First, I have to acknowledge the plight of the people of New York and New Jersey who are still coping with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. We’ve now been hit by a Nor’Easter… and while it’s no big deal up here… it’s like salt in the wound for them.
Anyone who doesn’t believe our severe weather patterns for the last few years aren’t an indication that the world is-a-changing climate-wise… is living under a rock. I don’t know if Al Gore had it right or if this is the natural cyclical order of things, but it’s scarey.
I called the manchild’s school yesterday and asked them to let him come home, new driver plus snow and wind.. not a great mix. They obliged and assured me I wasn’t the only nutzo mom doing so. Today they have no school. Thank you, powers that be. This morning although we have only a few inches out there, the wind is still strong and there is ice on the roads. Weird.. a week ago, tropical hurricane…today, snow on the pumpkins.
What do I do when cooped up in This Old House? Cook! and EAT! I usually have company by the stove.
Ok – totally making that potato recipe!
That looks so cozy and I will try that potato recipe.
K your house looks so cozy! ! I love you helpers in kitchen but where ia Ben ?:) all the food looks great. Have a great snow day!
I was just thinking about your this morning while sipping my first cup of coffee and wondering how much snow you had received. It certainly looks all toasty warm in your house next to the fire, and those potatoes will soon be on my 'gotta make these' list.
Take care and YES… totally feeling badly for those who were hit by the hurricane and now having to deal with this on top of it. Time to give those people a break, Mother Nature!!!
It all looks great; must try the recipes when I return home.
And, call the chimney sweep; I'm using the wood stove this year, first time in a decade.
What a contrast from you header to today's photo of your porch. Ah, comfort food on days like today. Do you 'accidentally' drop a little food for the beggars at your feet. That used to happen to me, when we still had Rufus. Now I find myself constantly sweeping the kitchen floor!! Stay dry and safe.
Great idea on the potatoes. I bake them face down in butter, but adding parm is soooo much better!
You have such a cozy house and the snow photos are simply beautiful.
I wouldn't mind being snowed in with your family. Everything looks delicious. I am going to try the steak and potatoes. Perfect!
brrr. stay cozy!
Snow days and cooking go hand in hand! Yummy and cozy over there!
What a terrible place to be cooped up in a storm. Delicious food, good friends ( mans best) and a warm room with a fireplace.
Your place looks awesome no matter what the weather.
Stay warm
I've always wanted to have a snow day. Several years ago the schools canceled because of icy roads – we really aren't equipped down here to drive in it – but there was no snow. I'm not sure I've even seen an inch of the white stuff in person. :p
A snow day sounds magical to me, so long as I get to stay home in my PJ's and go out and play in it whenever I want. Actually driving in it… no thanks.
Kristin
I'm drooling… over the recipes and your cozy looking fireplace. What a great way to spend a snow day!
I love your kitchen helpers!! Those potatoes look divine! I may have to try those bad boys! Stay warm!
The potato looks awesome and will be on the menu tonight, but stay warm and safe!
There's nothing like cozy food in a warm home this time of year! Love your little chefs!
LOVE the potatoes…….definitely going to make those……and those towels hanging on your stove…….I could use that picture to sell them.
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So many things to like.
The snow, the recipes, the cute dogs but it's the fireplace that won me over.
xo,
JC
I'm still awed and amazed by snow, since it's something we rarely get. Stay warm!
well succeeded in making me hungry. But it did make me wish for snow. And the claimant's changing but is not anthropomorphic watched a special on TV today when I tried to explain how bacteria in early Earth's introduction caused a new gas to be released known as oxygen and it changed the entire planet when these little bacteria's guide off and create carbon dioxide which allowed the plant to warm up and begin life ha ha Ha. Scientists just can't make up their mind about what to have for dinner much less what caused the earth to change.
What a cozy reading spot by the fire! I can't even imagine snow right now!
OMG that fireplace!
Can I come over and sit there forever????
S
xo
I adore the winter photos, they are winter wonderland, and the potato recipes, they are good to eat.