sweet belly.


beauties! a poetic recipe to nourish youxxxx

 you are pink inside
and of course i love pink
you are so round
rotating, holding
my breath
my blood
my babies

you stretch to make room for love
and we, together birth a lot of things
my physical muse in scrubs with a telescope
looking for my constellation of emotion
hiding inside a bloated poem or a super flat song

I am indebted to you
I have never used the word indebted
I will write through the doubt
to trust avenue
to tell you
you are a house
a warm, cozy, ever-growing house
a flexible, loving house

you believe in me
you trust me more than I have ever trusted myself
you were definitely the first one here
I am so grateful

you surpised me in 2006 & 2011
you got so big!
you really know how to grow
to take care of me
and all who came during me

I send you thank you notes;
dark chocolate, a good steam, breathing you in and out
I want you to feel strong

the baby door that ‘they’
created out of you is lopsided
is it bothering you?
can you feel it from where you are?

I love your honesty
I love that we are working together again
I am committed to your muscles

are you feeling better since I started working out?
oh good.

I am so happy to nourish you
cooking for you
rubbing you at night

we have been through so much together
thank you
feels weak
you who grew a placenta
you who housed my babes
your wisdom
an IV to my everything 
but it’s all I got
so,
thank you
sweet round belly
thank you.

blueberry doughnuts.








blueberries beauties!
yep.. i made a gluten free doughnut
and it turned out pretty darn good.
and yes, this is another baking recipe!
i was inspired by the idea of a baked doughnut
when i saw it on my friend catherine's blog
maybe it was the doughnut pan? a new
addition to the kitchen or am i forever
inspired to fill the little stainless steel 
boxes in o's planet box lunch box?
or does it feel super cozy and warm 
to have homemade baked goods
in the house in a french terrine?
i say yes to all & to all a good night...
oh no good morning!
of course you can make these with 
any seasonal berries or fruits
& you can make these with
whole wheat flour too!

blueberry doughnuts
inspired by weelicious
*gather*
 1 1/4 cups of cup4cup flour*
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs unsalted butter/softened
1/2 cup cane sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup buttermilk***
***which i did not have***
so i used 2 heaping tbs of
vermont creamery's creme fraiche
and 1/4 cup of almond milk
(which could be any milk)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup fresh blueberries
(you can use frozen)

*bake it*
preheat oven to 375
combine a bowl for the dry ingredients:
flour, bkg powder & salt 
set this aside for a bit
in a standing mixer or bowl with hand mixer
cream the butter & sugar
add the egg, buttermilk/milk/creme fraiche & vanilla
then add the dry mixture just until combined
gently fold in blueberries
grease & flour doughnut pan
spoon the dough filling into the pan
about 3/4 of the way to the top
bake for 14 minutes
cool on plate or rack 
sprinkle with powdered sugar
enjoy!
please leave a comment &
let me know how it goes!
xxxx

PS...the gf version is a bit sticky when
trying to put it in the pan & create a circle...
once baked, so good!

fall love pear muffins.






BEAUTIES
it's been a loooooong time
you have been so patient
for another fall recipe!
what do i love about these
pear muffins you ask? 
part brekkie, part snack, part desert
it fits all three molds & more!

inspired by the kitchn
fall love//pear muffins
*gather*
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup cane sugar
1 stick (4 oz) unsalted butter//softened
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups of gf flour (cup4cup)
(can use any kind of flour here)
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
(try almond, soy or any kind)
2 to 2 1/2 cups pears
(unpeeled and diced small)
cinnamon & sugar for sprinkling on top
added 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips to the mix

*mix & fire it up*
i use parchment cups to line
muffin tin
heat oven to 425
cream sugars & butter together
till they resemble a fluffy texture
about 1 minute//mix in eggs one at a time
mix in vanilla extract
mix all the dry in another bowl
then add dry and milk to sugar/butter combo
add small amounts at time and then mix
do not over mix!
scrape sides with spatula
add diced pears & chocolate chips
fold them in
pour into cups
sprinkle cinnamon & sugie on top
bring oven down to 400
bake for about 20 - 25 minutes
you can rotate pan
toothpick em' to see if they are ready
transfer to wire rack to cool
and ENJOY!

let me know how it goes beauties!
share this with your family & friends
xxxx

MIRACLE IS (almost) FULL
i will make room for YOU
reserve your wood bowl here

windrose farms//part 3: motherhood everywhere.

i found something at the farm

i didn't know i was looking for

i discovered a hunger

i broke open a need

while waiting for the hen

to lay one warm brown egg

maybe it was the reflection of

motherhood everywhere

inside every dog & cat bowl

inside every crevice of the kitchen

inside the beauty, the intricacy,

the efficiency of a system,

not having a choice to keep

this beauty going

to raise everything

inside peacock kale to heirlooms

all the sheep and their one uma

inside bill's wonderful stories

& barbara's sweetest of blue eyes

they let me feed them

who new i could be so thirsty for the magical water from the hose,

the handmade bread, that lyrical nectarine jelly from jackie up the street

i am still hungry

maybe it was the bats in the 100 year old oak tree

or beauty's naked body running around in poetry

telling us that she is home

maybe it was the warm kitchen, old oven,

iron clad pans, wooden spoons, ceramic bowls, 

the stacks of plates, the random mugs from their travels

the knives of the many chefs who have been there

maybe it was about feeling a part of something

maybe just maybe

it was love at first sight

xxxx

autumn begins (with a recipe).

autumn begins

it’s an orange only october can explain

the roundness of everything is a beginning

and a beginning is hope.

love letters to begin the seasonal ministry,

the chorus bellows new hues of fat love from a clean slate

i sing to trust as the cold drops into a very familiar heat,

a temperature we have had every conversation with,

moist hugs, layered tank tops, the smell of sunscreen

hanging out on the hairline as I kiss you good night.

good-bye summer, 

hello fall.

falling in love with you all over again, believing in you for the first time,

each time, understanding yet another ochre yellow, deep grey green,

a brown that roots in deeper to a thought process hungering for the

slow down, 

finding me inside my peek a boo breath,

the vulnerability of varicose veins, 

meridians & school bus yellow lines

the road mapping out the direction to my dream.

oh and the fatness! the ok-ness of all the rotund love-

the acceptable obesity inside the celebration of a squash,

round, rind, bright & warm from its nap on the ground.

puy lentil soup with the last of the early girl tomatoes,

the turning on of everything inside –

all the lights, red, roasting the love, flesh down, skin up,

waiting for the heat to hit it’s number, I scan the wisdom list,

the to-do’s of my survival, my weekly vows of overwhelm and

imperfection, 

messy me and the birth & death of everything that

continues to happen, 

the blood of it all.

hoping for some energy in the gas, more time in the fuel and all the

dreams of heroes, 

the freedom they exude, their firm triceps & hip

flexibility- 

the stories in my hips are hiding tight like cross stitch

poetry, 

the answers 

come with tears. 

dying for love? possibly.

how can we really know anything?

the years continue to ground me in knowing less,

finding my way below the neck,

not thinking about anything,

feeling everything.

autumn begins: breasts to feed all of us inside kombochas,

pumpkins, butternuts, all the nourishing shapes we may

remember as warm love in our story somewhere.

a beginning is important to keep going,

it’s vital for survival & it’s happening now. 

ROASTING SQUASH

turn oven on 400 convection* bake

place squash on casserole dish

(big enough for 2 halves of your squash)

pour oil all over squash

(2 second pour)

you can also massage it with the oil

put in the oven for 20 minutes

take out after 20 minutes & cut in half

(should be soft to cut into)

then place squash flesh down//skin up

put in for another 20 minutes

(you do

not

need to add any more oil here)

fork it to see if it's ready to your liking

texture, hardness, softness etc..

i usually keep seeds in as they add to flavor

you can scoop out after and toast

them with the last bit of heat in the oven

(*if you have convection//no worries if not)

you can leave this out on the stove top

with a beauty linen on top to cover it

in it's dish for warming later or noshing

as you go about your day!

you can mash it with earth balance or butter,

just serve as is, you can also put it in the

base

of a soup

creating another beauty love fest

enjoy beautiesxxxx

FALL MIRACLE

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miracles.





BEAUTIES
this was the first custom miracle where 
9 women gathered in a wonderful venice kitchen
to be nourished, inspired & fed by a true beauty love fest

i packed up all my tea cups, sterling silver, linens,
cake plates, wood bowls, bread knives, ball jars & more.
i gathered my farmers market bounty medicinally/seasonally
chosen from the various markets, i collected my
stories, poems, words and heart to drive west
as the sun was making her way up the highway

these miracles are a space where we can
begin to give a voice to our kitchen story,
a place to discover our universal hunger for beauty.
i want to hear how we are doing this food thing in our busy lives,
how are we cooking? how are we not cooking?
to catch our breath inside a soup or hug this hardship
with a warm tea, whatever we bring to the table,
it's always a miracle!

here is the miracle news:
the miracles are going saturday, seasonal & custom!
the custom miracle means you pick the date,
you invite the people and i bring all the rest!
i can travel to your kitchen with all my goodies
or you can come to my kitchen
& as for my ONE miracle per season.. here it is!

FALL MIRACLE
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 26
10 - 2 pm
rsvp here
deadline october 18
jules kitchen//LA
$125

we will fall in love with fall, break open the heart
of the season by inspiring you with simple & delicious
foods to create in this cozy time of year, taste the best from
the market, ideas for everything day to day to holiday & bring a
bit of the miracle home with you from your wood bowl love
see you soon beautiesxxxx