Monday, December 19, 2011

12K's of Christmas

Well it was more like 5K's of Christmas for me this year. ;) I ran in my first race in over a year yesterday in Kirkland. I ran with my friend Michelle and we did the 5K portion of the 12K's of Christmas. It felt great to be doing a race again! Of course it had to be drizzling on this one morning out of all mornings this December though. At least it wasn't too cold. The first mile of the 5K was pretty much uphill but then after that it was mostly downhill and then flat for the last mile. I'm proud to say we ran the whole time without stopping! Bring on our next half marathon! :)

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Egg nog!!!!

We've been waiting for Smith Brothers to have egg nog for us after reading their tweets about it. Below is the note we left in the box last week for our delivery man and his note back saying they would have egg nog this week. I was so excited to open the box this morning and see a quart of egg nog inside. I love this time of year!!
Last week. :(
This week!!! :)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Raspberry Sorbet

We got an ice cream maker as a wedding gift back in 2009 and have made ice cream several times, but I've been meaning to try making something like sorbet in it. I finally got around to that last week when it was close to 90 degrees here in Seattle. I used this recipe from Saveur.com. Since I'm not a huge fan of seeds in berries I opted to put all the berries in the food processor and not to add the whole berries at the end. I used frozen berries and it actually turned out pretty good. Glad we made it when we did as it appears summer has come to an end here in Seattle!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Homemade tomato sauce

I decided to try making homemade tomato sauce for the first time today with the fresh produce we got at Carpinito Brothers yesterday. I used bits and pieces of several different recipes I found online. I basically roasted the tomatoes, onion and garlic in the oven four about 45 mins. Then I needed to put it all in the food processor. I really should have strained the juices out of the tomatoes first. I learned something new about my Cuisinart food processor today (which I've had for about 8 years now). Pay attention to the liquid fill line markings on the side! I started by putting too much of the roasted potatoes into the food processor and not only was the sauce too watery but it started coming out of the top of the processor! So I strained the rest of the tomatoes and processed them in 2 batches. I added fresh basil in the processor too.

We'll test the sauce out tonight with dinner but so far I think it tastes pretty good! I did some calculations and I think it cost me $8.77 to make all the sauce. That turns out to be $0.175/oz. Not bad for an all natural sauce without any preservatives! I put it into glass jars and will see how well it freezes. Can't wait to use it all fall/winter long!