Pretties and yums

Painted, gardened, walked, volunteered, made pumpkin scones, ricotta, dinner and more. Tired and so wanted to finish a post I started today. But, teaser alert!, you'll have to wait until tomorrow. It'll be worth it.

In the meantime, some photos.

Friends coming for breakfast tomorrow get pumpkin scones, tea, and this homemade bread with homemade jams (rhubarb apple butter & spiced plum)

Perfect kale salad with apples

Did y'all know Tom could do this? Lucky me! Follow me on Instagram (@em_i_lis) if you want to see his daily joe art.

The life this cat has!

Mustardy maple Brussels sprouts and apples

Lovely lunch

With all the festivities this week, I feel a longing for proper sit-down meals rather than odd snacks at odd times. To kick off this return to normal, I made myself a lovely lunch for one: greens and goat cheese ravioli, toasted bread to sop up the remaining garlic oil, and a fresh salad.

It was delightful, and afterwards I checked on my beautifully happy-yeast bread (today I made a combo bread flour-white whole wheat-spelt) and found it hugely risen; I'll now punch it down before retiring it to a loaf pan for a final rise.

I also fetched a whole chicken from my deep-freeze outside (he of the haul I made when Eco-Friendly butchered chickens a few months back) and have been gently thawing him for tonight's dinner. I think I'll also make a celeriac-potato mash and then something with color to round things out. Soon off to help the second graders sort the Lost-and-Found bins. Hasta!