“She lost herself, a little, in that darkness bu “She lost herself, a little, in that darkness but returned with stars beneath her skin.” Blake Auden
If I hang it, will it come? If only it was that ea If I hang it, will it come? If only it was that easy. Our area is in a serious drought with severe water restrictions and although I don’t love rainy days (my youngest does!), I don’t know that I’ve ever wanted it to rain as badly as I do now. I’ve wanted a rain catcher for YEARS, but it’s challenging to find the right design at the right price. Those things are 💰! Finally snagged this pretty one at 75% off a few weeks ago, and now I can’t wait to see it in action. Let’s go, Mother Nature, let’s gooooo!
A high school freshman and a college junior. I don A high school freshman and a college junior. I don’t even know how this happened, but here we are. I love watching their relationship evolve as they get older. When I told him I was going to her cheer showcase today, he asked if he could come right away. And afterwards, she offered to buy him lunch if he drove her to Panera. Don’t get me wrong, they bicker and yell shut up just like any other good sibling pair do, but they look out for each other and show up for each other too, and I love to see it. 🥰
Sometimes you get excited about a meal you’re ma Sometimes you get excited about a meal you’re making and it just falls flat. Not the meal, really, the experience. I used to make this recipe on the regular way back when I used to entertain a lot. It’s such a celebration of summer flavors with ripe tomatoes and fresh basil … you add hot pasta to that and mix with chopped up Brie and olive oil and dinner is done. Good stuff, flavorful and easy. I made it last night and the kids panned it. Can’t win them all, but don’t let that stop you from making it (swipe left for the recipe from Silver Palate cookbook).
To be honest, I didn’t love any of the doormats To be honest, I didn’t love any of the doormats at Hobby Lobby, but it was hard to resist the 75% off price tag. You can’t beat it for five bucks, and it turned out to be just the bit of extra sunshine I needed. Sometimes you don’t know what you need and it finds you anyway. 💛
Having Leo is like the newborn stage all over agai Having Leo is like the newborn stage all over again. He falls asleep on top of me and then I feel bad waking him up if I have to get up. 😂
My oldest is working today at a food truck festiva My oldest is working today at a food truck festival that a friend runs so we popped in for a quick visit to support both of them, and of course we can’t leave without the amazing Crab Poutine Fries from @angry_archies! The @justjerseyfest is on Main Street in Chester until 7 pm - stop by and strap a feed bag on! Bring a blanket and listen to the live music while you’re there - it’s perfect festival weather. ☀️
Happy Friday, friends, cheers to the weekend! See Happy Friday, friends, cheers to the weekend! See also: I was influenced by an IG ad and I’m ok with that. ✨
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Fall Fest 2010: Roasted Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar

October 12, 2010 · Narrative

Roasted Acorn Squash with Brown Sugar

When it comes to food that I ate growing up, I remember very little of what my Mom made us for dinner.  It’s not that she didn’t cook.  She did.  All the time.  I was just waaay less interested in food as compared to my interest level now.  Oh, that and my memory pretty much sucks.

Some of my favorite stand-out dishes from my childhood include an amazing creamy risotto type dish with salmon (and for years, that remained the only way I would eat salmon), a recipe for Spaghetti Arrlechino that she learned at the hands of an Italian chef when we lived in Italy (which I had to swear not to share here), baked apples and roasted acorn squash.  She used to make the acorn squash with brown sugar and butter, and it was to die for.  Surprisingly, though, as much as I loved it, I’ve never actually made it myself.  Nor any other acorn squash recipe, for that matter.

Until tonight.

When I saw that this week’s ingredient for Fall Fest 2010 included winter squash, I was initially bummed that I wrote about the butternut squash last night, because that would have been perfect for tonight.  But then I remembered the two acorn squash sitting on my counter.  Bought at Sunday’s farmers’ market, they were simply begging to be used.  Tonight was finally the night.

I honestly don’t know why I waited to so long to make this.  The hardest part of the recipe?  Slicing the darn acorn squash in half.  Once you get through that beast, you scoop out the insides and baste it with a mixture of brown sugar, butter and real maple syrup.  Pop it in the oven for an hour and that sweet Fall goodness is yours for the taking.  If you were lucky enough to have a babysitter go to Vermont this summer and bring you back real maple syrup, the good stuff, this is the recipe to whip it out for. The finished product is slightly sweet, slightly sticky and oh so very good.

Need more winter squash recipe inspiration?  Check out what my fellow Fall Festers are cooking up this week in the links below (some might not be live until tomorrow):

Gilded Fork: Butternut Squash Bisque with Nutmeg Crème Fraîche
Caroline at the Wright Recipes: Roasted Pumpkin and Winter Squash with Labneh and Skhug
Alana at Eating From the Ground Up: Fall Vegetable Chicken Pot Pie
Alison at Food2: Pumpkin Donuts
Toby at Healthy Eats: Pumpkin 5 Ways (Including Seed-Studded Pumpkin Bread)
Kirsten at Food Network: Best Pumpkin Recipes
Caron at San Diego Foodstuff: Clay Pot Winter Squash

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October 12, 2010, Photo #177

Girlie Girl

I ran in to Osh Kosh last week to buy the kids some pants. Apparently they have both grown like weeds since last year and nothing fits them for this season. While I was in line paying, Madeline was sitting on the floor behind me, and facing away from me. That’s never a good sign. I asked her what she was doing and she turned even further away so that I couldn’t see her hands. Upon closer inspection, she had pried open a little plastic heart box and was busy shoving the five rings on her little fingers. For $3.40, I avoided her meltdown and we negotiated that she would wear one ring at a time. She had a tough time deciding between wearing the butterfly ring or the cupcake one. These are the hard decisions of a two and a half year old….

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“She lost herself, a little, in that darkness bu “She lost herself, a little, in that darkness but returned with stars beneath her skin.” Blake Auden
If I hang it, will it come? If only it was that ea If I hang it, will it come? If only it was that easy. Our area is in a serious drought with severe water restrictions and although I don’t love rainy days (my youngest does!), I don’t know that I’ve ever wanted it to rain as badly as I do now. I’ve wanted a rain catcher for YEARS, but it’s challenging to find the right design at the right price. Those things are 💰! Finally snagged this pretty one at 75% off a few weeks ago, and now I can’t wait to see it in action. Let’s go, Mother Nature, let’s gooooo!
A high school freshman and a college junior. I don A high school freshman and a college junior. I don’t even know how this happened, but here we are. I love watching their relationship evolve as they get older. When I told him I was going to her cheer showcase today, he asked if he could come right away. And afterwards, she offered to buy him lunch if he drove her to Panera. Don’t get me wrong, they bicker and yell shut up just like any other good sibling pair do, but they look out for each other and show up for each other too, and I love to see it. 🥰
Sometimes you get excited about a meal you’re ma Sometimes you get excited about a meal you’re making and it just falls flat. Not the meal, really, the experience. I used to make this recipe on the regular way back when I used to entertain a lot. It’s such a celebration of summer flavors with ripe tomatoes and fresh basil … you add hot pasta to that and mix with chopped up Brie and olive oil and dinner is done. Good stuff, flavorful and easy. I made it last night and the kids panned it. Can’t win them all, but don’t let that stop you from making it (swipe left for the recipe from Silver Palate cookbook).

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“She lost herself, a little, in that darkness bu “She lost herself, a little, in that darkness but returned with stars beneath her skin.” Blake Auden
If I hang it, will it come? If only it was that ea If I hang it, will it come? If only it was that easy. Our area is in a serious drought with severe water restrictions and although I don’t love rainy days (my youngest does!), I don’t know that I’ve ever wanted it to rain as badly as I do now. I’ve wanted a rain catcher for YEARS, but it’s challenging to find the right design at the right price. Those things are 💰! Finally snagged this pretty one at 75% off a few weeks ago, and now I can’t wait to see it in action. Let’s go, Mother Nature, let’s gooooo!
A high school freshman and a college junior. I don A high school freshman and a college junior. I don’t even know how this happened, but here we are. I love watching their relationship evolve as they get older. When I told him I was going to her cheer showcase today, he asked if he could come right away. And afterwards, she offered to buy him lunch if he drove her to Panera. Don’t get me wrong, they bicker and yell shut up just like any other good sibling pair do, but they look out for each other and show up for each other too, and I love to see it. 🥰
Sometimes you get excited about a meal you’re ma Sometimes you get excited about a meal you’re making and it just falls flat. Not the meal, really, the experience. I used to make this recipe on the regular way back when I used to entertain a lot. It’s such a celebration of summer flavors with ripe tomatoes and fresh basil … you add hot pasta to that and mix with chopped up Brie and olive oil and dinner is done. Good stuff, flavorful and easy. I made it last night and the kids panned it. Can’t win them all, but don’t let that stop you from making it (swipe left for the recipe from Silver Palate cookbook).
To be honest, I didn’t love any of the doormats To be honest, I didn’t love any of the doormats at Hobby Lobby, but it was hard to resist the 75% off price tag. You can’t beat it for five bucks, and it turned out to be just the bit of extra sunshine I needed. Sometimes you don’t know what you need and it finds you anyway. 💛
Having Leo is like the newborn stage all over agai Having Leo is like the newborn stage all over again. He falls asleep on top of me and then I feel bad waking him up if I have to get up. 😂
My oldest is working today at a food truck festiva My oldest is working today at a food truck festival that a friend runs so we popped in for a quick visit to support both of them, and of course we can’t leave without the amazing Crab Poutine Fries from @angry_archies! The @justjerseyfest is on Main Street in Chester until 7 pm - stop by and strap a feed bag on! Bring a blanket and listen to the live music while you’re there - it’s perfect festival weather. ☀️
Happy Friday, friends, cheers to the weekend! See Happy Friday, friends, cheers to the weekend! See also: I was influenced by an IG ad and I’m ok with that. ✨

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