{"id":12381,"date":"2010-11-01T11:14:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T15:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12381"},"modified":"2010-11-01T11:14:49","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T15:14:49","slug":"a-relaxing-kind-of-spooky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/11\/a-relaxing-kind-of-spooky\/","title":{"rendered":"A relaxing kind of spooky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_yogurt.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12386\" title=\"Yogurt with homemade granola and cranberry sauce \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_yogurt-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_yogurt-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_yogurt.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Hi gang!\u00a0 How is everyone doing?\u00a0 How was your weekend and did you do anything fun for Halloween?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Admittedly our weekend went by way too quickly!\u00a0 We had to make up for last weekend which if you remember was full of crazy and drama.\u00a0 This weekend we had chores to get done and be responsible adults.\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday was a &#8220;work&#8221; day.\u00a0 I had blog stuff to get done (because I consider that work and not just a hobby) and Scott had freelance projects to work on.<\/p>\n<p>That is how the majority of our Saturday was spent, doing that and avoiding political phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously is the political stuff a lot more aggressive this year or what?!<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I got up early and had a lovely &#8220;short&#8221; long run of 8 miles.\u00a0 I just felt like staying closer to home and didn&#8217;t really want to venture out.\u00a0 It was awesome and I&#8217;m so glad to be running just to run again and not have something looming over me.\u00a0 I&#8217;m totally not a goal orientated runner.\u00a0 More on that at another time!\u00a0 I realize I keep saying that but well, it&#8217;s true. All of these things I want to talk about in their own post!<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s run was so chilly and fantastic! I am a full on cold-weather runner.\u00a0 GIMMIE! It was so chilly yesterday that I had to wear a hoodie and my toboggan (toboggan = winter hat).\u00a0 I was a happy happy girl!<\/p>\n<p>Once home and showered, I had my yogurt snackie.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2% Fage<\/li>\n<li>Homemade granola<\/li>\n<li>Homemade Cranberry sauce<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>YUM!\u00a0 Since it was Sunday Scott made us some peppermint coffee which was so good!\u00a0 We picked it up at Harry and David.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t have an overpowering peppermint taste but it&#8217;s enough to let you know that it&#8217;s there.\u00a0 The smell of it brewing though is amazing and fills the whole house with a holiday smell!<\/p>\n<p>A little after Scott got up,\u00a0 I headed into the kitchen to make Sunday Breakfast.\u00a0 All I had on the brain was pancakes with some buckwheat flour!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_pancakes.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12384\" title=\"Cider buckwheat pancakes \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_pancakes-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_pancakes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_pancakes.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Handsdown buckwheat pancakes are my favorite!\u00a0 They are light but still have a great nutty and whole grain taste to them.\u00a0 I also love using cider to make pancakes!\u00a0 The best liquid to use for pancakes in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_breakfast.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12382\" title=\"Pancakes, sausage, and fruit \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_breakfast-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_breakfast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_breakfast.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I topped my pancakes with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Butter<\/li>\n<li>Vanilla Yogurt<\/li>\n<li>Maple Syrup<\/li>\n<li>Cranberry sauce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Uh, I like my pancakes loaded up!\u00a0 Maple syrup is nice but adding yogurt takes it to a whole other level making the pancakes more filling.\u00a0 We had turkey sausage (local) on the side along with some clementines and bananas.<\/p>\n<p>As much as I miss summer fruit, I&#8217;m really happy that clementines are back in season!\u00a0 I love those little guys!<\/p>\n<p>Our Halloween celebration was really low-key.\u00a0 I got some cute placemats at Big Lots (or Odd Lots to some).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_placemat.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12385\" title=\"Halloween Placemats \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_placemat-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_placemat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_placemat.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Cute!\u00a0 I used to go all out for us on Halloween.\u00a0 No one we knew had a party nor did anyone like to dress up.\u00a0 So I use to make us a party just for two!\u00a0 I would kick Scott out of the house and spend the day decorating and cooking.\u00a0 I would text him that he could come home and then he had to go straight upstairs to put his costume on.<\/p>\n<p>Our costumes were always easy comfortable things made from stuff we already had or stuff bought on the cheap from Target.\u00a0 Then we would have dinner which was lots of yummy stuff all made to look odd and with &#8220;creepy&#8221; names.<\/p>\n<p>This year that didn&#8217;t happen though.\u00a0 I would say that Halloween snuck up on us but really we have just been so busy with stuff that I didn&#8217;t even have a moment to think twice about it.<\/p>\n<p>I did stuff around the house yesterday and helped Scott a bit with garage things.\u00a0 The garage got a big overhaul yesterday as it needed cleaned out and organized.\u00a0 I helped where I could then the rest was left to Scott who spent the rest of the day fixing it up.<\/p>\n<p>After breakfast, the next time I sat down and got a chance to hang out with him was after 8pm when we had dinner! :o<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_dinner.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12383\" title=\"Mashed sweet potatoes, apple stuffing, and BBQ black beans. \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_dinner-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_dinner-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/OHC-10-31-10_dinner.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We are meatless in the house because I haven&#8217;t had a chance to restock the freezer from the previous debacle.\u00a0 That&#8217;s alright thought because it game me a chance to test out some new recipes.<\/p>\n<p>I made an easy BBQ black bean dish.\u00a0 I made the beans myself, added in some sauteed onion with red and green pepper and added some bottled BBQ sauce to that.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still trying to perfect my bean cooking.\u00a0 I soaked these for over 24 hours and they still had a really hard outer shell to them even though the inside was fully cooked.\u00a0 I have no idea how to get soft creamy beans!<\/p>\n<p>We also had mashed sweet potatoes and apple stuff.\u00a0 Mmmm!\u00a0 I was trying out a new stuffing idea for Thanksgiving and I think this is totally going to work!<\/p>\n<p>We watched Halloween while eating dinner and finished the movie while sipping wine on the couch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/San_Angelo_Pinot_Grigio.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12387\" title=\"San Angelo Pinot Grigio\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/San_Angelo_Pinot_Grigio-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/San_Angelo_Pinot_Grigio-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/San_Angelo_Pinot_Grigio.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Wine for the evening was a San Angelo Pinot Grigio.\u00a0 It was alright, not really as dry or crisp as I would have liked.\u00a0 Not a bad wine but no definite flavor or punch to it.<\/p>\n<p>We started watching a behind the scenes type show on Halloween (the movie) but I had to cut that short and hit the hay.\u00a0 I was zonked out!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell me about your weekend! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This post was part of Off Her Cork&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/05\/homespun-sundays\/\" target=\"_blank\">Homespun Sunday<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi gang!\u00a0 How is everyone doing?\u00a0 How was your weekend and did you do anything fun for Halloween? Admittedly our weekend went by way too quickly!\u00a0 We had to make up for last weekend which if you remember was full of crazy and drama.\u00a0 This weekend we had chores to get done and be responsible [&hellip;]<\/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\/p4KYWa-3dH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12381"}],"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=12381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}