Monday, December 1, 2014

Monday Mumblings...

A day to myself...no heating/cooling checkups or Ron The Plumber 'til Friday. No spa days for Lucy until Wednesday...two days of peace filled quiet adventures! Roasted salmon for dinner...I love my Sheet Pan Dinner book but this one is from bonappetit...



or perhaps this Martha Stewart one...


I just want an easy dinner tonight!

New books...





This one is a bit happier than the other two!


Reading this now and it is so good! Every once in a while a book is just simply perfect and totally magical. Polly leaves her life behind...or rather her life leaves her...she is without a home, a job, a fiancé! All she really loves to do is bake breads! Fully carb loaded amazing breads! She travels to a little island where you have to know when the tide is in or out to actually get to it and she finds a little loft on top of an abandoned bakery. She meets fishermen and a beekeeper and a millionaire, a wounded puffin...Neil...and a mean and nasty landlady! What is so much fun about this book is Polly and the banter between everyone. This book is fun, quirky and dare I say...it's adorable...but not in a sickening kind of way. If I was Goldilocks I would pronounce this book...just right! Plus I love portly Neil The Puffin! He loves brioche and tea kettles...lol!

What a book!



Happy Monday!

10 comments:

  1. A wonderful Monday, with food and books. First Frost is one I have been ogling....and I am now curious about Dark Rooms....enjoy!

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  2. I've got to get one of those baking sheet cookbooks! I'm just a little bit jealous that you got First Frost!

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  3. The Colgan book was in my mailbox last week. Can't wait to read it!

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  4. Lots of good books. The dinner photos looks delish.

    First Frost sounds really good. Little Beach Street Bakery looks good too.

    ENJOY all of your books.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Mailbox Monday

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  5. I read First Frost a couple of months ago. Sarah is one of my favourite's, and has been since before I started blogging. I won't review until January, though. I review around the release, as a rule. Especially for favourite authors. Love her books!

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  6. I love salmon- and I am always wanting an easy recipe. :) First frost has a super cute cover!
    ~Stephanie

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  7. Little Beach Street Bakery sounds so adorable...glad you enjoy it.
    And the salmon, yum! I like to make mine baked 375 degrees on a sheet with a thin layer of low-fat mayo to preserve the moistness, then sprinkle teriyaki sauce and sliced green onions on top. Serve over brown rice with steamed broccoli.

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    1. Last night's salmon was wonderful...but yours sounds great, too!

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  8. ENJOY your books. I hope your dinner was good...it sounds good.

    Little Beach Street Bakery looks so cute.

    ENJOY your reading week.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Mailbox Monday

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