the first time the meal was fully prepared by us. Our friends were set on frying the turkey which seemed a little freaky especially after seeing those insurance commercials. We were extra careful and we were quite successful! It was cooked perfectly and tasted great along with all the other sides we prepared.

Also next Monday I will choose an email subscriber to win one of my holiday necklaces. If you are not on the list be sure to get on it!