Archives for November 2015

roasted delicata and golden beet soup

November 30, 2015 By Danielle 10 Comments

a snow-cured world rose to its haunches this monday, teeth bore but retracted no sooner by the simplicity of the scene. despite the beginning of the business week, the world’s restless drone was stilled by the ivory horizon and hills. i admire that in moments of snow we are forced to step backward and breathe forward. the sweet and singular song of a bird pervaded my morning air, and i carried those initial notes in my pocket the entire day (daring to recreate them several times) – and encapsulated in snow, this monday was instantly mindful and received with open palms. we were forced to pay closer attention, listen a little , and watch carefully for the actions of those around us.

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braised chard stems on toast

November 28, 2015 By Danielle 8 Comments

there is nothing quite as enchanting as the stillness involved with a blanketing of snow. it is something so effortlessly dreamy when you awake to the often bustling and hard world muted by a soft snow. picturesque and almost entrancing when you can’t lift your gaze from the window. a unifying fate of precipitation that we all instantly have in common. something pretty to watch, something easy to talk about – a reason to stay warm in bed, and a reason to gear up and make tracks with the dog. the weather is a year round, inebriating romance with me. i could write of the same heart about sunshine and heavy storms – however, when the snow comes my ruminations are instantly mellowed; soul instantly calmed.

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baked sweet potatoes with maple pecan millet and chipotle cream

November 19, 2015 By Danielle 12 Comments

the weekend is finally offering itself to us, and to this i release the most meditative and relieved sigh i can offer. for no other reason than this has been a long week. long and full of mysteries, ponderings, a gamut of emotions, and clocks unable to pass the time because you’re too concentrated on the time passing. do you ever have those weeks? this world threw crazy shadows this week – enough to tire a soul and wear it thin.

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smoky roasted stuffed delicata

November 16, 2015 By Danielle 14 Comments

the winds have started to roll in. soft at first, a breeze that ripples the naked branches and sends the fallen leaves on a coast. and then she gathers herself a little more – an invisible serpentine force that sifts through the windchimes, allowing us a muted chorus of daydreams. all the while she’s building up for the days where we’re under permanent wind warnings. tempestuous, unbridled, passionate gusts that conjure tear and tantrum. hysterical musings of unrestrained carriage across miles of prairie. never to elicit any single emotion, but sure to make you gasp if you aren’t expecting.

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socca with beet top pesto

November 12, 2015 By Danielle 36 Comments

it’s been such a quiet week here. the week was spent ignoring (not so much fighting) the seasonal nuisance that is a cold. and instantly i am transported to week’s end – a quick review of time and space and friday is already upon us. my skin is surely less pallid, and the atrocious elements that compromise immunity have begun to flee. if there’s one negotiation i would make with this season, it would most certainly be the threat of dreary illness that weaves itself in between the periods of romantic snowfall. but for stronger days and the sake of a relaxing weekend i will ditch you the misery!

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