{"id":1756,"date":"2015-12-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betondinner.com\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2016-01-06T01:27:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T01:27:39","slug":"food-for-thought-2-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betondinner.com\/food-for-thought-2-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for Thought #2: November"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.\/\/<\/strong> Thanksgiving – or as my sister dubbed it this year, Piegiving<\/strong> – was a culinary success! We bucked tradition (not an easy thing to do around here, because some of us – ahem, me – really like those)<\/em> and skipped the pumpkin pie. My favorite of the non-traditional pies is coming to the blog one day soon!!<\/p>\n

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2.\/\/<\/strong> We are almost, almost at the point where it’s fun for the whole family to snuggle on the couch and watch TV together. My youngest will sit for a couple of minutes, and so I LOVE – like, love, love, and drool every time – watching Kitchen Vignettes<\/strong> together on PBS<\/a>. Have you seen these? Each mini-episode is just a couple of minutes long, and shows a farm-to-table recipe<\/strong>. Like, harvesting the corn, grinding it up, roasting the squash, mixing, baking, slicing, and eating roasted squash cornbread<\/a>. In 3:01. So happy! And I love that the girls get to see where the parts of the recipe actually come from (i.e. not just the grocery store)!<\/p>\n

3.\/\/<\/strong> I was all excited to read<\/strong> Go Set a Watchman<\/em> by Harper Lee since To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> was one of my favorite “required reading” books in school. And I couldn’t even get past the first couple chapters – it didn’t grab my attention at ALL. Such a bummer! Does anyone have a good book to recommend?<\/p>\n

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4.\/\/<\/strong>\u00a0This. Yes. Jenny, who writes the blog Dinner: A Love Story, hit the nail on the head with her\u00a0post about cooking dinner when you don’t feel like cooking<\/a>. I have laughably enormous cooking mood swings, and they can happen in seasons (where for months getting dinner on the table is a battle) and in the course of a week (where one night I happily putter around making something elaborate, and another I gnash my teeth and whine and serve peanut butter sandwiches). And “aspirtainable” just made me smile. Also it’s my life goal around here.<\/em><\/p>\n

And definitely, definitely this: The Secret to Managing Toddler Tantrums<\/a> from Julie at Happy Home Fairy. I’ve had the opportunity to employ this technique twice in the less-than-24 hours since I read her post, and it’s been hugely helpful both times in defusing\u00a0a spiraling-out-of-control meltdown. Pretty sure this works for grown-up tantrums, too…not that I know anything about THOSE. :o) Don’t miss the cute free printable, too!<\/em><\/p>\n

I did read both of these articles in December, but whatever, man. I’m, like, a total rule-breaker and it’s fine.<\/em><\/p>\n

5.\/\/\u00a0<\/strong>I started my Christmas shopping<\/strong> with some Cyber Monday sale stalking and I LOVE having packages trickle in! Online shopping is my jam. What’s your method? Do you plan your purchases in advance or shop and choose on a whim? Are you already done or will you still be shopping Christmas Eve? What’s the gift you’re most excited to give this year?? Leave your comment below!! :o)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1.\/\/ Thanksgiving – or as my sister dubbed it this year, Piegiving – was a culinary success! We bucked tradition (not an easy thing to do around here, because some of us – ahem, me – really like those) and skipped the pumpkin pie. My favorite of the non-traditional pies is coming to the blog…<\/p>\n

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