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{evidence of my new-found love for corn bread}
{gruyère}
{multiple nights of sweet potato fries}
i feel like i've been in the kitchen nonstop this week, which translates to "i had an amazing week." school has been overwhelming me lately, and sitting in class dreaming up ideas for recipes makes it a little more bearable. i'm not sure when i turned eighty years old, but i look forward to eating homemade meals with tyler and hanging out in my beautiful little apartment every day. since moving away from home, this apartment is the first place that truly feels like my own cozy escape from the world. i guess that's why i'm so appreciative/borderline obsessed with it.
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Isn't that a wonderful feeling, when your home actually FEELS like home? Cooking always helps, too.
p.s. that gratin looks amazing.
I need to make that gratin. it looks amazing! And sweet potato fries? yes please.
oooo i love cornbread, and julia child, and you! this looks amazing! i wish our apartment felt more like a home, maybe i just need to change my attitude about it!
that is exactly how i'm getting through my classes too! this looks delicious, oh the sweet potato fries!
those photos are making me hungry and that cornbread looks awesome!
I enjoy cooking and being in my kitchen and cozy home too - there is nothing better, especially this week when we are being pelted with nonstop rain.
Happy Weekend, Olivia xxoo
olivia, YOU are the modern day julia child!!!! seriously i can't wait for your cook book to come out!!!
This looks heavenly! I remember the joys of having my first *real* apartment. Nothing beats having a little nest of your own :)
oh I love this! I am moving today and am so excited to have a place with my fiance that feels like OUR home. It's the best feeling ever.
I feel like I could have written this post. Not only have I a newfound love for cornbread, too; but yes, a week in the kitchen = best week ever. And lately I've been cooking for my Justin far more than usual and not going out like a normal 20something in Chicago should... But I'm perfectly fine with this!
haha you're not 80! It sounds like you just need a little rest and relaxation when you get home and cooking and relaxing with your man is doing the trick! I am happiest when I am at home cuddling on the couch after a delicious home-cooked meal :)
That's the best feeling, isn't it? Being ale to call your own little part of the world "home."
And you're seriously the best cook, everything looks so delicious!
Mmm, sweet potato fries! The husband and I eat them all the time! I can't believe I had never tried sweet potatoes until last year.
I can't wait till I have my own place so I can cook all the time! You make the tastiest looking things. I used to not like cornbread but now I LOVE it!
i used to dream of recipes all the time. i should start doing it more. but lately i've been dreaming of tropical places and cameras.
p.s. i LOVE gruyère.
your food is amazing - i'm envious of your ability to jump right in and try new things! and i'm glad you've found a new "home", that's such a good feeling.
i saw that someone left a really similar comment on your last post - but how do you make your sweet potato fries? i usually just chop them up + drizzle with olive oil + sea salt + ground garlic - but they still do often get mushy. any secrets?
Oh these pictures are making me hungry! That cauliflower gratin looks especially delicious! Isn't it nice when a new apartment finally starts to feel like a cozy home? Enjoy your weekend!!
That sounds delightful! I'm not a cook - at all! But I LOVE baking. I find on stressful weeks I bake and knit a lot! Maybe when we're 80 we'll go clubbing instead of doing the old lady things we do now. ;)
Every thing looks so tasty! Tyler must really enjoy eating all your wonderful food. You need to open your own little restaurant, and when you do I will definitely road trip to wherever it is.
I love to cook, but I think you just beat me with how amazing this looked.
YUMMMMM and that Gratin recipe like I have said before was AMAZING... Butter and Gruyere make everything better. I too, pretend I am Julia Child living in Paris... it's fantastic and the smells that exit my apartment make all the neighbors come over asking what's for dinner... ok maybe not that but it sure is amazing!!! I love your photos, and passion for life!! Have a lovely weekend!! xo
that looks wonderful! I, too, love to spend time in the kitchen! I thought of you while reading this blog: http://itaintmeatbabe.blogspot.com/2009/08/veganizing-art-of-french-cooking-aka.html
xoxo
This looks amazing. I've been sick all week and have spent all my time planning foods I'm going to make as soon as I'm well enough to go to the grocery store!
GIRL!!! sweet potato fries AND gruyere? this is a post after my heart. i would love to see some pictures of those sea salt brownies that we tweetie followers heard about haha :) xo
can you pleeeeease post the recipe for the cauliflower gratin? it looks fabulous! and i love how much you love cooking. it makes me happy.
Sweet potato is really good! Ten times better than potatoe.
Everything looks absolutely delicious.
Mmm that all looks so good! I'm so jealous of anyone who gets to be your dinner guest.
Thank you for the lovely comment! I actually stumbled upon your blog quite some time ago, loved it, then forgot to bookmark it and couldn't find it again. So I'm so very very glad you found me!
As do I, just watched Julie & Julia, I was inspired!
Now I'm hungry!!
For gruyere cheese/gratin.
And Paris. Always Paris.
Sorry school is stressful. One day you'll look back and think fond thoughts of your college days, and wonder why you stressed about it.
Off to cook something...
lola
I do the exact same thing! You can tell my stress levels by the amount of baked goods coming out of my oven!
Awesome blog!! I'm still learning how to cook though. LOL! The pictures makes me hungry..
Food is such an important part of my life!
I just found your blog and it is amazing! I live in SC as well.
Oh wow, this looks divine!
Oh, cornbread. You make me drool. No, seriously, looking at your picture of your cornbread literally made me drool a bit. Don't judge.
Last time I was at Souplantation I may or may not have eaten five cornbreads. *sigh* Mmmm.
wow, wow, WOW! Your blog is so gorgeous -- the photos are magnificent, and I really like your header. So happy I bumped into it!
- Helen
http://helenhearts.blogspot.com
Oh my! You are inspiring me to get my bum into the kitchen pronto!!!
livvy, i have no doubtful bone in my body that you will get to paris and live this dreamy life and that i will come eat at your bakery on a leafy cobbled street
Classic photos with having full of mouth watering recipes. Thanks! Nice post. It inspires me to make a special recipe at this weekend. Good to have found this site.
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