{"id":13155,"date":"2011-02-21T11:55:14","date_gmt":"2011-02-21T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=13155"},"modified":"2011-02-21T11:55:14","modified_gmt":"2011-02-21T15:55:14","slug":"winter-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/02\/winter-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_yogurt.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13163\" title=\"Yogurt with granola and coffee \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_yogurt-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_yogurt-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_yogurt.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Yesterday was such a gloomy and chilly day.\u00a0 Winter came back for a visit bringing with it freezing rain.\u00a0 Lovely, no? Once it started it continued like that all day long.\u00a0 Into the night the freezing rain changed over to regular rain and it&#8217;s been raining since then.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to spring! Where we get a heck ton of rain here in Columbus.\u00a0 Thankfully it only lasts a few weeks!<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday after my run, I was looking forward to coffee the most.\u00a0 In our huge Sunday mugs with plenty of creamer to go around!\u00a0 We use vanilla soymilk as our creamer of choice and if we&#8217;re treating ourselves, then it&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowvillecreamery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Snowville<\/a> Half and Half.\u00a0 That&#8217;s for special occasions!<\/p>\n<p>I decided to make my typical recovery yogurt bowl a little more fun with a crumbled up <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Peanut Butter'>PB<\/abbr> cookie on top! In the wee bowl was:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2% Fage<\/li>\n<li>Homemade Granola<\/li>\n<li>Dark Chocolate Chips<\/li>\n<li>Crumbled up homemade <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Peanut Butter'>PB<\/abbr> cookie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh heaven! So stinkin&#8217; good especially if I was lucky enough to get a bite of cookie and chocolate! I settled down on the couch with my pre-breakfast and chilled out with some Food TV.\u00a0 I watched Giada tolerate cooking with her aunt who seemed particularly full of corrections that episode.<\/p>\n<p>I have to say that Giada, of all the cooks, seems to have the most excitement about food and the things she creates.\u00a0 Everyone else just seems very reserved like they can&#8217;t get excited over food because maybe it doesn&#8217;t look professional.<\/p>\n<p>If it was me, I&#8217;d be dancing and clapping too because food is fun! And yummy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_pancakes.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13158\" title=\"Pumpkin Molasses Pancakes \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_pancakes-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_pancakes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_pancakes.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The great thing about making pancakes is that I make a bunch of them at one time.\u00a0 I freeze them and they are ready to go when I need them.\u00a0 Yesterday, I didn&#8217;t feel like making a new batch and creating a mess in the kitchen.\u00a0 I pulled out some frozen pancakes and plopped them in the toaster oven to heat up and get a bit crisp.\u00a0 This week we revisited some pumpkin molasses pancakes.\u00a0 Very similar to gingerbread in taste.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_breakfast.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13156\" title=\"Pancakes, coffee, fresh fruit \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_breakfast-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_breakfast-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_breakfast.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Mine were topped with butter and maple syrup along with more coffee and some fresh fruit.\u00a0 I also had some chicken sausage that I stole off of Scott&#8217;s plate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Rocky-02-20-11.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13162\" title=\"Rocky \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Rocky-02-20-11-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Rocky-02-20-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Rocky-02-20-11.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Our Sunday could be summed up just like this.\u00a0 We did nothing and it was fab.\u00a0 Well I did more &#8220;nothing&#8221; than Scott did because he worked on my computer.\u00a0 To just briefly dork out on you, he switched it and put in a quad-core chip for me along with stripping out Mint and installing Ubuntu proper.\u00a0 Mint, I have discovered is a huge (HUGE) resource hog and on the suggestion of a twitter friend, I switched out to Ubuntu.\u00a0 Still in the testing phase, we&#8217;ll see how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>I read and putzed around the house taking a much needed unplug day.\u00a0 Since Scott was working on the desktop, I decided to avoid technology all together save for a few email checks.<\/p>\n<p>I got dinner started in the oven and chatted with my mom for a bit.\u00a0 Eventually it was time to eat and watch the Pens game that we taped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_turkey_legs.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13160\" title=\"Roast turkey legs and veggies \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_turkey_legs-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_turkey_legs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_turkey_legs.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_stuffing_gravy.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13159\" title=\"Gravy, and stuffing \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_stuffing_gravy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_stuffing_gravy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_stuffing_gravy.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I had some turkey legs that I pulled out and roasted along with some carrots and parsnips.\u00a0 We also had<a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/11\/thanksgiving-apple-stuffing\/\" target=\"_blank\"> stuffing <\/a>and homemade gravy.\u00a0 I added some white wine to the roasting pan for the turkey legs so I used some of that same wine in the stuffing mix.\u00a0 Excellent!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_dinner.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13157\" title=\"Turkey, roasted veggies, and stuffing \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_dinner-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_dinner-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_dinner.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Aside from the turkey, dinner was fab.\u00a0 I realize that sounds crazy but the turkey didn&#8217;t turn out like I hoped.\u00a0 It was dry and very tough.\u00a0 The legs have a lot of &#8220;stuff&#8221; in them that you have to work around to get to the meat making it more frustrating than enjoyable.\u00a0 I would not purchase legs that big again because it did not work out.\u00a0 I mostly ate veggies and stuffing dipped in glorious gravy.<\/p>\n<p>The Pens game was also a bust.\u00a0 They weren&#8217;t playing so well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_wine.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13161\" title=\"Wine \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_wine-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_wine-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/OHC-02-20-11_wine.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Wine (and chocolate, not pictured) helped somewhat but not enough to bring about a win.\u00a0 Ah well.<\/p>\n<p>Even though I slept in and didn&#8217;t do much around the house, I was exhausted and headed to bed early, another weekend in the books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How was your weekend? How&#8217;s your weather, are you still experiencing &#8220;winter&#8221; like conditions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This post is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2010\/05\/homespun-sundays\/\" target=\"_blank\">Homespun Sunday<\/a> series.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday was such a gloomy and chilly day.\u00a0 Winter came back for a visit bringing with it freezing rain.\u00a0 Lovely, no? Once it started it continued like that all day long.\u00a0 Into the night the freezing rain changed over to regular rain and it&#8217;s been raining since then. Welcome to spring! 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