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This is a recipe for… Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Texted to me by a friend, who got it from a friend, who got it from a cookbook, who got it from Rustic Bakery in Larkspur. Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil 1 large butternut squash, halved and seeded 3/4 tsp salt 1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper 6 cloves garlic (I omitted) 4 thyme sprigs 3 tbsp butter (I used olive oil) 1 large yellow onion, chopped 3 shallots (I used 2 tbsp shallot infused olive oil instead) 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock 1/4 cup heavy cream… Read more >

I’m not a naturally laid back person (every family member reading right now is laughing at the obviousness of that statement) but I really try to keep my anxiety in check.  When it comes to having people over for meals – something I wish came easily to me – I definitely have to prep like crazy to make it fun for me in the moment.  Otherwise I’m just running all the disaster case scenarios through my mind, rather than enjoying company.  This may seem confusing since I’m very social and love hanging out with friends… Read more >

For a while this summer Kyle and I were so great about getting babysitter to go out to dinner once a month.  Going out in Sac felt like we were finally getting back in on the food scene. Back in July we went to Grange.  It’s attached to the Citizen Hotel, which isn’t in the best part of town but seems to be in the process of gentrification Starbucksification.  Anyway, I already blogged about that meal, but we had some leftover money on a gift card so we went a few weeks later for brunch.  With the kids…. Read more >

I started this post in August…back when it was still summer and zucchini was the “it” squash.  Pumpkin has since taken over the food blog scene because fall has that effect even though it’s still 90+ degrees here.  #basic.  October is the best month of all months so pumpkin patches and hay rides are a week away.  Sooooo predictable. Two zucchini recipes of Heidi’s have been on my radar: this Thai soup and this buttermilk soup.  Both are fairly simple, but since Kyle doesn’t like zucchini, it’s kinda like what’s the point? But then P… Read more >