Snow in Virginia on October 29th
Today we had our first dusting, this is rather early, yet a pretty sight to see the bright-colored Fall leaves being covered with snow flakes. It was not enough snow to play with, so Sarah and I made it a Mother/Daughter indoors, foodie day. We started with making “poffertjes” for breakfast, this is a Dutch dish usually eaten as lunch or snack. They are tiny pancakes that you cover with powdered sugar. I made huge batch and froze them for another yummy breakfast or lunch.
Poffertjes
Still in our pajamas we started the next baking project: a Pumpkin Pie. I remember when I tasted this pie the first time (they do not make pumpkin pies in the Netherlands) I didn’t like it, thought it was weird to use a vegetable to make a sweet pie! Then I found out about the carrot cake and zucchini bread, two other awkward treats I now like a lot! It is a great way to enjoy a treat and eat your veggies at the same time 
Sarah could not wait to taste it, but I think that pumpkin pie really needs to cool off before digging in, although I love warm apple pie…we walked to the store, singing about he snowflakes hitting our faces, to pick up whipped cream. You see, you can’t eat pumpkin pie without whipped cream on it!
I was kind of lazy and used my phone camera to take all the cooking and baking images today, instead of using my big Nikon D300. It’s so convenient that I can upload the images to facebook instantly, I wish I could do that with my Nikon! I do not have a lot of natural light in the kitchen en with this dark weather we had the lights on all day, a challenge for food photography. After we had lunch (pumpkin pie) we started our next baking project: Oatmeal Cookies.
They came out very nice, no wonder with all that butter in it! I replaced the raisins with dried sweet cherries and added some chopped pecans and walnuts. First Sarah was mad at me for adding the cherries, but later (after 2 more cookies) she admitted they were rather delicious. While the cookies were baking we played with her doll house, this new doll house has several rooms that you can stack any way you like and a lot of furniture, our little friends had a lunch and watched TV.
Finally it stopped snowing, sadly it didn’t stick, Sarah had her snow clothes ready for a snow ball fight or snow man building, I just hope we can first finish Fall! Our last cooking project for the day was roasting a whole chicken. They were on sale and the one I got was a little over $6, a great deal for a natural (hormone free, free range) chick! We usually eat about 3 to 4 times from it, as I use the small parts for chicken noodle soup and pasta sauces.
I first wash it, then butter it, followed by garlic and onion powder, salt & pepper, and a good dusting of Herbes de Provence, finally topped with a drizzle of honey. I bake it at 350 degrees for 20 minutes per pound and according to Sarah it came out scrumptious! We really enjoyed this foodie day, and when I talked to my mom via Skype she said she baked a bread and made a few other things as well, I bet my brother was busy cooking as well, it’s a family thing we all enjoy…Resting now, because tomorrow it is soup making day!
