Hi Hi Hi!
I’ve missed ya’ll very much these past 36 hours. Every hour in real life is like a month in blog world, wouldn’t you agree? Unfortunately, I don’t have 36 hours of material to make up for my absence (ha…school must be around the corner). I’ll admit it, I am a terrible traveling food blogger. Of course I thought about whipping out my camera and snapping a few pictures, but it just didn’t happen…except during the final stretch of my drive today when I was incredibly bored.
The pretty blue sky was just a tease. I think the storm is sticking around for a while longer.
After unloading my entire car, putting a few items away in their places, and looking through 5 weeks of mail (hello, Christmas cards), I hopped back into my car and headed to the health food sanctuary I’ve missed ever so much – Trader Joe’s! I was so excited to not have to spend a penny out of my own wallet this trip – thank you gift cards. My kitchen is now restocked with the TJ’s usuals, and ready for college “on the run” cooking.
Dinner tonight was pesto pasta:
penne rigate with pesto (locally made in HumCo), organic greens (they’re buried underneath the mound of pasta) and tomatoes, creamy chevre & fresh pepper
…and for dessert:
a homemade (by my mama) espresso cookie & piece of TJ’s Swiss 71% Cocoa Dark Chocolate
Chocolate + Coffee = A Happy Hillary
Well, tomorrow is my final day of Winter Break. I have so much I want to get done before classes start, and I have to tackle 5 new syllabi.
Sunday:
– finishing unpacking
– assemble my new bookshelf
– work up a sweat at the indoor playground
– print syllabi & organize school materials
– odds & ends shopping
– catch up with my roomies : )
Hope you’re enjoying your weekend,
~ Hillary
Hint Hint
triple chocolate espresso cookies.
our father-daughter {food} celebration.
browned butter {toasted coconut} chocolate chip cookies.
dark chocolate cherry pistachio cookies.
Haha, I usually go crazy with the pictures when I go traveling. It kinda drives my friends crazy since I have to stop and take pictures of everything.
You make even a simple pesto pasta look so good!
That is a GREAT picture of the pasta – creative shot!
I am a terrible traveling blogger – I went away for a week and didn’t blog once (but I was in the Dominican, so it wasn’t really possible to blog!)
Love your photos! That pasta and the cookie looks so good!
Good luck getting back into the groove of school :) !
I must agree with you, coffee and chocolate is an amazing combination. I am well known for eating something chocolaty and saying ‘ooo’, this would be nice with coffee! They are a match made in heaven!
Your mama’s cookie looks DEELICIOUS!
I totally agree…However, back to school = more “months” away from blogging! :( Then again, it’s legit because you gotta do what you gotta do. Too bad we can’t all be professional bloggers! lol How cool would that be? :D
Look at that speed, no wonder your MPG wasn’t so good.
Good luck with the bookshelf, and nice photos. Dad
LOVE the pictures! Ever since I bought my new camera I can’t stop taking pictures while driving…hehe. :)
Congrats on the new domain! That’s so exciting! (Tell me where you did it! And was it pain getting all the posts to transfer over? I researched months ago…but I was at Blogspot back then, and the whole process looked oh so confusing.) :(
I didn’t even have to update my reader, it automatically switched which was nice.