Thursday, September 25, 2014

This Week in My Kitchen: Breathe







(Joining Heather for the kitchen blog hop)

It's begun...I've been working until about 7:30 or so every night (even on my work-at-home day, Tuesday).  I am hoping to find ways to minimize late work this semester, but there is just so much to learn in my new capacities on campus right now that it's hard to pull back.  Meantime, the kitchen is a place to chill out about the rules and take it a little easier: 
  • Welcome back, leftovers! Even you look better by candle light
  • Comfort food is in order by Friday night, and pancakes were just perfect
  • I continue to be obsessed with--I mean, regularly eat--a quick muesli before catching the train in the morning.  Thank heavens for quick, real food.
  • Greatly enjoyed cups of tea and a quick leftover vegan enchilada while working at home on Tuesday
  • And finally: dish washing makes me think of the bath this week because our dish soap is lavender scented!
Deep breaths, yes?  Hopefully I'll get some good cooking and baking time in over the weekend, even though it's supposed to be 80-ish degrees again (hey, what happened to fall???).  

Here's to hoping for--but not planning on--a saner week next week!


10 comments:

  1. It sounds very busy over there Erin. I'm glad that you managed to catch a healthy breakfast each morning. Oh and pancakes on Friday night, perfect. I have happy comforting memories of pancakes. I remember as a child being woken up by the sound of voices and peeping down stairs when I should have been tucked in bed with my sisters. My father always seemed to have gatherings of young men debating all sorts of interesting subjects. When they got hungry my mother would make big batches of pancaked for them. The smells would waft upstairs and I would want to join in and find out what was going on.
    Keep breathing deep. Here's hoping that you have a relaxing weekend and the sane week ahead that you hope for.
    debx

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    1. Love your story! Those sense memories from childhood are the stickiest and loveliest kind.

      Christine at Earthapplestudio.com

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    2. Thanks for sharing this story, Debby! It sounds like a fascinating time in your childhood. My memory of breakfast food in childhood centers around home-made oatmeal muffins and a huge crowd in the house after Sunday mass (we had 8 kids, my uncle had 7!). I can feel the warmth of the muffin in my hand, see and smell the melting butter on it, hear all the noise around me...

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    3. It sounds just perfect. A great excuse for a muffin at any time.
      dx

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    1. Isn't it good? I can't remember where I got it, but I saw it on soulemama.

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  3. Pancakes have become our new 'pizza' (until I can master a decent GF pizza), so simple and easy even with GF flours, and the kids think they are such a big treat. Everything looks so yummy and beautiful! I

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    1. Good luck with gluten free! I imagine pizza is tough. Did you see the recipe on the Oh She Glows blog? I didn't try it, but I *think* it was either gluten free or had gluten free options.

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  4. Your food looks delicious. Real food, yes! I love pancakes for dinner...

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    1. I agree--I hardly ever even think of them for breakfast, but I love ending the work week with them!

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