Muffins in the oven

Yesterday was such a whirlwind- I don't even remember half of what we did. Whew! Last night, T and I went to his company's holiday party which was lovely though a 70 minute drive each way (not ideal!); it's so much fun to get dressed up sometimes. I just love holiday festivities and plan to wear very high heels as often as possible in the next month. I woke up with a major yen for muffins; as plum season is long past, I decided to make my whole pumpkin muffin recipe but sub dried cherries for the plums. It sounds good in theory but I'll let you know. We'll head out to the farmers market later for some provisions and inspiration. Off to sneak a read of the paper while the boys watch Elmo as a cowboy.

How cute is my date!?

Look at my little Ol, gleefully enjoying his double vanilla cupcake!

Compost roast, sidelined by migraine

I detest migraines- do you get them? If not, consider yourself terribly fortunate. This morning, Jack crawled into bed with us just after 4am; he was convinced that a man with a pistol was in his room. So scary. Anyway, I thought it was about 6a but then Tom told me the bad news- not even close. I never really got back to sleep after that as we played musical beds for about 45 minutes and when I finally woke up with Oliver, my temple was sounding a drumbeat on my pillow. No good people, no good. Anyway, it's lunchtime now, and I'm hungry for something along the lines of a compost salad only warmer. May I present my clean-out-the-fridge compost roast. Cauliflower, onions, Brussels sprouts- into a mixing bowl you go to be tossed with olive oil, ginger, garlic, curry powder and mustard seeds. I just slid the veggies into the oven, and already the kitchen smells fragrant. I'll let you know how it goes but so far, things seem promising.