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#WeekendReads #WeekendReading

My downtime reading plans🤓📚🎧

#Mtcookbook Up today, variation on pumpkin pie.

I‘m using one of my vintagy Watkins pie plates I found in a secondhand shop. They are the heavy ceramic types with recipes imprinted on them. I didn‘t know Watkins ever sold pie plates! (Watkins is an old spice company in our region.)

#Mtcookbook Basically, a variation on Mac & Cheese. 😋 This is common cooking in my house. I look at the leftovers in the fridge and pantry and find a suitable way to use them up. This was very tasty, per the hubby. I made it quite a bit spicer than the recipe directed. 🌶️

#Naturalitsy #MidwinterSolace

I used my wintery-est non-fiction book a few weeks ago for the solstice/equinox prompt, so for this #FridayNightShare I‘m going with a favorite winter cookbook from Brit chef Diana Henry. All of her books are delightful to read & look at & this one is especially cozy (although not great for vegan diets) with chapters on cheeses, winter veg/fruits, meats/game, smoked food, etc. Her smoked fish risotto is a favorite.❄️

#DecemberDreams

I‘d love to #LetItSnow but this isn‘t the climate for it. I picked this cookbook for today‘s prompt because of the title (the sub title is “Food to Warm the Soul”) & because it‘s a good one to get into a cozy, wintery spirit. ❄️💙❄️

This purchase means I‘m giving into the inevitable……..
❄️☃️🥶🧦🧣🧤

#IdiomInsight

The idiom #AppleOfMyEye describes a thing or person which someone loves above all others, someone‘s favorite person or thing, and/or a person or thing that they are proud of.

I have hundreds of cookbooks & can never pick a favorite, but this apple-titled one from Tessa Kiros has given me many delicious dishes that have become favorites & that I was proud to make & show on my blog. 🍎❤️

FINALLY! My most anticipated #BucketList item.

This is my #ComfortFood I look forward to it every year and I usually only get one. I love a hot sandwich with the perfect gravy and, yes, ketchup and olives because...I just like it. It looks wrong and I get teased mercilessly because of it but I don't care. Paired with a good book *chefs kiss*

If I ever get put on Death Row this is my #LastMeal 💯

#Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter
@Clwojick

I look forward to trying Barefoot Contessa‘s Hot Spiced Apple Cider recipe this month. Definitely adding the optional bourbon!

See comments for link to recipe (from tagged cookbook).
#OminousOctober #Spices
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Just got home from a relaxing weekend away from the grind to find this. My daughter was helping clean out my in-laws home and she found her grandmother‘s super-secret stash of recipe cards. My SIL graciously allowed my daughter to keep this treasure. Both in-laws died of Covid last year so this is so special.