Easter Week in My Kitchen :: Blog Hop

There was some good cooking going on in my kitchen this last weekend! Since our 4 kids are all grown we don't really celebrate Easter as we once did with dyed eggs, baskets, egg hunts, candy, etc... but I still like to make an Easter-ish dinner for the once a year pure pleasure of eating homemade scalloped potatoes...YUM!!

Two of my favorite cookbooks

 Gratin Dauphinois...be still my heart!

 A lazy Sunday for Jack

The obligatory sink full of soapy dishes

The sponge

The challah dough ready to be kneaded

   

Topped with a bit of thyme from the garden.

Mandarin Honey butter...squeal!!

Marinating the tri tip. (Hubby does not like lamb). I'm nothing if not accommodating.

 WOW...just wow!

Happiness is a loaf of fresh baked bread....

...AND juicy tri-tip!

French toast the next day, mmmmm.

I also made chili during the week and snapped this photo of Jack in his usual place while I'm in the kitchen, he likes to keep an eye on me in case I drop anything tasty on the floor, silly boy!

I'm joing Heather and the gang for This Week in My Kitchen Blog Hop. Head on over and take a look what's going on over there. See you next week, if not sooner. Thanks for stopping by!

A Wild Ride

Yes it was, 2010 was yet another wild year in my life. They all seem to be wild in one way or another. 2010 was one of the better ones, not perfect, but pretty good. It's been a year of soul searching and risk taking, rising above the little things and grounding myself firmly to the foundation I have discovered within. A year ago I wrote:

"As I have matured I began to look at where I have allowed myself to settle for things that come easy or by doing jobs that serve others. Even though I have done very well and accomplished much I was not faithful or loyal to my own nature. I now understand that I need to challenge myself to learn more, express more, and become more of who I really am".

I have made an effort to consistantly live by those words, to listen to my inner voice which is now luminous and clear because, after all, it knows the way.

A look back at Mama Roux's year!

Cozy Quilts

Home Accents

Pillows, pillows, pillows

Bags & Totes

Mangia Bene

Jack (Little Muffin)

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them." - Galileo Galilei

Felice Anno Nuovo!