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For some reason, I have been struck with a major case of blogger’s block – with cooking, writing, photographing, creating – you name it.

So here are a few pics of things I have made recently, but that for some reason or another never made it up. Hope you enjoy these little snippets, and that I get my mojo back soon!

xxo

C

One Saturday I was craving and egg salad sandwich, but we were out of bread.  So I made Kim Boyce‘s Oatmeal Sandwich Bread.  And I was fairly insufferable the rest of the day, feeling smug and proud that I made bread just like that.

I don’t make pasta all that often for dinner, but when I do, this Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage is my go-to.  My love of broccoli rabe {or rapini} knows no bounds and it is fast and easy for a weeknight dinner. You can of course use pork sausage, but I usually do turkey here – and of course hot italian!

My dad made an amazing crown pork roast, but unfortunately I only snapped a few pics.

I know that over the year I have had crown roast of beef and lamb (great holiday dinners), but to my recollection, this was my first with pork.  He made herb garlic crust and we served it with a fennel orange salad with warm prosciutto dressing and {surprise, surprise} sauteed broccoli rabe with garlic and chile flakes.  Will definitely be making this again…if only I knew what recipe he used!

And to change things up ever so slightly, I swapped by favorite roast chicken for one that added lemon and garlic.  While it didn’t move into first place, it is fun to change it up – and I loved using the roasted garlic and lemons for a salad dressing that accompanied the chicken.

And of course, lots of messes have been made!!