salty honey pie.

====beauties====

it's another baked good

it's all i seem to be good for these days

don't give up on me

there will be more on carrots & kale soon

there was a lot of applause, applause, applause

for this one on thanksgiving

so i am giving the readers what they want

(i hope)

this is a great one to bring

to the holiday shmoliday gathering

salty honey pie

(inspired by lottie & doof)

GATHER

1 single pie crust

1 stick/1/4 lb unsalted butter

3/4(or less)of cane sugar

1 tbs cornmeal

1/2 tsp kosher salt

1 tsp vanilla

(or vanilla paste)

3/4 cup honey

3 large eggs

1/2 cup heavy cream

2 tsp white vinegar

1-2 tsp maldon sea salt

(for finishing)

FIRE

preheat oven to 375

in a medium bowl, mix butter,

sugar, cornmeal, salt & vanilla

stir in honey & eggs

one at a time

followed by cream & vinegar

they want you to strain this... 

i did not and i am proud of it. 

straining big amounts of sweet

sticky stuff is not my thing...

i gracefully poured

it all in the pie shell

that i did give a little

melted butter painting to..

then i put it in the oven

on a cookie sheet for any drips & drops

in the middle rack 45 - 50 minutes

turning it around once at the half mark

look for edges to be puffed up high, edges set

and no more liquid in the center

that means she's cooked!

COOL

let cool and then sprinkle maldon

salt all over it like below

serves 8 - 10

it's so sweet that

it could possibly

serve more

enjoy beauties

xxxx

this is what it looks like

what a beauty!

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i am being swept up inside the holiday vacuum of hurry hurry hurry land with the deepest desire to take a few minutes every two to three hours to stop. stop the doing, breathe in, even if it's crazy time & fill in the blank __________ read a poem, rest, spoon some goat cheese on a carrot, close my eyes, stretch my hips, drink a glass of water, make a tea & of course turn on the oven, throw something in it with olive oil and salt. i feel terribly guilty that i was not on the black friday, small business saturday, cyber monday, fuschia tuesday, abundance wednesday train. my staff is in paris and it's just me in the office these days. 

yes, i do have something to offer.

recently, i am discovering the sweetest gift in my work. in my travels, kitchen to kitchen, finding the flow between nourishing ourselves & the lives we lead, reconnecting to the love inside our child's handmade trivet or grandmother's chipped tea cup; i am realizing that the healing is all inside the cooking. the healing is inside turning on the fire, it's inside yellow & white carrots, watermelon radishes, oro blanco grapefruits, the healing is inside warming olive oil, pink salt, whole, unpeeled garlic, it's (even) inside boiling water.

we do not need to stop everything and then cook. we need to cook it out. when we cook together, we heal together. duh. (and we can figure out what peeler you need & move around your silverware drawer while roasting a chicken).

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thanksgiving.

it’s a thank you on thanksgiving

it’s a time to mash, to roast, to hug warmth

feasts laden with cobalt, sterling & boats of gravy

shine, shine, shine that silver

i am so grateful

and it’s one of those things that never fills me up,

I crave more

I want to thank the world

the threads in my clothing

the pores in my skin

the static in the dryer because I am so lucky to have a dryer, things like that

I want to hear what you are grateful for

and then I can say thank you for all of that too

I can fit everything into this huge belly

devouring this amazing life

it’s so important to drop down

to feel it all

to let that shutting down thing go

why be here?

why live life if you can’t feel anything or you only get to feel what you want? as though you are able to get down and deep into the molasses and pick and choose what feels good i wish or maybe I don’t but I was not given that choice this time around

I want unconditional

I want to feel it

I want to tear all of our clothes off and box this shit out

I want to peel it, shred it and then smear icing all over it

balance could work too

and then I want to drop down even deeper
like the big dipper, shine those lights, be who you are

most people will not understand and that’s ok

some people will hate you and that’s ok

i am so lucky that I have a body that loves me

i am so lucky

i am sad too

i am hurting with my heart so grateful, it’s potent with

rawness and fluffy like a yam soufflé

i am a feast

i am thanksgiving

all I want to do is thank you

and then I want to understand everything

wooden spoons, ivory iron clad casserole dishes,

amber glasses with iced tea

orange pekoe or English breakfast

she loved oolong and jasmine

but hot, at a chinese restaurant on a sunday

I want to know where I stand

where to hold your hand

so that I don’t hurt you

why are we friends

if all I do is hurt you

if you can’t tell me

then you don’t know me

I am growing everyday

I am thanksgiving

I am a survivor

how can you teach the class

if you have not survived

the way I have?

how can you be thanksgiving if I am thanksgiving?

what is this cul-d-sac sack in the middle of the highway?

I need to get around this

I need to drive past something that makes sense

I am lost and the maps burnt off the side of the boat

when I was praying for things like freedom and intuition and poetry sundried with copper river salmon

and it’s foggy in here

and I need some sunglasses

oh maybe this cat mask will do

it will lighten every one up and

I am grateful for being good at that too

banana curry cookies.

beauties!

introducing the

modernized

ginger snap

with a poem

hero

i am mashed up bananas

going whish, whish, whish

whipped by the paddle

stainless steel tub

i yearn for more.....

buuuuuutttttterrrrrrrrr

melting me

bumps in the road

every knot

nerve ending

GULP

i want to pack it up

light brown sugar

pat, pat, pat

pack me in

hold me down

tie my wrists

oh, not too tight

hand me a buoy

so i don't float

into the night sky

dollops of vanilla

1 beaten egg

foam and all

1/2 cup of chocolate chips

chugga chugga choo choo

i am on a train and the conductor

has no idea where to seat me

i am sticky, soggy, thick and tan

i have browned

all the spinning

'round and 'round

i am a hero

i need to sit down

slip into this crinkley

parchmont paper

oops i spilled me over

i need to lay down

totally surrender

to this round shape

i will eventually riiiissssseeee

i will grooooowwwwwwwww tall

and create a shape

i need all the heat i can get

i need to sweat this out

palm springs in july

i need hot hot hot

rise above

brown at the top

crisp on the sides

to know myself

in the heat

allow myself to let go

they will take me out

cool off on steel squares

i will try to avoid the nose

sniffing my survival

i have come so far

i am the little seed

no one is going to step on me

i cool down some more

i harden from the inside out

i am lucky

young eyes looking up at me

'mom, are they ready yet?'

the red head is talking about me

she wants me in her little watery mouth

baby teeth, small sweet tongue

i feel a lift

a body peel

that first bite

yummmmmmmmmm

i hear in the one ear i have left

i am a hero

i say to myself

i did my job here.

banana curry cookies

inspired by food52

*gather*

6 tbs unsalted butter, softened

1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup mashed ripe banana

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 cup all purpose flour OR cup 4 cup

1 tsp curry powder

pinch of salt

3 tbs unsweetened shredded coconut

fleur de sal for sprinkling

*heat it up*

preheat oven to 300

cream butter & sugars

mash banana & add baking soda (set aside)

in a bowl, mix flour, curry & salt

mix banana in with vanilla too

add the dry to wet

fold in coconut

drop on cookie sheet/parchment paper

by the teaspoonful (little bites)

for 14 - 16 minutes and then sprinkle

fleur de sal while still warm

YUMMMMMM

please share in the comments below

they are definitely my new fall fave!

enjoy beauties

xxxx

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december 6

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stew.

beauties!

the slow cooker is OUT

and this was it's first debut of

the season.... maybe 15 minute prep

6 hours in slow cooker while you do 

everything else you have been

needing/wanting to do!

(no brainer)

i needed some refreshers

so i looked at this recipe

and this one

then i made this up

stew

*gather*

1 lb. beef cubes of the best meat ever

a few carrots (2-3)

1-2 sunchokes (jerusalem artichokes)

a few frozen stahlbush farms peas

1 yellow onion

2 stalks celery

hand full of parsley/chopped if want

cherry tomatoes (cut in half)

thinly slices of fennel

bit of sage, 2 bay leaves, thyme

1/2 - 1 cup of red wine

1 - 2 cups of water

salt

(these ingredients were based

on whatever i had in the kitchen)

so here is the deal..

i just had to get all the ingredients

in the slow cooker & then i put it on high for 3 hours

hoping it would go to low setting while we were out

for 5-6 hours but instead it went to warm 

SO i put it on again (on low) the next day around 1 

for 4 - 6 hours... it was in the slow cooker

for about 30 hours by the time we tried it!

the meat was tender and the veggies were cooked

for you, i would say...  3 - 4 hours on high

and then 3 - 4 hours on low.. 

if you want it ready sooner than put the number

of hours you need on high

i feel that creating a stew (or anything

in the slow cooker) is a conversation

it's healing, nourishing and craves to 

be shared... please share your favorite

tips, ideas & beauty love fests!

big love beauties

xxxx

the fall miracle inspired

a holiday miracle!

nourishing yourself

during one of the most

important times of the year!

when it's absolutely 

CRAZY!

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holiday tips for delicious

& doable holiday recipes

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