week 1 {January 1-7, 2012}

Rather than the day by day posts, I'm going to go with the weekly posts this year. I love the challenge of taking a picture every day, and this year I'm going to try really hard to branch out from my baby and cat. Though you'll still see a lot of them on here.

January 1

Uncle Jason is visiting!

January 2

My mom made this outfit for the baby, for Christmas. I just love his sideways grins.

January 3

My brother, knowing my love of pineapple, brought this from Hawaii. Love.

January 4

With grandpa.

January 5

My brother, my child, stepmom and dad.

January 6

Snuggles before bedtime.

January 7

Chloe. Enough said.

from the garden

everything in this pot (with the exception of the kidney beans and onion) was grown in our garden. I love that.

mac and cheese....from a box

I rarely eat macaroni and cheese from a box. I was desperate tonight.

lunch.

Cats & Dawgs is closing on Saturday. This makes me sad.

I love their chicken strip sandwiches and fries. Ohmygoodness. Their fries.

I heart pizza!

Nothing says love quite like a heart-shaped pizza.

putting the dehydrator to work

Quite possibly one of the best Christmas gifts we have ever received - the food dehydrator.

snowflake pie

I made a pie tonight with snowflakes (instead of leaves.) I love my piecrust cutters from Williams-Sonoma!

This was pre-baking.

dad does popcorn

This is how my dad does popcorn.

Old school. It's sooooo good, too.

homemade pizza

Tonight I tried out the Pioneer Woman's recipe (a variation, at least) for homemade pizza crust. I made a wheat crust, and this was the finished dish:

It was pretty fabulous, according to me and my husband.

blueberry cobbler

....before it was baked.

You can already tell it's going to be more blueberries than cobbler. Oops.

smoothie with blueberries

This morning I added blueberries to my smoothie, just to try it out. It tasted good, and I like the color.

I think I'll try it again soon.

summer food.

This is a summer dish I make often, and we made it last night. First time this year. It was a long winter and I'm SO glad that summer (weather at least) is here. It means I can pick fresh basil out of the garden whenever I want to (which is what I did yesterday!)

dehydrated oregano

I dehydrated oregano....and this is the finished product :)

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