1. Dutch ovens --They are probably my most favoritest kitchen tool. Yes, I like the convenience of a slow cooker, but nothing beats the taste of a low-slow cooked oven stew or homemade, simmered soup. I'm a Le Creuset girl, but any Dutch oven is better than no Dutch oven. Happiness is drooling over the display at Williams-Sonoma.
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2. Thyme -- Lalalala. "Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme." Lalala. Anyway, fresh herbs certainly make a big difference in cooking, but I particularly love fresh thyme. Bonus: it's the only herb that I've been able to consistently keep alive for more than 1.5 microseconds.
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3. Ice Cream -- Nothing says summer like frozen treats. Now, I'm admittedly girl who will almost never say no to ice cream, but there is a carton of strawberry in my dad's freezer that is calling my name and harkening back to my childhood.
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4. Coffee -- Yeah, I know that this isn't exactly earth-shattering news around these parts. However, Clare is up with the sun and the chirping birds up here in the magical land of "forest." I am definitely drinking more caffeine than I should. Hey, I'm on vacation, right?!? At least that's what I'm telling myself!
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5. Clare and Puppy --Watching Clare fall (more) completely in love with "ba puppy" while we're here has been 1 part adorable, 1 part heart-warming, 1 part infuriating (that's the feeding my dinner to the puppy part). Just to clarify, my dad's dog is not, in fact, a puppy, but a fully grown yellow lab.
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Oh, I would LOVE a coffee cup that big. And Le Creuset makes great Dutch ovens!
ReplyDelete#1, yes, yes, yes! Just got a tramotina one to replace the Calphalon oven we recently wore out.
ReplyDeleteAnd ditto on the coffee. Between being up with the baby, the 3 year old suddenly wandering the stairs at 3 a.m., and the 21 month old having a respiratory virus, yeah. Nights are fun times here. Bring on the coffee. I will say, a nice iced is making my days smoother.