Holy crow! My bad ladies and gents and limes and coconuts! I've been so tied up with being a mom-to-be that my little blog has fallen to the way side. Sadly, I have not been documenting the amazing dishes that I've been (still!) serving up to my brood at home (and by brood I mean my darling husband and his buddy Jake who comes up every week for a Feast of Thrones (lol) and a Song of Ice and Fire! Alas, this is no excuse as there have been much goings on in these here neck of the woods! We have a beautiful robin's nest right outside our baby's nursery window. Mr. and Mrs. Birdie decided to make a lovely hanging flower basket the home of their little chirp chirps, and so, over the last several weeks we have witnessed those darling baby blue robin eggs sprout into tiny baby birds with delicate feathery softness and those ever-arching beaks looking for a snack and a cuddle.
Naturally, I am forbidden from petting, holding, and/or breathing on said darlings as that would be a big bad no-no. So I admire from my step chair and note their progress every day, squeezing my husband tight because I am overcome with the sheer adorableness of it all. I must remember that a newborn baby will inspire similar and stronger feelings in the nearby adults who will also want to possibly annihilate said cute creature with affection. I wonder if I should just name my baby George now and get it over with. 'I will love him, and hold him, and squeeze him, and call him George.' LOL. Ahhhhh!!
So yes, lots of excellent eats on this end. Now to only find the patience and desire to start plugging it in to la computera.
I'll start by saying that I recently made:
- An excellent pork tenderloin with chocolate chipotle sauce served with scalloped potatoes and an endive salad.
- Delicious home made meatballs from scratch with sauce and noodles from scratcharoo too. This was a HUGE hit and I quite impressed myself with that one.
- Seared sea scallops served with mushy peas and jasmine rice - a constant favorite of my husband.
- And some quick breads (a sprouted flour carrot and raisin bread with cream cheese glaze and a banana chocolate chip oat bread with a dark carob glaze).
Alas, in other good news my digital camera has resurrected itself after two years in isolation from sustained water damage! I kept the Sony Cybershot in the basement (where there is a dehumidifier) for a very long time and wouldn't you know it, 24 months later - the dang thing turned on like nothing ever happened! Very fortuitous. Oh yes, and in case I haven't mentioned it, we're pregnant!!! YEAY!!! I'm just entering my third trimester and have never felt or looked better in my life! I love it. Very excited and very happy and very, very, blessed to get to this point. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, I really do believe miracles can happen and know now more than ever from our own losses that pregnancy truly is a miraculous and mysterious event that should never be taken for granted. Truly, a miracle.
More later and thank you for your patience and support!
XOXO <3 Udo
