yummy

Seems like something happened in my brain over the holidays, and all the domestic goddess-ness that had me knitting and sewing my way up to the holidays was re-routed back to cooking and baking.  Not surprising, perhaps, considering that I was known as the domestic among my friends for a long long time based almost entirely on my penchant for cooking and baking.

Anyway, I have a plan to get back to knitting this weekend (someone actually asked for something I can knit!), so to fortify myself, I'd better have a "last breakfast" of some of the fruits of my labor.

Yummers.  A tender and delicious blueberry muffin (from a Cooks Illustrated recipe from several years ago -- it uses a good amount of sour cream, which gives them a nice tang), and Meyer lemon vanilla bean marmalade, made with Meyer lemons from my own little lemon tree!  I almost hate to corrupt one with the other... so I'll probably just eat the marmalade straight.  If you've got it in you to make marmalade, and have some home-grown lemons (I'd hate to think of all the wax and whatnot they spray on store-bought lemons), I highly recommend the recipe.

And here are a couple other recipes I've been making over and over again -- nothing too complex, just simple, wholesome, home-made goodness.
- Cavolo Nero (Dino Kale) "Pesto"
- King Arthur Flour classic whole wheat bread (I think I'm going to try some multi-grain this weekend, too)