Well, Happy New Year! We had a wonderful Christmas up in Seattle, and after Christmas we came home and geared up for G’s fourth birthday which is on New Year’s Eve. We continued our tradition of heading out for a birthday hot chocolate, followed by lunch with Kyle at the brewery, and then she gets to choose her birthday menu. She chose to have “rainbow veggie pasta” (pasta tossed with lots of different colored vegetables, olive oil, and lots of Parmesan cheese, and a made-from-scratch Rainbow Chip Cake from my friend Ashley’s cookbook, Date Night In!
Somehow I managed to come down with a weird low-grade fever that’s persisted throughout the week just enough to make me tired and chilly, so other than enjoying Gigi’s birthday we’ve been laying pretty low. My laying low has been aided by watching lots of wonderful movies. As a member of SAG-AFTRA I get lots of movie screeners to watch this time of year, so we’ve been indulging in many movie nights these past couple of weeks. So far my favorites have been: St. Vincent, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything. Have you all watched any of those? We’re also rounding out our binge watching of House of Cards. ’Tis the season for watching snuggling up and watching movies.
Other than G’s birthday, movie watching, making ramen, fever fighting, and polishing off the last of the Christmas treats we hauled home, I’ve been browsing a new favorite cookbook: Sunday Suppers. I tend to keep a cookbook on my bedside table along with whatever novel I’m currently reading, and Sunday Suppers has been so lovely to read through. There are so many recipes I can’t wait to dive into: Naan with Rosemary and Thyme (pg.62) , Mushroom Toast with Soft Cooked Eggs (pg.105), White Bean, Warm Radicchio, Crisp Bacon and Saba (pg.218). The only problem with reading in bed is that I often get really hungry before I switch out the light, knowing that I can’t get up and make a Fig Tart with Honey (pg. 51) as a quick midnight snack. If you’re looking for a great new cookbook for the New Year you should check this one out.
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I hope you all are having a great start to the new year. I’ll be back in a couple days with a recipe for Kettle Corn with Fried Sage!
I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review.
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Rebeka - This sounds so cool, I want to do Blogging for Books! I’ve heard great things about Sunday Suppers, and all of those recipes you named above sound amazing. Maybe I’ll have to pick it up, although I think Ashley’s book is next on my list 🙂
I hope you and your family had a happy holiday season and that G had a very happy birthday!
anja cieri - Happy New Year Kacie!