I’m so glad you guys enjoyed Kat’s wonderful guest post this afternoon. I figured we could use a little Hanukkah love up in here!
I spent the day writing away in hopes of having absolutely no work to do at the end of the week.
I also did a few blog updates:
- Check out the reorganized Workouts page! I took some time to categorize my favorite strength and circuit workouts for those of you who requested that I divide up the workouts a bit so you can quickly visit the page to find the workout that you’re after.
- The Books page was updated with the most recent Book Club reviews.
- All of my previous Blog Talk Tuesdays posts may now be found on my Blogging page.
I think that’s it for the PBF housekeeping updates!
Dinner
Leftovers to the rescue!
Tonight’s dinner was incredibly easy thanks to leftovers from last night’s dinner.
Before we left on our hike yesterday, I threw all of the ingredients for a homemade French onion beef stew in the crock pot. I followed a recipe from Woman’s Day magazine after it sparked my interest when I saw that it called for apple juice as part of the broth.
Tonight I simply reheated the stew and we dug in!
While I adore soup, stew is where it’s at in the winter. Thick and hearty – perfect for a chilly night.
Dessert
Dessert this evening came courtesy of a Foodzie box that arrived in the mail last week.
Foodzie is an online marketplace where you can learn about and buy food directly from small, high-quality food producers and growers and even subscribe to monthly tasting boxes. I’ve previously tried a Foodzie box and loved it, so I jumped at the chance to sample the Cookies & Sweets box this month.
The box included chocolate, hazelnut butter, cinnamon, dried cherries and more!
I made a batch of granola with the dried cherries this evening and snacked on a couple of pieces of the almond brittle for dessert.
Both were winners.
Off to hang with Ryan and Sadie!
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woah. the new workouts page looks good! and (I know you didn’t use cheese) but that stew with some gruyere or swiss on top? yumm
I love me a great stew!!! I just made an amazing vegetable soup that is out of this world… ’tis the season for soup!
That stew looks so good! There is nothing like a comforting bowl of soup on a cold winter night 🙂
One time, during law school, one of my now fiance’s roommates made a beef stew. The potatoes and carrots were so undercooked, hard as rocks, and everyone called it a “stewart.” Well, last night, I made my first stewart. I totally didn’t cook it long enough and while the meat was perfect, my veggies were hard. Major fail!
hahaha that is awesome
i agree, you gotta love a hearty stew! making it in the crockpot makes it even better because it’s easy and the ingredients all soak up the flavor even more.
what a perfect combo of treats in your Foodzie box you got!
That box looks fantastic!
A box full of cookies and sweets?! You are quite a lucky girl!
Although, I did enjoy my chocolate covered peppermint just now 🙂
gotta love leftovers and a box of sweets! Sounds like a good evening!
These foodsie boxes need to ship to Canada!!
I love a good, hearty stew, especially since it just snowed today after being in the high 50s yesterday. Brrr
Glad you got to enjoy the stew! The foodzie box looks amazing!
That’s “crack” brittle! I live in San Francisco, where it seems like a lot of the Foodzie items come from (which is why I’ve never subscribed… I can get it all at the Ferry Building for the most part!) and every Saturday at the Ferry Building farmer’s market, they hand out that almond brittle. They hand out samples because they KNOW that once you eat it, you’ll buy it! They totally caught my mom and little sister when they visited, so I’m sending them some for Christmas 🙂
All of the new “blog housekeeping” paid off! The workout and blog page look great!! 🙂
I may just have to check out this foodzie thing …
And I love soup and stew too – crockpots are a miracle!
Oh that all looks yummy! I love cleaning up the blog too-feels so nice to finish the updates. Hah. Looks good!
P.s. I finished the book for the book club and LOVED it. Have you started it yet??
JUST started the book last night and already got 1/3 of the way through. I am seriously loving it!
i love stew on a cold wintery night! such ultimate comfort food. my mom would always make those pillsbury biscuits to go with it. Yum!
Your stew looks great – my hubby would love it. That box of goodness looks pretty wonderful too!
This Foodzie thing looks extremely interesting!
Foodzie looks awesome!!! Thanks for sharing! I cannot wait to try it!
This is unrelated, but I must say that I finished The Violets of March and it was AWESOME. I got really into it. Sarah Jio (sp?) does a great job getting you invested. I even talked my boyfriend into reading it and he really liked it too!
i just started it last night and am 1/3 of the way done. i am LOVING it!
I love when you can get the time to tweak your blog, it’s fun to see your hard on the site!
So the people that do that Almond Brittle are from California and they’re always at the SF Farmers Market at the Ferry Building handing out samples and ohhhh my they are delicious! Did you get milk or dark chocolate almond brittle?
dark and it was amaaaazing!
I have been wanting to try the Justin’s hazelnut butter forever…heard great reviews!
Love reeding your blog. Merry christmas, your Icelandic fan 🙂
thank you!!
Yum! I need to check out those foodie boxes 🙂
That foodie box looks great!
I looooooooooooooooooooooove stew and it looks really, really good! I’m really intrigued by the apple juice in it. Did you notice the difference? What do you think it added to the stew? Details! 😀
Oh my gosh! Chocolate almond brittle looks amazing! 😀 xyx