Sunday Night with the Family

Enjoyed having Martha Rhodes for dinner.  Pictures compliments of Mason.  Standing rib roast with homemade mashed potatoes (YUM!) and mixed greens salad with delicious balsamic vinaigrette.  Comfort food to end a fabulous weekend.

Breakfast Break

Homemade granola cereal always starts the day off right.  It just looks pretty......

Santa Baby

My favorite thing this weekend?  A fabulous new find.  McClure's Bloody Mary Mix.  Made by a small family owned business that makes pickles, they take the pickle brine and make this most delicious and quite spicy, very flavorful, chock full of herbs and good stuff mix.  I can't get enough of this stuff!  Check out their website for some alternative uses for this special concoction.  Be prepared - it bites!  Not for the wimpy!  Served with quiche.
Thanks, Santa Baby, for a nice day!!!!!!!!!!!

Liquid Lunch

My honey took me out today to play. A little holiday shopping, visiting friends, a long walk on the golf course and now a new restaurant to try and critique.  Got an awesome burger we brought home and split with the kids....just wanted to have a bite of one....called an "Angry Bird".  It was awesome!  A turkey burger with habanero pimento cheese and sriracha spicy lime mayonnaise.  YUM! Hope I can figure out how to duplicate that one soon.  Just loved the name and I wasn't disappointed. The best part of the bar was the THIRTY TWO draft beers!  Here comes the holiday!!!!!!!!!

Cocoa to Start the Day

Can't get those little peepers open this morning.  Maybe some homemade hot cocoa will help.  (Maybe not).

Friday Night Cool Down

A four day weekend and the kitchen's getting cozy.  Starting it off with a little liquid refreshment and some warm crab cakes and fresh green beans.  Comfort food.  Hitting the hay early.......

Tough Week

How sad about the shooting and the loss of so many innocent lives earlier this week.  This week has been tough as two families we love lost members of their own families as well.  I have not done much cooking this week and have not been good at taking pictures of the fabulous food we have enjoyed at holiday parties.  Although I promised to be committed to posting regularly to the blog, you will just have to cut me some slack once in a while.  In the meantime, thought you might enjoy a few pictures of the liquid lunch Kevin and I had between funerals today.  As you can probably tell, I am a bit tired.  The hot toddy helped.  Here's to the memories of two wonderful people we have lost, Bruce and Doug, as well as prayers of comfort for the families of all those who were taken too soon from their families.