December 2009 Archives

Sadly, not everything in the morning that needs to get done always gets done.  But I have been pretty good about the breakfast part of it, and have even been trying to be better about the breakfast that I make.  It tends to almost always be an Odwalla, yogurt, and granola.  Lately I've been trying to make my own yogurt and granola, with some decent success.

The nice thing about homemade granola is that you can make it chock full of just the things you like.  And I've found a really great local honey that I've been using to sweeten it.

Now, if I could just make sure and make time for the walk every morning.

We had a bake sale at work to benefit a local Food Bank, so I broke out the cookie cutters and tried to make something appropriately festive.  Many people said they looked fine...I considered them a disaster (especially since only about 2/3rds of the cookies made it into the office).  A Note to those who are interested...an irate anxious dog parking directly beside you makes it challenging to have a steady hand to decorate things.

Also, my housemate and I decided to make gifts for people this year...we got many local figs and pears and then infused some vodka and orange liqueur with the fruit and some spices.  After that sat an appropriate time we made some fresh sour with lemons from our Farmer's Market.  For some reason everyone thought we were giving them vinegar...we kept saying it was alcohol for drinking.  We also got to put in some of the gift baskets some Christmas chocolate that my housemate brought back from Germany (milk chocolate with coriander, anise, and other spices).

They came together nicely.  It was lots of fun to put together.