{"id":443,"date":"2009-10-14T15:57:39","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T22:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baconwrappedlife.com\/?p=443"},"modified":"2009-10-16T20:23:05","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T03:23:05","slug":"its-officially-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pink.jemts.com\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"It’s officially fall…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am on the road.\u00c2\u00a0 Insanely on the road.\u00c2\u00a0 Next week I actually get to be in the office for the whole week, but other than that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m spending most of my time out of town until Thanksgiving.\u00c2\u00a0 Fun and new places, but exhausting!<\/p>\n

Even though I have a bit more time while I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m on the road to write, the preparation for the travel has made blog food scarce.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been relying on a lot of old standby meals, leftovers from the freezer, and way too much restaurant food.\u00c2\u00a0 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve also done some crazy travelling as we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve moved from summer into fall\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.including our trip to North Carolina, during which Santana stayed at PetSmart<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The very next weekend we zoomed down to Berkeley for a wedding, which Santana can also fill you in on<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Both were a bit quick and chaotic, but really fun and relaxing.\u00c2\u00a0 I loved being able to have a couple trips with Matt to just relax and enjoy our time together without work craziness getting in the way.<\/p>\n

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In better food news, since fall has definitely set in, it is crock pot weather for sure!\u00c2\u00a0 We actually used the Crockpot a decent amount during the summer, but fall means lots of soups, stews and chili\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6plus lots of leftovers to restock our freezer!<\/p>\n

We said goodbye to the summer with a light meal that lasted us through two dinners and 1 lunch for me.\u00c2\u00a0 Tomato bacon quiche (which we had frozen from a couple months ago) with a spinach honey mustard salad and some lightly salted Kettle chips.\u00c2\u00a0 We were both huge huge fans of this meal, which is why it was repeated twice\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6usually we make some changes, switch up the side dishes, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 This time the same meal found its way to our plates two nights in a row.\u00c2\u00a0 So delicious and satisfying.\u00c2\u00a0 And a nice light end to the summer.\u00c2\u00a0 Bonus: homemade garlic croutons!<\/p>\n

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To welcome in the fall, we made a vegetarian chili cornbread casserole that completely outdid itself as a shared dish at a potluck, dinner for us at home, and is lasting Matt through this week while I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m out of town.\u00c2\u00a0 To make the chili, I mixed 4 or 5 cans of black and pinto beans (1 can of beans got mashed up) in the Crockpot with saut\u00c3\u00a9ed onion, green bell pepper and garlic.\u00c2\u00a0 I also added some spices, hot sauce and a can of green chilies.\u00c2\u00a0 Two cans of diced tomatoes rounded out the liquid in the pot and it cooked all day on high, bubbling away.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

I poured the cooked chili into two casserole dishes and topped each one with the batter for this cornbread<\/a> with the addition of some shredded cheese to the mix.\u00c2\u00a0 They baked for about 40 minutes or so and then one went to the potluck, while the other chilled in the fridge, waiting for us the next day.<\/p>\n

For our leftovers, we covered the 2nd casserole and popped it back in the oven to reheat.\u00c2\u00a0 While that was cooking a tossed some fresh broccoli with a tiny bit of olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper and garlic powder.\u00c2\u00a0 Into the oven it went to roast away.\u00c2\u00a0 It got crazy crispy and had a tiny zing from the balsamic.\u00c2\u00a0 Really wonderful.<\/p>\n

The other star of the potluck and our leftovers was a fruit cobbler with fresh plums, pluots and nectarines, frozen blackberries, and a whole wheat cobbler crust.\u00c2\u00a0 Served with vanilla ice cream, obviously. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Santana\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s meals have remained pretty steady.\u00c2\u00a0 Because of her allergies and anxiety, she gets Benadryl and Pepcid before dinner.\u00c2\u00a0 Since she is so fussy, she gets the wonderful treat of having her meds wrapped in peanut butter (freshly ground peanuts from Whole Foods\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.Matt and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even get this fancy for ourselves!). She follows this up with some dry food which must be amazing because she gobbles it down like a fiend.\u00c2\u00a0 What a gourmand.<\/p>\n

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