Yes, I really do cook.

I'm in a mood. I really wish I wasn't. Yesterday, I did some errands with my mom and did some Christmas shopping. It was fun and relaxing and I finally finished my Christmas shopping for Andy! But for some reason, I am in a funk today.

I wish I could explain more but unfortunately someone is reading my food blog and I do not want that person knowing what's up quite yet. Vague enough for you?



Ok, here are the eats I've created over the last 2 weeks. Green bean casserole. With fresh green beans, ricotta cheese, summer squash and homemade mushroom gravy. It was time-consuming but so worth it. I did include the traditional french-fried onions. They were good!



Turkey burger on whole wheat bread. Boring picture, awesome turkey burger.



Kerrygold cheddar really made these turkey burgers. This cheese is so sharp and creamy. YUM!



Fontina, tomato and asparagus frittatas. I've made this frittata before



Peanut butter, banana and flax toast!



It was a good recovery meal after an intense workout.



Gingerbread latte and starbucks oatmeal. This oatmeal is ok...a little watery for my taste though.



The best butter on the planet.



With herb-crusted pork loin and mashed potatoes. (The butter is in the mashed potatoes. I used 1 tbsp and made 4 servings.)



My mock Thanksgiving day meal. Cranberry-apple sauce, roasted butternut squash with brown sugar, turkey cutlets and a hawaiian roll.



For the butternut squash, I sliced up half a squash into cube shapes and coated them in 1 tsp olive oil, 2 tsp honey and 1 tbsp brown sugar. Tossed to coat and roasted in the oven at 400* for 25 minutes.



For the cranberry-apple sauce, I boiled 1 cup water and 1/2 white sugar. Then added 2 sliced honey crisp apples and 1 bag cranberries. Continue to boil until cranberries pop and release their natural pectin. This sauce WAS SO GOOD! I liked the sauce more than anything else.

So I've got to ask, do you have any cyber stalkers or unwanted guests reading your blog? How do you deal with it? I've decided to let them read and enjoy...maybe they really like cooking?

Also...have you ever heard of Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata) dermatitis? It's a contact dermatitis from cutting up butternut squash? I noticed in last night when my hands got all dry, yellow and waxy feeling. It's gone now luckily but how weird is that? I googled, "hands feel weird after cutting butternut squash," and found tons of blog posts about it. WEIRD!

Free pastries and a delicious frittata

I love twitter. Because of my twitter, I was able to find out that starbucks was offering FREE pastries with a purchase of a coffee. Andy and I were still recovering from our honeymoon in Italy so we were awake around 5am. I figured a trip to starbucks would be perfect for two early birds.

Andy got a mocha and an orange cranberry scone.





I tried a blueberry scone and a nonfat caramel macchiato. Neither were THAT good. I am over sugar in my coffee. Give me a nonfat latte anyday!

All the pastries for breakfast at home and in Italy made me crave an "american breakfast." So I decided to make an italian inspired frittata at home.

Fontina, Asparagus and Tomato Frittata

I found a few recipes online and tweeked them a bit to make it my own.



It was the first time I made a frittata in a skillet.



I decided to pair it with italian blood orange soda.



Eggs are tricky because the differences between a perfectly cooked egg, overcooked egg and undercooked egg are merely seconds. I literally stared at the frittata until the eggs were firm and no longer runny at all.



The results were nothing short of amazing.



Don't you love my little kid plates? We actually have new dishes but are waiting to unpack them. We are moving the end of august.

I think I'm going to try breakfast for dinner more often!

P.s. Promise I'll start commenting to your blogs and posting more soon. Add me on twitter! My name is possiblymaybe on there.