{"id":12088,"date":"2010-09-27T12:03:03","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12088"},"modified":"2010-09-27T12:03:03","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T16:03:03","slug":"comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/09\/comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I wish that I could say that yesterday ended up being as relaxing as I hoped but it didn’t quite reach that level.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, it was a nice day!\u00a0 But not enough got done and the day went by too fast.<\/p>\n

I always have the Sunday blues.\u00a0 It’s the one day I have with Scott where we hope to have nothing on the agenda.\u00a0 Sometimes we succeed and sometimes we do not.\u00a0 No matter what though the day always seems to fly by at lightening speed.\u00a0 In the blink of an eye it’s 3pm and time to start thinking about phone calls to family, making dinner, and settling down for the evening.<\/p>\n

Yesterday both of us had some work that needed to get done and sadly most of our day was spent doing that.\u00a0 Booo for working on the weekends!<\/p>\n

As you know, I decided to take a Me Day<\/a> yesterday and just chill out doing what needed to be done on my own time.\u00a0 I did try and make some pumpkin bread but that turned into a Baking Fail of monstrous proportions!\u00a0 The pumpkin bread was in the oven at 375 for over two hours and the silly thing would not cook all the way through.<\/p>\n

To put it in perspective, roasting a whole chicken at 375 wouldn’t even take two hours long.\u00a0 Sometimes pumpkin can be a tricky one to work with because it is very thick and that can affect baking time greatly.\u00a0 Yesterday it just did not want to work.\u00a0 I was left trying to figure out what to do about breakfast though because that stinkin’ bread was supposed to be breakfast!\u00a0 I bought some fresh local apple cider on Saturday and decided to make some cider corn cakes.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mmmmm! I am starting to get a serious pancake addiction going on.\u00a0 I just love them so much!\u00a0 I love making them and coming up with new flavors but I especially love eating them. This is a new thing for me because while I always liked pancakes, I never really LOVED them.\u00a0 Now that I make them on my own, I can’t get enough.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I top my pancakes with a bit of butter and then drizzle on some yogurt and maple syrup.\u00a0 Heaven!\u00a0 We also had some chicken sausage and fresh fruit.\u00a0 I had a red pear and a few slices of apple.\u00a0 I bought some Honey Crisp apples over the weekend, also from a local orchard.\u00a0 They are so so good!\u00a0 They taste exactly like what you would think an apple should taste like.\u00a0 I call them cider apples because they taste like a big glass of cool apple cider.<\/p>\n

After breakfast and kitchen clean-up we walked Rocky and it was so cool outside! I had to put on sweats and a sweatshirt.\u00a0 I am so excited for this time of year again!\u00a0 I don’t mind telling you that I have already bought some Christmas cards and cute little winter themed tumblers with Christmas trees on them. :D<\/p>\n

We worked and worked and then it was time to call it a day and make dinner.\u00a0 Typically on Sunday I know exactly what I plan on making for dinner but yesterday I had no idea!\u00a0 So many things sounded good that I was having trouble picking just one.\u00a0 I looked to the weather for inspiration.<\/p>\n

It was cold and gloomy, it was supposed to be a relaxing day so I turned to comfort food for the answer.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hello Mac ‘N Cheese!\u00a0 Spicy Mac ‘N Cheese<\/a> to be specific.\u00a0 I put a few twists on this one, I added in some shredded carrot, shredded zucchini, and some pinto beans.\u00a0 I also used unsweetened coconut milk instead of plain soymilk.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>A big huge steaming bowl of mac ‘n cheese was perfect for yesterday!\u00a0 Normally we eat Sunday Supper at the table but yesterday we curled up with our big bowls of pasta and hit the couch.\u00a0 We watched a new show called Undercovers.\u00a0 It’s a show about a married couple who are also CIA spies.\u00a0 Created by J.J. Abrams so it makes it wonder if he’s missing Alias a little bit (aren’t we all?).\u00a0 The pilot was actually really good and I’m curious to see if the show can keep up the momentum.<\/p>\n

After that we tried some movies.\u00a0 First up was 9<\/em> that I couldn’t even get through.\u00a0 I think maybe I managed to watch the first half hour before calling it quits.\u00a0 Yikes!\u00a0 Then we switched over to Ninja Assassins<\/em>.\u00a0 Now going into that movie I knew it wasn’t going to be anything great.\u00a0 I realized that but wow it was bad.\u00a0 Not even the fight scenes could redeem it!\u00a0 That was a waste of my time.\u00a0 Bah!\u00a0 This is why Scott and I stick with watching old movies because everything out now is just junk.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>We finally switched to something a lot more entertaining, Holmes!\u00a0 And I saw that starting next week it will be back to two Holmes shows back-to-back.\u00a0 Hooray!\u00a0 We nibbled on some sugar cookies and nutroll while sipping on some Barefoot Pinot Grigio.<\/p>\n

Then I finally kicked it up to bed because I was spent!\u00a0 How was your weekend?\u00a0 Do you feel Sundays go by too fast as well?\u00a0 Do you get the Sunday Blues?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This post was part of Homespun Sundays<\/a>.\u00a0 Let me know if you join in too!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I wish that I could say that yesterday ended up being as relaxing as I hoped but it didn’t quite reach that level.\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, it was a nice day!\u00a0 But not enough got done and the day went by too fast. I always have the Sunday blues.\u00a0 It’s the one day I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s4KYWa-comfort","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}