We went to Mansfield this weekend, where we were were immediately confronted by my brother's homemade kolaches.
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| I can see you under that plastic wrap, kolaches. |
I believe this was done out of brotherly concern that two vegan dinners in a row had rendered my pants
too loose.
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| Not vegan. |
There may have been parental concern on that front as well.
Check out their super fancy new waffle iron. It's full of super fancy make-the-day-before waffle batter.
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| Imagine how these probably taste and then add a lot more butter. I know, I'm jealous of my past self too. |
Anna did an impressive job of avoiding being photographed amongst flowers. Staged-photo-shoot avoidance is emerging as a significant talent.
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| "I will climb this tree if I have to." |
Back to Austin, back to plants. Let's give some love to America's Most Hated Vegetable, the Brussels sprout. It's no
purple cauliflower, but it's pretty neat looking.
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| "Stop hating me so much, America. I am a stalk of tiny cabbages and I am cool." |
I put Dan to work making potato and Brussels sprouts hash. He did an admirable job! More dinner duty for him in the future. I did add my signature element to the dish.
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| Can you spot it? |
I was missing your poached egg flair. I can't believe I didn't think of it yesterday when we had various odds and ends of food that we could have cooked for dinner but also EGGS. I was thinking - frittata? But I should have just whipped together random stuff and put a poached egg on it. Damn.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I love me some Brussels sprouts. They're one of my favorite vegetables.
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