Blogspot - Recipe Scratch Rusia

And just like that, we're not spending the day baking donut cakes in the kitchen.  Emma's at school and here I am in a quiet house working on my computer.  This scenario seemed impossible just last week.  There were points in the summer that I would've gone to great lengths to have a quiet morning sitting at my computer with my entire brain to work with.  And now that it is here, I'm wishing it was still summer break and the only thing on our agenda was going for a bike ride and heading to the pool for lunch. The other side of the story is that I love my work.  Last year when kindergarten started, I reclaimed a real workweek for myself that I hadn't had since she was born.  I truly enjoy my time working alone at home and after a breezy summer I'm glad to be at the grind again.  I also love the routine of the school year. This morning after Mr. Darcy and I went on our long, leisurely stroll, I sat down to my desk brimming with ideas for the new season....

Emma and I spent the day at The School House  on Sunday making fresh tomato sauce.  I had made some last weekend for dinner with Mike's parents and it was so delicious, I decided to make a huge batch while real summer tomatoes were plentiful. In Lexington there are so many farmstands that have wonderful (inexpensive!) local produce.  The garden at The School House is still a couple of weeks or so away from having "plentiful" tomatoes, but we are picking several baskets full of cherry tomatoes right now and we did pick our very first big tomato this week.  Soooo, I guess I'll be doing this all over again in August with the tomatoes from our own garden from the 16 plants we have (yikes!). For this large batch, I used all of these 12 large tomatoes + 4 onions + 3 sticks of butter.   It made 7 x 8oz. containers ( Plastic Kitchen Container Sets, 18 for $8 here ) of sauce to put in the freezer or give away.   We especially like this sauce with large rigatoni. ...

Emma and I treated the girls to lunch this week at The School House .  I really like simple food in the summer so BLTs were the perfect lunch for a super hot July day.  The School House has been open for 3 months now, so it was a good time to catch up with the team to get some feedback from them.  They have done such an amazing job taking over the packaging and fulfillment and teaching themselves the business.  We have very few packaging errors (and when one or two pops up - they take it so personally!) and they really do take pride in making sure each package is beautifully assembled.  I LOVE how well they take care of my customers.   Read more about The School House, here > The School House is in my hometown of Lexington, Missouri.  It is about an hour from my house, so try to get there once every couple of weeks. When we do, we always stop by the local farmstands to see what's in season.  Our favorite is my cousin's - Fahrmeier Farms . ...