Monthly Archives: November 2012

30 Days of Food, Day 5: Spaghetti Squash Pasta with Meatballs

Day 5: Spaghetti Squash Pasta with Meatballs from one my favorite food blogs, Roost.

Based on the amazing recipes and beautiful photographs you would never imagine that Roost is a "restricted diet" blog. It is however, following the SCD food structure. This strikes a particular chord with me as we do not eat grain/gluten/refined sugar/starch and most dairy (phew!) and sometimes I lack inspiration.

Pasta & meatballs? Roost to the rescue! Using spaghetti squash the recipe is on my list to make this week. Wow.

For more images & the recipe, visit Roost. 

30 Days of Food, Day 4: Cranberry Scones with Orange Glaze

Day 4:  Cranberrry Scones with Orange Glaze.  Wow, I'm sold on a cranberry scone, these photos by Jenny Steffens are beautiful!

With cranberries in season right now,  making cranberry scones is totally given. You must! Add orange glaze, ohh, yummy! Even better. With simple ingredients, this recipe will come together before coffee is made.

For more images & the recipe, visit Everyday Occasions by Jenny Steffens Hobick. 

 

 

30 Days of Food, Day 3: Apple Pie Bars with Toffee Sauce

Day 3: Apple Pie Bars with Toffee Sauce. Like a pie on the go (grab a square!) but with the magnificent addition of toffee sauce.

Apples are in season right now and  i'm eager to make a pie! But think, glorious toffee sauce on all that crunchy pie topping. And love the little squares.

For the recipe visit the Polish blog Kwestia Smaku.

 

weekend waffle

The Weekend Waffle! A flash of beauty & brainstorm for your weekend, all waffled together.

“I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."        - Anais Nin

The weekend list?  Watch tv .. a luxury of mine, really! Finish reading (and re-reading!) this amazing book on education. Bake, bake, bake... it's that season, thankfully. Finish getting ready for my oldest son's birthday next weekend - he's going to be 7 and a Star Wars party is in order...  

The very best weekend to all of you and my thoughts of prayers of love for all our friends on the East Coast recovering from Hurricane Sandy. 

Images: sofa | house | dining room painting | chocolate hazelnut spread

More? Here. 

 

30 Days of Food, Day 2: Pumpkin Cookie Dough Pops

Day 2: Pumpkin Cookie Dough (covered in chocolate) Pops.

Seriously, now. This is insane. It'd be the perfect afternoon snack to pop a couple of these little guys.  It does include a vegetable afterall......

For extreme pumpkin cookie dough brilliance (and the recipe) go to the Minimalmist Baker!!

 

 

The Warburg House by Bioi

This house caught me as a housey-house with it's familiar house shape. Super simple but has this intriguing character to it, I just want to know more! And you know it's more than meets the eye and certainly has a cool story to it.

Designed by the Candadian firm Bioi, the Warburg House, located on a farm space in Canada, had a goal to create a contemporary yet simple and energy efficient design for less than $100,000. While the home is not huge, that is a mighty goal!

I love the juxtaposition of the new home and the old shed, connected by the deck. It's a genuine addition to a new space, so lovely. And the dark exterior with the vertical exterior wood is amazing.

For more images and information visit I Like Architecture.

 

 

30 Days of Food, Day 1: Brie & Bacon Grilled Cheese with Fig Jam

November is a month to celebrate thankfulness and beautiful, inspiring food. For the love of it I thought it would be fun to share with you a simple, intriguing and seasonal recipe every day this month!

To start things off? Brie & Bacon Grilled Cheese with Fig Jam? Oh man. You know it. I don't have words other than: yum, looks like the perfect lunch! I can only imagine the fig jam is the perfect accompaniment to to the bacon & brie.

For the recipe, visit: Sweet Sugar Bean

Cozy Swedish Kitchen

Can't you imagine yourself in this cozy kitchen baking pie and chatting with your Mom? It's so inviting and warm. Perfect for this time of year as winter awaits us.  

And a bit farm-ish? I like that, though. The whiteness and open shelves. The warm wide-planked wood floors.  And I love how Miriam changes the rug in her kitchen often (more on that, here!). Motherly, in a good way.

All images via Miriam's blog Jordgubbar Med Mjolk which you can read, here.