Hello! It has been a while and this mainly because I haven't had anything of much interest to report on. After the long, busy work/school weeks, we have been enjoying quiet weekends without much on the agenda beyond soaking up the nice weather, cooking, and my favorite activity of eating outside in various New York City parks. Saturday morning bagels and coffee in Riverside Park, Magnolia banana pudding in the Sheep's Meadow of Central Park, and salads from Sweet Green while we watch people feed squirrels in Madison Square Park. Side note, why would you want to feed a squirrel? I really don't understand.
This weekend I am aspiring to find a good cider doughnut, roast a pumpkin, and drink some warm apple cider. Despite being a little annoyed by all the pumpkin-everything that crops up this time of year, I still find myself wanting to eat ALL the fall foods. While waiting in line at Starbucks, I even tried to convince myself I liked pumpkin spiced lattes (spoiler: I do not). I was just warming up for my yearly testing of the pumpkin pie theory. I enjoy almost all things pumpkin. Pumpkin soups, cookies, breads, cupcakes (I dream about pumpkin cupcakes from Sprinkles), pancakes, etc. But I hate pumpkin pie and every year I smell it baking and wow it smells so good and I think this year I will enjoy that pumpkin pie. Then I take a bite and hate it. This is similar to my peanut butter cookie problem. When two of your favorite foods are peanut butter and cookies, you would think that you might love a peanut butter cookie, but you would be wrong.
Other things of note, we bought a mum plant last week to keep in our apartment but it has quickly died. We plan to try again, but what gives mum plant? Are mums really that hard to keep alive?
And lastly, if you're looking for a good pumpkin recipe, here's what I'm considering doing with that sugar pie pumpkin sitting on our table begging to be roasted:
Spiced pumpkin soup
http://www.nourishingmeals.com/2010/01/spiced-pumpkin-soup.html
Or maybe pumpkin garlic knots
http://www.neverhomemaker.com/2010/04/pumpkin-garlic-knots.html
