Happy Easter

{Happy Easter}

I'm off to finish making breakfast. Grapefruit Brulee, grilled toast with scrambled eggs and grilled veggies, fresh baked apples cinnamon muffins, and fresh fruit YUM! I'll share pics and recipes later!

Breakfast of Champions

I woke up this morning in need of some inspiration and something different. Normally I would be sharing pictures of inspiring interiors or current design projects and ideas in the works. But, this morning I'm cooking instead. I find cooking to be extremely therapeutic. Some of my favorite moments are cooking in the kitchen with David who happens to be quite the chef. In college whenever I had late design classes - I'd always come home to wonderfully home-cooked meal. His signature dish was pork chops with an apple chutney. Cooking together always takes me back to our little tree house apartment.

I took inspiration for this morning's meal from Sara at Sprouted Kitchen. Reading her blog is definitely a treat. Her talented husband, Hugh is a photographer. Hugh happened to have gone on Semester at Sea with the Best Man in our wedding. We desperately tried to book him for our wedding but someone had already snatched him up. Lucky them! : )

The ingredients for this breakfast are pretty simple.

Whole Wheat Tortillas (you can use flour or even corn)

Eggs (or egg whites would be a good healthy option)

Jack Cheese (or any cheese)

Spinach (for big muscles)

tomatoes

onions

basil

avocado

Cut the tomatoes in half a roast them in the oven at 325 for about 20 mins or until the onions turn slightly brown. Do this in the beginning while you're preparing the rest of the meal.

I forgot about mine and they turned a little more than slightly brown - still good though!

I warmed the tortillas straight over the stove flame to get them nice and toasty.

Pile it all in and enjoy!

All photography by our incredibly talented roommate/dear friend.

You can find him at Trevor Vieweg Photography

Remember these? They were Trevor's handy work too!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a very Happy Thanksgiving! As you can see, I didn't get my act together to post a day-of post. I was busy rolling....

Cutting...

And baking....

Now I'm off to eat a salad and go for a run! : )

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Girl Crush

I'm taking a break from house projects for the week. And while doing so I thought I'd make an admission - I have a girl crush. On Ina Garten. And I can't decide if it's because I'm on a super wedding diet right now and I'm hungry. Or if it's because every time I'm at the gym trying to help said diet, I always gravitate to the bike in front of the TV with the food channel on (can someone explain that one to me? That's just plain mean!) Or if it's because she has an insanely beautiful house. OR if it's all of the above!

On an episode of "the best thing I ever ate" last night, on the food channel, Ina was talking about a little specialty food store she used to work at in South Hampton. How fun does that sound? A little specialty food store in South Hampton?

Wouldn't you just love to be sitting at that counter while she cooks? Not to compare Ina to any other chefs on FoodNetwork - but I just love how calm and relaxed she is while she cooks. And with Ina you get double eye candy - drool worthy dishes and an amazing kitchen!

{So simple and classic.}

Here's the kitchen that Ina teamed up with House Beautiful to design for the 2009 Kitchen of the Year.

{This photo makes me want to go register for cake plates!}

I'm off to go dream of this

this

and this

YUM!

**All photos courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens**