thanksgiving & pizza

I know what you must be thinking, after reading the title of this post.  This girl is one of those untraditionalists who says 'F the turkey, we're ordering pizza'. 

Well, I won't say never.  I mean, last year it was a toss-up between Ethiopian food and chicken wings, which was settled, in the end, by Chinese hotpot (a current favorite).  But not this year. We're giving thanks the old-fashioned way, here at the west coast branch of the Blubaugh Family Household (the main offices being in central Ohio, of course).

The turkey is currently taking up about a third of our tiny fridge, waiting for curtain call this Thursday morning when our Thanksgiving Spectacular debuts in all its comfort food glory.  Also in the lineup are an herbed GF stuffing, my mom's corn casserole (adapted to GF, naturally), mashed potatoes, GF gravy, and a GF apple pie courtesy of my sweetheart's mother via Wheatless in Seattle (wonderful allergy-friendly baked goods, check 'em out).

So, no, we're not eating pizza for Thanksgiving.

sweets in the kitchen: lamb tacos with spicy tzatziki

It's been a long, postless week, friends.  Sometimes The Grind gets the best of me, and I can't seem to juggle the 38 hours of retail, the 24/7 relationship (we live and work together, and I wouldn't have it any other way), the cookery, the photography, the writing, and the laundry.  My poor philodendron was looking drab from lack of watering, to top it all off.

Sometimes I just have to wait for my weekend to get things done.  And sometimes I rely on my other half to pick up the slack. 

And pick up the slack, she has.  My sweetheart, that is.  Hard at work in our shoebox of a kitchen, throwing this and that into a pan and delighting my senses with her dinnertime creations. (Plus her sweet, little soul just asked me to come into the kitchen so she could show me how she cleaned out the fridge. What a doll.)

sweets in the kitchen: baked trout with lemon butter

The title of this post might sound like an oxymoron, given the bit about 'sweets' and the follow up about 'baked trout'.  No, I didn't come up with some uber crazy dessert idea involving fish heads and simple syrup.

I came up with the uber amazing idea to feature recipes made by my other half.  The one in my household known as Sweets (just to me, though, as far as I know).  She's a creative genious and an amazing cook, whose passion about food inspires me everyday.