I've had so much on my to-do lists and on my mind that I'm afraid the blog is suffering a bit. Oh well - there are seasons...
Lately, I've been contemplating food - taking the time to enjoy it, making it interesting, and sharing it. I've fallen off the menu planning band wagon for the past few weeks and I miss it. But mostly I've just been thinking about what a gift food is and how I don't really want it to be a chore. It's a way I show love to my family, appreciate God's creation, and express my creativity.
The cooler weather is inspiring me to try new recipes, read more books (I'm currently in the middle of a very interesting food memoir), and experiment with different vegetables and fruits. It's been fun - if only the kitchen would clean itself! Actually, my amazing husband is awesome about helping with the dishes and he loves it when I try new recipes.
While we enjoy eating out occasionally, we've also been working to cut expenses and eating out is one of the ways we are doing that. It motivates me to spend a little extra time planning and making nice meals for my family and it encourages me to schedule date-nights-in with Andrew.
All that to say, I appreciate that food was given to us not only for our sustenance but for our enjoyment. What have you been making lately?
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I've been trying all kinds of new stuff, including some gross 4 ingredient peanut butter cookies, yummy homemade caramel, my experimental-no-recipe-apple-caramel-pie just came out of the oven, so I'll see what that's like, and a new cajun black beans recipe (needs more garlic next time, a little jalapeno, and some salt). Hmm, I've been enjoying food lately too! :)
I'm in need of some serious inspiration in the kitchen. Though I have been having fun experimenting with making pizzas and various flatbread concoctions on our grill.
I've been sticking with some old tried-and-true things that are quick and easy. I'm claiming the upcoming wedding as an excuse for my failure to plan meals this week :) Looking forward to having time to try new things again... at some point... when my kitchen is unpacked...
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