NaBloPoMo: Day 30

Woo! Nothing like completing something you set out to do (even if the task itself doesn't really matter).

Speaking of task completion, I've still got a recipe I need to review. For Thanksgiving I made a potato and squash casserole. I roasted the butternut squash, which turned out quite lovely. The casserole was... well, okay. Other people really liked it. I think I'm just not really much of a casserole kind of person.

NaBloPoMo: Day 29

I rarely make desserts, mainly because R and I will then be required to eat them. I know that sounds silly, but when I'm near the end of my half of a cake I'm either tired of eating it or eating stale cake. The cake I made this week, however, will not last long enough to become stale. I would be perfectly happy eating the whole thing. It is a sticky spiked double-apple cake with a brown sugar-brandy sauce and is delicious with or without the sauce. I find myself cutting off bites as I pass through the kitchen. Actually, I think I might go have another nibble right now. I'm sure I need to do something in there.

NaBloPoMo: Day 28

Woke up this morning and thought the air conditioning had been turned on, only to realize that the sound I was hearing was rain on the roof. We celebrated the cozy, lazy morning with pumpkin pie oatmeal. Not too bad.

Hilariously, our conversations earlier in the week had bemoaned the lack of fall like weather. They went something like this:

"Very warm today."
"Blue sky."
"A cloud would be nice."
"Yeah."
"Even just one puffy cloud. The blue is depressing."
"Yeah. Rain, damn you!"

NaBloPoMo: Day 27

Contrary to what the author of the recipe said, I think pear and chocolate scones might actually be better the next day. They're not worse and are certainly still edible. A bit more moist, which I found pleasant.

NaBloPoMo: Day 26

Happy Thanksgiving! Celebrate the San Diego way - with a cranberry margarita.