Good Eats

K made corn waffles with cranberry-orange-maple syrup this morning. Yum!

Last night I did pumpkin quiche again, with four-seed bread and a cranberry-pecan salad with pomegranate vinaigrette. It was okay, not as good as I hoped... but then there was dessert. I've never made panna cotta before but K bought some vanilla beans awhile back and I wanted to use one. So I made vanilla bean panna cotta, chilled overnight in the fridge, and then I poached dried fruit (apricots, figs, and cherries) in port. I served the hot poached fruits on top of the chilled panna cotta, drizzled with a bit of the port reduction, and it was lovely. We don't often eat dessert but that's definitely one for a repeat the next time we do!

Tonight it'll either be homemade pizzas or pecan-crusted tilapia with broccoli and balsamic-roasted root vegetables. We'll see how we feel after a day of strolling and shopping...

This morning a friend told me that my life was like "a sexy romance novel" and insisted that no one eats like this. Ha... it really made me laugh, and reflect on how much I really do enjoy my life. I could be making more money but everything else is dream-worthy. I have a hot swinger husband who does the dishes, a snuggly cat, plenty of great food and hot sex; I live in a town I love deeply, in the most beautiful corner of America. Life has been a hell of a lot worse for me. Yeah, I've been to hell and back, but I wound up in heaven. I'm glad I had that opportunity this morning for a reminder of how blessed I am these days.