This post is going to be about food, with no actual pictures of the food because it was so awesome, we ate it all.

Hello, all! This is my Year of Outfits picture from yesterday. I'm a fan - I like the light in the picture. This is me after one of the most satisfying dinners I've cooked in a long time. My recipes have been very fast to whip together as of late, and sometimes I just want to cook something that takes time, and take the time to savor it. Yesterday was one of those days. All local yumminess as well. I cooked porkchops from Kellie Brook Farm in some leftover rice wine, garlic and a handful of herbes de provence, and with it we ate delicious roasted and caramelized turnips and shallots from the farmers market. I used this recipe via Martha Stewart Living. Let me tell you...the sauce that it asks you to whip up...I was afraid. I thought that it would ruin perfectly good roasted turnips and shallots. The red wine vinegar smell is POTENT! However, I was so wrong. The sauce coated the veggies with a super yummy sweet tangy flavor. Mmmm, mmmm good. And all gone.

We finished off the evening with cowgirl cookies from Beach Pea Bakery. Good thing that I bought two half dozen bags - because these two cookies were the only thing left this morning. And no Hobbes the cat did not get to eat them. Mmmmm it's good to be a chubby girl! (I keep telling myself this - apparently it is working).

Some non food related things - Second Annual Holiday Ornament Swap hosted by Cake and Pie and Freshly Blended is here. You have until tomorrow, Friday, midnight Eastern Standard Time to sign up. I did this last year and it was a blast. I received ornaments from all over the world. Both my mom and I are participating this year. Fun, fun, fun.