Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California
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I have been unsuccessful with roasted cauliflower. And I don’t know why. Maybe I skimped on the olive oil needed during roasting. Maybe I didn’t roast it long enough or at a high-enough heat to get that characteristic roasted nuttiness. Maybe I didn’t break up the florets to the right size so they’d roast evenly. Who knows. But I’ve never been able to achieve that same roasted flavor or texture I experienced when I roasted asparagus, broccoli or green beans. Cauliflower is definitely different than those other vegetables and it doesn’t have much flavor on its own, but it didn’t seem impossible. Yet after a few mediocre results (even when I added Parmesan cheese to it), I gave up on it for awhile thinking my expectations may be a bit lofty for this vegetable.
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I know we’re all supposed to be starting the New Year off right with a renewed sense of mindful eating and physical fitness, and here I am showing up with an ice cream post. In January no less.
But I have a pulse and feel it’s more important to not deprive oneself of the little joys in life.
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A straight-out-of-the-camera shot taken just outside of Independence, California along Highway 395
© 2010-2012 Lemons and Lavender
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I have always been a very cookbook-dependent cook. And like so many others, I too have spent countless hours reading cookbooks like novels, familiarizing myself with recipes to the extent that there are no questions when I set out to make them. I enjoy it and have been doing so since I was a kid. My mom had a series of thin kitchen encyclopedias that I would periodically grab and thumb though before going to bed. That pattern hasn’t really changed much today and my bedside is like a mini library that is continually rotated between the cookbooks I move down to the kitchen and those that I take up to bed (when I can actually stay awake long enough to read).
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I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season filled with the warmth, love and laughter of family and friends.
With the New Year having a full week under her belt, it feels like we’re off to a good start. I’m refreshed after the hustle and bustle of the holidays. The slate is clean and a relatively empty calendar lay before me with many ideas, hopes and goals to fill each day. I have to be careful though. I am notorious for taking on more than I should and convincing myself that I can get it all done. Once I start having to juggle one thing around to accommodate another, I’m in trouble. It seems to spiral from there, so I have quite a bit of weekly “housekeeping” to do to make sure I keep everything on track. I’ve definitely got my work cut out for me.
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