They are home.
Yesterday morning in the rain and sometimes-snow the girls and I drove to pick up our sheep from the breeder a few hours away.
Now home and tucked in their warm pen they are being spoiled and checked on often, just because. It's so nice to look out my kitchen window, across to their pen and see two white faces looking back at me from the gate.
So fingers crossed and prayers thrown above, this place of ours will be bouncing with a few fuzzy-headed baby lambs come spring!
They are home.
Yesterday morning in the rain and sometimes-snow the girls and I drove to pick up our sheep from the breeder a few hours away.
Now home and tucked in their warm pen they are being spoiled and checked on often, just because. It's so nice to look out my kitchen window, across to their pen and see two white faces looking back at me from the gate.
So fingers crossed and prayers thrown above, this place of ours will be bouncing with a few fuzzy-headed baby lambs come spring!
I always love hearing what other people are making, baking, cooking, especially when it's yummy. I definitely go through dinner-time slumps where I feel burned out on my rotating list of recipes. I'll call my sister and say, "tell me what you're making for dinner." Or ask my friends on twitter. Or browse my recipe box on pinterest, for ideas. Or dust off one of the cookboks on my kitchen shelf.
In an attempt to break out of a recent slump I tried a few new recipes, mixed up some of my own ideas and came out of it all with some new inspiration for my dinnertime arsenal. And they're definitely worth sharing.
From my own kitchen:
Boiled red potatoes with pancetta and spinach
These are SO SO good. One of those, "What's in my kitchen that will taste good together?" moments. I boiled red creamer potatoes until fork tender. While they were boiling, in a medium-sized skillet I browned about 4 ounces of diced pancetta. (Wegmans conveniently makes little ready-to-go packages, thankyouverymuch). After the pancetta has browned, drain off almost all of the fat and then add in several handfuls of fresh spinach. You may need to add a little pat of butter or olive oil to help soften the spinach. Stir these all together until the spinach has wilted. Once the potatoes are done, drain them, add some butter, coarse salt and ground pepper. Then add the spinach and pancetta over and stir it all to mix with the warm, soft potatoes. These potatoes are so good, people.
And bonus–if you have left overs, they are delish warmed up and mashed a bit, browned and crisped in a skillet the next morning with your eggs.
Other good things I've made lately…
Baked shells with sausage and spinach
Sarah Carey's simle chicken pot pies, but with a phyllo crust.
Baked blueberry granola (but hold the bananas, blueberries and maple syrup, substitute apples and honey. Birdy pounds this stuff.) Lots of good questions and variations in the comments on this one.
So, now it's your turn. What have you been making lately that tastes good? I'd love to hear!
I always love hearing what other people are making, baking, cooking, especially when it's yummy. I definitely go through dinner-time slumps where I feel burned out on my rotating list of recipes. I'll call my sister and say, "tell me what you're making for dinner." Or ask my friends on twitter. Or browse my recipe box on pinterest, for ideas. Or dust off one of the cookboks on my kitchen shelf.
In an attempt to break out of a recent slump I tried a few new recipes, mixed up some of my own ideas and came out of it all with some new inspiration for my dinnertime arsenal. And they're definitely worth sharing.
From my own kitchen:
Boiled red potatoes with pancetta and spinach
These are SO SO good. One of those, "What's in my kitchen that will taste good together?" moments. I boiled red creamer potatoes until fork tender. While they were boiling, in a medium-sized skillet I browned about 4 ounces of diced pancetta. (Wegmans conveniently makes little ready-to-go packages, thankyouverymuch). After the pancetta has browned, drain off almost all of the fat and then add in several handfuls of fresh spinach. You may need to add a little pat of butter or olive oil to help soften the spinach. Stir these all together until the spinach has wilted. Once the potatoes are done, drain them, add some butter, coarse salt and ground pepper. Then add the spinach and pancetta over and stir it all to mix with the warm, soft potatoes. These potatoes are so good, people.
And bonus–if you have left overs, they are delish warmed up and mashed a bit, browned and crisped in a skillet the next morning with your eggs.
Other good things I've made lately…
Baked shells with sausage and spinach
Sarah Carey's simle chicken pot pies, but with a phyllo crust.
Baked blueberry granola (but hold the bananas, blueberries and maple syrup, substitute apples and honey. Birdy pounds this stuff.) Lots of good questions and variations in the comments on this one.
So, now it's your turn. What have you been making lately that tastes good? I'd love to hear!
My dear friend + cousin Maggie (whose beautiful farm wedding you may remember from the summer) has had quite the year. Just days ago she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy who I cannot wait to get into my arms to snuggle, and fill my lungs with that luscious newborn scent.
A few weeks before he arrived, Maggie sent me a couple pictures of his nursery. Maggie and I share a love for mixing the old with the new. Most importantly, nostalgic touches that remind us of our roots. And her nursery does that, too. Old vintage pictures of family and a silver hair brush that belonged to a great grandmother. A sheepskin draped over a modern rocker. The mallard stool that used to sit beside our grandmother's bed.
I asked Maggie to take a few more pictures and thought I'd share them here with all of you. I love little sneak peeks–and a new baby nursery most of all. Not only that, Maggie is my knitting hero. This baby boy is wrapped in love and handmade knits.
Thank you, Maggie for somehow managing to navigate the new waters of motherhood, and send me pictures of your beautiful nursery. You are an amazing mama. I know it!
My dear friend + cousin Maggie (whose beautiful farm wedding you may remember from the summer) has had quite the year. Just days ago she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy who I cannot wait to get into my arms to snuggle, and fill my lungs with that luscious newborn scent.
A few weeks before he arrived, Maggie sent me a couple pictures of his nursery. Maggie and I share a love for mixing the old with the new. Most importantly, nostalgic touches that remind us of our roots. And her nursery does that, too. Old vintage pictures of family and a silver hair brush that belonged to a great grandmother. A sheepskin draped over a modern rocker. The mallard stool that used to sit beside our grandmother's bed.
I asked Maggie to take a few more pictures and thought I'd share them here with all of you. I love little sneak peeks–and a new baby nursery most of all. Not only that, Maggie is my knitting hero. This baby boy is wrapped in love and handmade knits.
Thank you, Maggie for somehow managing to navigate the new waters of motherhood, and send me pictures of your beautiful nursery. You are an amazing mama. I know it!