Happy Thursday!

So Happy Thursday everyone! I am so awful at keeping up with this little blog- oh well, I'm sure your all used to it by now :-) I thought I would show you some random pictures from the week, since that always seems to be fun, the top photo of course is this years pumpkin I carved. I think I am still in tropical mode, hence the palm trees and waves.... Plus we are heading south of the border on saturday to catch some more sun before the very long winter :-) I tried to cook a lot this week, but I was so sore from Ski Conditioning ( way too many squat jumps!), that what mostly ended up happening was just Jim and I watching the first season of LOST for like 10 hours! oh well, here are some pics for you, ENJOY!!

Garlic from our harvest this summer. These are the largest cloves of the bunch, so we planted these in the garden this week, so we can have yummy garlic next summer!

No this is not a trick shot, the photo is actually supposed to be rotated counter-clockwise- but I digress, this is the MEAD we have been paitiently brewing for the past 8 months! It's delicious.

Some Cranberry Walnut Muffins from earlier this week, We also just finshed eating the Maple Blueberry muffins too ( they wen't so fast, I forgot to take a picture!) I attempted to make granola this week :-) It's yummy, by a little too toasted, if you know what I mean! I also tried to come up with a recipe for a veggie burger to submit to Better Homes and Gardens (don't ask me why, I never win anything :-) anyway, here is the recipe I submitted- (minus the picture, I wrapped them all up before I remembered too- this is becoming a trend.)

Quick Quinoa Burgers

2 Cups Cooked Red Quinoa (¾ cup quinoa ,1 ½ cups water) 1 Tbs grape seed oil 1 Small carrot- diced 2 ribs of celery- diced ½ med white onion- diced 1 clove garlic- minced ½ yellow bell pepper- diced 1 can kidney beans- smashed 1 Tbs Veganaise ½ cut of rolled oats ¼ cup barley flour Salt Pepper 1 tsp Italian seasoning (you can add any fresh herbs you have on hand as well)

Cook quinoa, set aside to cool. Sauté carrots, celery, onion and bell pepper until softened. Add garlic and stir- turn off heat and let cool. In a medium bowl, smash the kidney beans and mix in the veganaise. Add the cooled quinoa and sautéed veggies. Add the oats and flour and season with salt, pepper and seasoning. Form into eight patties, and place them on a parchment covered cookie sheet. Chill patties in fridge for at least 30 min. Pan fry the patties in grape seed oil on medium heat, flipping sides after five minutes. Serve on buns with all the fixings.

And last but not least, a single photo from our honeymoon picks, just to entice you- I am setting up a photo gallery online so you can just check them all out, it's easier than loading six pictures at a time to blogger :-) the link to the photo gallery will be e-mailed to you. we stayed just to the right of the chairs, on a private island with no one around. It was awesome. Well thats it I think. I know I cooked a lot more this week than I can remember.... All those episodes of LOST are messing with my brain! Well have a wonderful weekend- and If I don't get around to writing before we head of to mexico.... Adios Amigos!