{Autumn} Menus

Back in the Saddle Again {Menus}

For the first time since we moved at the end of May, I've created a monthly menu. This entails a few hours (taken in snippets over three days, thankyouverymuch), some old and new favorite cookbooks, a fresh page in my journal and lots of advice from people who are shorter than me. Oh, and one who is taller than me, now. (Hence the cookbook in the middle of the stack.)

We've driven the eighty-minute round trip to purchase the groceries, I've posted the menu for August in a plastic page protector on the fridge and have chicken thawing for the Koftas tonight.

Aaaah.

I love to keep extra notes in my journal, such as special symbols matching which cookbook a new recipe came from, and dividing lots of extras up into categories: Sides, Treats, New Things, Baking, and Potluck. We have our main menu posted, but I always have my journal nearby with all the details.

How do you make your menus?

{Autumn} Afternoon Snack

Fresh, backyard pear... drizzle of honey... sprinkle of cinnamon...

It's what perks up this mama in the rush of late afternoon these days..

I love autumn.