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January 30, 2017

Puff Pastry Empanadas with Greens and Olives

Prioritizing time has never been a strength for me. I tend to categorize more than I should as a “priority” and find myself trying to cram as much into as little time as possible. I’m working on this. Yesterday at church, our pastor spoke on cultivating childlike wonder and named speed to be the enemy of wonder. So true. I know it’s not realistic to always be unhurried, present, and truly savoring every moment, but I’m trying. Sometimes this means saying “no” to more than I want to, but I’m learning that this is okay.

January 11, 2017

Sausage and Peppers Polenta Bake

It’s been a few weeks since my last post, but I’m glad to be back here again beginning this fresh new year. I find January a particularly calming month as the days become quiet again, and we settle ourselves back into a routine. My soul finds refreshment in reflecting on the past year and in filling my heart with dreams and hopes for the new one. The biting cold means it’s also the month to bring out the coziest winter meals to bring warmth and comfort around the table.

December 21, 2016

Twisty Stollen Buns

Christmas menus have been planned by now and there’s hardly a need for another stollen recipe, but I feel the need to post this one for myself. The recipe I use for stollen is so marked up and scribbled over that it’s hardly understandable anymore, even to me. It’s evolved over the years to suit our own tastes, and although it’s a deviation from traditional stollen, it’s what we like. This version is notable for its dried cherries, apricots, and raisins plumped in amaretto and baked into a sweet-but-not-too-sweet dough. I skipped the powdered sugar coating for a light drizzle of almond scented icing, and this year I decided to make little twist buns (inspired by Jessie’s rolls over here) instead of loaves.

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