Here’s what this past week looked like:
Pumpkin carving! I did all the work….
On this week’s Joy the Baker podcast, we play a fun game of GOOGLE AUTO FILL. It’s crazy what comes up!
My Makeup Drawer got ORGANIZED on High Straightenence this week. BOOM.
Sarah from White Plate Kitchen made my Pumpkin Pecan Doughnuts gluten free!
Crooked Hazel made my Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
Elizabeth from Four and Twenty Blackberries made my Mom’s Sour Cream Coffee Cake.
Jen from The Baked Life made my Chai Coconut Coffee Cake.
Jomegs made my Kale Slaw with Red Cabbage and Carrots .
I’m gonna get this out of the way immediately—my husband didn’t like this grilled cheese sandwich.
I, on the other hand loved it so much I almost finished two of the four sandwiches I made. Uh huh.
Let me tell you why.
This grilled cheese sandwich is buttery & crispy and just when you think you’re crunching into a bite of the grilled bread, you realize it’s a hazelnut. The hazelnut brown butter makes it extra crunchy. I love extra crunchy. Who doesn’t? That dude who ordered his hash browns to be NOT crispy at that restaurant we went to. That’s who!
You’ll find creamy sweetness from the pumpkin, a hit of sage and a subtle note of anise in this sandwich. There’s something kinda sausage-like about it, yet it’s 100% vegetarian.
Maybe that’s why I loved it. Maybe that’s why the husband didn’t…
You can’t always please others, riiiight?
I was just about to get into how you should please yourself…but things got dirty.
AHHHH.
SQUASH! Are you binging on squash like I am? In the span of one week I made this here pasta and this fab salad. SQUASH!
I almost cut my hand off while cubing up a butternut squash but that’s a different post all together.
That post will be titled MY NAME IS TRACY AND I AM A KLUTZ IN THE KITCHEN.
I digress…
Let’s talk about this pasta. If you’re a pesto fan and want to shake things up, GET ON THIS PESTO immediately.
Take your traditional pesto and SHAKE IT UP with cilantro, jalapenos, pepitas & parsley. It kinda reminds me of guacamole.
Throw in the sweetness of roasted butternut squash in a large bowl of cooked penne pasta then finish with a squeeze of lime for tang & a huge dose of grated Parmesan for creaminess and you’re in business.
The flavor business…which is the best business to be in.
Thank you Apartment Therapy for Including the Joy the Baker Podcast to your Best Podcasts for a Slow Day at Work List!
Next week we’ll have an all new Joy the Baker Podcast & a new High Straightance post. Thanks for your patience.
Oh! It’s time to announce the winner of Aida Mollenkamp’s Keys to the Kitchen Cookbook.
I’ll be emailing you shortly, Jayne. Congratulations and THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOU GREAT TIPS. Sooooo many good ones there.
Molly from Dunk & Crumble adapted my Baked Pumpkin Pecan Doughnuts.
Jessica from Butter Poached made my Nut Stuffed Delicata Squash.
Jessica from The Desert Abode made my my Chocolate Earl Grey Cake.
Audrey from Plays with Food 27 adapted my Salted Pistachio Brittle.
Going to homeroom has been on my TO DO list for AGES. Last week I finally went with my friends Dana & Denise and all I could think was “WHY DID IT TAKE ME THIS LONG?!” We had such an amazing meal and our friend Allison (who owns the restaurant with her friend Erin) was able to hang out with us a little bit. Girl talk, mac +cheese and homemade oreos….what more could you ask for?
I’m pretty excited that I live much closer to the Oakland now. There’s really no excuse not to go. I just hope that Cooper likes mac & cheese one day…because they’re so dang kid friendly too!