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What I (am doing) on my Christmas vacation
So, Gwen's daycare closed today and won't open again until the 2nd. Knowing this, and knowing what has generally tended to happen when I've been stuck at home with her for long periods I have:
- completely given up any idea of getting anything done. This way, if I do manage to do something, I can feel virtuous and proud of myself.
- stocked up the kitchen with random things for cooking and baking, since that's what I tend to do when I'm at home all day and I can't do what I'd really like to be doing (*cough* onomastics *cough*).
So you can expect plenty of food-related posts in the next few days. All the recipes can be found over on my food blog.
Thursday (I think?), Joel kicked things off by trying out a recipe that we got from Robert: Melt dark chocolate with some butter. Add port. Drink hot. Joel found it too rich (he also has decided he's not really a fan of port). I like it, even though it is so rich, though I'm still working on the same (not very large) glass. Luckily, it stores in the fridge and reheats in the microwave just fine. In fact, if you didn't reheat it, you'd have the world's most gourmet chocolate pudding.
Yesterday I made a half batch of cranberry muffins, and then did something which often results in failure, and created a recipe from scratch -- bacon-wrapped roasted Hokkaido pumpkin with onions and balsamic/maple syrup glaze:
When I put Gwen into her high chair and she saw her plate with cut-up pumpkin on it, she went "yum, yum!" and smacked her lips in anticipation.
We also made our standard red sauce for pasta.
Today I'm making something stemming from the fact that whenever Joel and I have cabbage, we always remark to each other "Gosh, we really like cabbage. Why don't we make it more often?" I've sliced up a head of curly cabbage which when Joel gets back from the store I'll fry up with onions and lardons. Maybe we'll make some egg noodles to go with it, since we have two bags that we received free from our grocery store as Christmas gifts. I also have a two liter bottle of cheap wine that is waiting to be made into gluhwein, and Joel will be picking up a pork roast for Christmas Day -- something I haven't made since a Thanksgiving years ago (2001, I think) when I hosted my parents for the holiday while I was an undergrad.
- completely given up any idea of getting anything done. This way, if I do manage to do something, I can feel virtuous and proud of myself.
- stocked up the kitchen with random things for cooking and baking, since that's what I tend to do when I'm at home all day and I can't do what I'd really like to be doing (*cough* onomastics *cough*).
So you can expect plenty of food-related posts in the next few days. All the recipes can be found over on my food blog.
Thursday (I think?), Joel kicked things off by trying out a recipe that we got from Robert: Melt dark chocolate with some butter. Add port. Drink hot. Joel found it too rich (he also has decided he's not really a fan of port). I like it, even though it is so rich, though I'm still working on the same (not very large) glass. Luckily, it stores in the fridge and reheats in the microwave just fine. In fact, if you didn't reheat it, you'd have the world's most gourmet chocolate pudding.
Yesterday I made a half batch of cranberry muffins, and then did something which often results in failure, and created a recipe from scratch -- bacon-wrapped roasted Hokkaido pumpkin with onions and balsamic/maple syrup glaze:
When I put Gwen into her high chair and she saw her plate with cut-up pumpkin on it, she went "yum, yum!" and smacked her lips in anticipation.
We also made our standard red sauce for pasta.
Today I'm making something stemming from the fact that whenever Joel and I have cabbage, we always remark to each other "Gosh, we really like cabbage. Why don't we make it more often?" I've sliced up a head of curly cabbage which when Joel gets back from the store I'll fry up with onions and lardons. Maybe we'll make some egg noodles to go with it, since we have two bags that we received free from our grocery store as Christmas gifts. I also have a two liter bottle of cheap wine that is waiting to be made into gluhwein, and Joel will be picking up a pork roast for Christmas Day -- something I haven't made since a Thanksgiving years ago (2001, I think) when I hosted my parents for the holiday while I was an undergrad.