Memory Lane

Hi Blog-Family,

I just took a brief trip down Memory Lane (that is, some of our oldest blog posts) and felt like saying I sincerely love our blog and love you! Our blog would be nothing if we didn't have amazing friends and family who genuinely care and support us. Thank you for checking in and reading about our simple lives.

From my computer to yours,

Katie 

Adventures in the Scoville Kitchen

A couple weeks ago Wes and I actually attempted to make: homemade Tortellini with a slow-roasted homemade tomato sauce (not once, but twice!),  Whiskey- Chocolate Mousse, Zucchini bread, and Shashuka all in the same week. (Disclaimer: we didn't consume all of these on our own mind you!) It was a very overwhelming week in the kitchen, and frankly kind of embarrassing to tell you about. Why we attempted to take on so many new recipes in one week, I'm not quite sure of. It was one of those things where we said, "This is what we want to make this week" and so we stuck with it, and never once thought "ehh.... maybe we should pick only one?..." So we set out on a Monday night to make some Pasta dough for Tortellini with our nifty pasta maker that we got for Christmas (thanks Scott and Bekah!). Mind you, this wasn't just our first time making Tortellini, this was our first time making pasta dough. We were inspired to make the tortellini as well as the accompanying homemade sauce because of the recipes we saw on a blog called What Katie Ate. This was dinner... Chocolate mousse was for The Bourbon Intelligencer (Wes' blog), Zucchini bread was made for an event I helped put on in my art class; and the Shashuka was just yummy breakfast on a Wednesday morning.

Unfortunately the tortellini was a complete disaster. I basically translated the wrong amount of pasta flour into our dough mixture, which made for very tough thick dough. :/ So because we failed miserably the first night (seriously, inedible!!), and because we had a lot of leftover ingredients we attempted to make the tortellini again the following night, only this time - the right way! .... aaaaaaand... failed again. :( After our second go around, we felt that either the dough recipe we used wasn't great or we aren't making the dough thin enough. Everything else turned out pretty good though!!

 

 More kitchen adventures to come!

We have been enjoying summer and hope you have been too.

My Trip Home 2011

Hello all! Long time no see! I'm backtracking to catch you up on it all. It's been a busy, fun and productive summer thus far. So where did I last leave off? Oh! With my trip home...

Annie!

One of the main things I must do when going home is go to my favorite restaurants. Tres Harmanos (I know I likely spelled that wrong.) is one of them!

Delicious Margaritas!

 

And then of course there is In-N-out!!!

Pedicures with Mom

I got to see my Cousin's new baby Taylor - She is adorable!!!

My other cousin's baby Peyton - this was her first beater! Licking the beater from the homemade whipped cream.

 Then there was the Farmer's Market. Since I was missing class back in Portland (a Art and Farm class) I was given an extra assignment to do while in CA. The assignment? To visit a farmer's market, make a meal with my purchases, and take pictures of it. Really??? I do that weekly anyways!! Ha ha I was thrilled to have an excuse to do this while at home. So..... on the menu: blackened cat fish, a saute' of tomatoes, corn and spinach as well as some roasted potatoes/beets. It was quite lovely....

Here is me picking out some heirloom tomatoes.

 an onion

 Corn

 

And why, there's a familiar name! It was such a pleasant surprise to see my neighbor's and best friend's ranch there. 

This is me preparing the catfish.

 

 And here is the cooked up meal. It was delicious! Thanks Mom and Dad for enjoying this meal with me and letting me invade your kitchen!

 

Also to happen this weekend was Rebekah's baby shower. I was so happy to be home for this!!!

 The decorations were adorable! Can't wait to meet little Sawyer!

 Rebekah, you looked amazing! So great to see you and feel your cute belly! :)

 Rebekah cried when she opened our gift. Sorry Bekah, this is the only picture I have!

 And then this happened, but I'll spare you from hearing that story again. ;)

In addition to little "just-like-my-uncle-Wes"Converse shoes, we got them a little "just-like-my-daddy" onesie that had tattoo sleeves sewn into it.

 

Oh and I definitely cannot forget the games! We had a great time playing "Stop."

 My time home was very enjoyable and so great to catch up with family and friends. Wes are coming home for thanksgiving this year so we can't wait to see you again soon!