We are back and posting after a brief hiatus, well ok maybe not quite so brief since it was honestly a few months. However life happens and it has been crazy and busy and I think I'm out of excuses now. Thank you everyone for your patience and gentle reminders that you missed our posts! Karie and I definitely felt the love and we are both committed to posting at least once a week.
We have been busy and sometimes when you are busy you let slide the things that are important because you are running around like a chicken with its head cutoff. Family dinner is one thing I have let slide and to kick off our new blog post I of course decided to have the whole family over for dinner. I went through my cook books, old and new, looking for the perfect fall recipe.
My trusty Pioneer Woman cook book of course had the perfect meal, of course. I wanted something hearty and warm, you know comfort food. The menu for Saturday nights dinner was Beef Stew (with an Irish twist), rolls with herbs, and Pumpkin Butter Apple Cake. Yummy!!
We have the usual cast of characters, however I mentioned an Irish twist, and what could be more Irish then Guinness and Jameson? I added a full bear to the beef broth and also about a 1/2 cup of whiskey. The whiskey was a gift from my old boss last year and let me tell you I am going to be heartbroken with I finally used it up!
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Have you ever wondered what happens to carrots when your veggie drawer is too cold? I'm not sure if you can see this but that would be water that froze coming out of the carrots. Weird!
Over the summer Karie started a garden, she brought over some of her super colorful carrots to be used in the stew!
Look at all that yummy bubbly goodness!
One of my favorite side dished is rolls, they are so easy to make and you can change them up every time just by using different herbs. You melt 2tlbs butter in your caste iron skillet put in the frozen rolls and let them sit for two hours and do their thing!
Don't they look amazing?!
Next I melt another 2tlbs of butter I added garlic and rosemary and poured it over the rolls and baked for 20 minutes.
For dessert I wanted something that would make the house smell amazing. I started looking for apple cake and spice cake recipes. I stumbled across one for an apple butter spice cake, everything I wanted all in one. Off grocery shopping I went instead of my usual Whole Foods trip I ended up at Trader Joe's. Anyone who shops at Trader Joe's knows that October means pumpkin, it seems like you can get everything pumpkin that you could possibly want or need. Instead of apple butter I decided to switch it up and buy pumpkin butter!
I bought a bunch of apples and went a little overboard with the cinnamon, but man did my house smell amazing!
I did learn that I need to work on my frosting skills, it was not as easy as I thought it was going to be. I was so pleased with the end result though, and it was a winner!
Empty plates = happy family!
P.S. Karie normally edits my blog posts, I decided to do this one all my myself.... Be kind!
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