22 January 2013

weekending...

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i can't tell you how much i love long weekends. especially ones that have no predetermined plans. after my cooking rut that i wrote about last week, i sat down and came up with some meal ideas (mostly old standbys to start with) and went a little overboard at the grocery store on saturday. it's okay though. i cooked some chickpeas that will be made into hummus soon, soba noodles with gingered bok choy and tofu, some delicious blueberry pancakes, and a squash curry with brown rice. sunday afternoon, we had some delicious veggie sandwiches with the last of last week's bread. i made a new loaf of bread yesterday and defrosted a loaf of oatmeal apple quick bread that i made with leftover oatmeal back in september. also on the plan for this week is potato leek soup, pasta with pesto, and some salads. see what a difference having a plan can make?

i did a lot of sewing and knitting this weekend as well. that wool throw i mentioned last week was started and completed in two evenings, curtains for our sunroom are finally hanging after three years of putting them off, and i am almost done with sleeve number two of jared's sweater (next up, the body!).

monday, i had the day off from work, which was lucky because it was the coldest day in four years so i was happy to have an excuse to stay indoors. i made bread, did some yoga, and listened to the inauguration while i sewed curtains. later in the day i talked on the phone to two very close friends and knitted on the couch under my new wool blanket. i stayed warm with hot water with lemon and honey throughout the day.

it was a wonderful weekend, indeed. xo

4 comments:

  1. I like weekends where I feel productive, but not overdone. Sounds like you had a good one for sure.

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  2. julia, this looks like the perfect weekend! sewing, baking, knitting! i love your curtains & that wool blanket sounds fairly easy. maybe i should start one once i am finished with this quilt? also, i love where you place your bread while it's rising :)

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  3. Can you tell us more about that bread, Julia?

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    1. jess- i'm guessing you mean the oatmeal apple bread (not the bread rising in the bowl on the radiator- there was a lot of bread last weekend!). it's a quick bread that i made last fall when we returned from a camping trip with a pot of leftover oatmeal with apples. it's far from perfect (could be a bit sweeter and it's very crumbly) but definitely has promise and is worth trying again with leftover oatmeal. i stuck in in the freezer in september and brought it out this weekend. toasted with a bit of butter, it makes a pretty good snack.

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