Pumpkin & Pomegranate

A second try at pumpkin pancakes gave us fabulous results! While Matt admittedly prefers “real” pancakes, I am just overjoyed to be able to eat something that is SO close to what I grew up with. That is probably because my mother always used whole wheat, and I didn’t grow up with Bisquick (Thanks Mama!).
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AKA Rain. It’s raining in Seattle again folks. Not that that will surprise anyone, though I do know it makes one Venezuelan beauty a bit teary. Personally I love this weather. I love the rain and what it brings. I am a big fan of moss, and green, and grey skies, cozy coffee shops, mushrooms, [...]

Because you know I had to make them. You clearly can see I have an obsession with pumpkins. in fact, I ponder a tattoo of a pumpkin (and a pomegranate). If I do it, it will be of my favorite variety, the fairytale pumpkin.
I haven’t been able to find any of these lovelies in my [...]

I wanted to wait until I worked my first day to share the exciting news, but I recently got a part time job at my favorite health cafe, Healeo. I have to give my friend Valentina credit for part of this, as we both follow Healeo on Twitter and she clued me in to an [...]

Saturday night we wanted something warm and filling. We got a bit of a late start due to me thinking football would last longer, and so I took my time in the shower. By the time I got to Matt’s around 9pm he was ready for dinner. Luckily he is a man who loves his [...]

This weekend flew by. It was absolutely glorious but not long enough! Friday i took a walk around Green Lake with my mother, and then got home only to find that not only was our heat out (had been out for 3 days and our land lord didn’t get it fixed until the 4th, which [...]

I had such a wonderful visit with my father this past weekend. It was pretty packed, and surprisingly I don’t feel drained like I usually would if I hadn’t had any real rest. On Saturday we spent time in Seattle, we did a little shopping and then hit up the Kubota Garden. We had been [...]

I came up with the idea to make these yummy apple muffins because my father is a muffin guy. My dad has been visiting these past few days, and one of the things we have discussed has been nutrition. Recently he went to see a nutritionist, and while I believe that she means well when [...]

This is one of the dishes that I made over and over again last Fall. I always thought I hated Brussels sprouts until my father made his version which were roasted with caramelized onions. I fell in love. I could have eaten the entire dish myself. Well I made a variation, and then variations on [...]

It’s official! It’s Fall! So for any of you who celebrate the equinox, I wish you a happy one! I took a rather blissful walk last night celebrating the change in season, and took a few photos along the way (sorry, it was dusk and the light was not working with me). I walked down [...]