November 22, 2009
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…a poem lovely as a tree. ♥
And I’m a poet, so that’s saying something!
We’ve had a great day so far. Ryan, my parents and I walked over to Centenary, Shreveport’s liberal arts college. Centenary’s campus is small, but very pretty. Lots of green hills, trees, and ivy-covered red brick buildings.
In 1985, a biology professor planted a bunch of trees that are native to Louisiana, so we went to check out all the different specimen. I never even knew this existed– funny that it’s only a few miles from our house!
Louisiana Yucca:
Holly berries:
My mom fancies herself an arborist:
White sasanqua camelia:
Centenary has such a pretty campus:
It’s our secret dream that one day a job will open up there in the English department and we’ll be able to move home. Sigh.
After exploring the campus a little, we walked to a restaurant for some lunch al fresco. Columbia Cafe is a cute little restaurant only a few miles from our house. I hadn’t been there in a while, and I was a little disappointed to see that the vegetarian choices were pretty limited. Still, I found a good pick: cream cheese and vegetable sandwich on home-baked wheatberry bread. Yum!
I also had a bite of Ryan’s 4 cheese mac ‘n cheese, which was awesome:
We’re about to go to the grocery store. We’re going over to my sister’s house tonight for dinner, and we’ve volunteered to bring dessert: Gingered Pear Crisp (from a 2004 issue of Cooking Light, ha!). Pictures will follow later tonight.
I hope your afternoon has been sunny just like mine! ☀
November 22, 2009
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My mom was just throwing out some French bread that had gone stale…look who got ahold of it:
She likes bread just as much as the rest of the family! :-)
November 22, 2009
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With Thanksgiving only a few days away (how is that possible?!?), I was looking around online this morning for potential recipes for a non-meat dish that I could bring to the family gathering. We have many, many vegetarian side dishes, so I’ll definitely get enough to eat (no chance of going hungry in my family, vegetarian or not). Still, one of my favorites, the stuffing, is not vegetarian-friendly, so I’d like to find a vegetarian stuffing recipe…maybe something with butternut squash?
Anyway, as I was browsing, I came across this funny post on Eat Me Daily…it’s basically pictures of scary faux-meats, attempting to take the place of the beloved turkey at Thanksgiving. I think they’re definitely right– it’s much smarter to just have lots of yummy vegetarian side dishes than to attempt to bring in a vegetarian turkey substitute. Molded seitan turkey? Shudder.
Hope your Sunday is off to a great start. I was up at 5:45 and grading by 6:00. So much for the whole “day of rest” thing.
Happy Sunday!
November 22, 2009
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Well, as I predicted, Ryan and I are both exhausted tonight! We tossed around the idea of going over to my sister and brother-in-law’s for dinner and a movie, but we both decided that we would just fall asleep on their couch if we went over there!
We decided to just eat a simple dinner and relax for a while…we’re definitely looking at an early bedtime hour tonight!
Ryan reheated some gumbo, and I decided to make a simple omelet. I’ve been snacking all day (granola bar, crostini from last night, apple and almond butter, etc.), so I wasn’t very hungry for a big, “official” dinner. Still, the omelet was great– sometimes simple really is the best! On the side, I had a salad and a small tangerine.
Two-egg omelet with gruyere, topped with chopped parsley:
And a close-up of the ooooozey cheese…yessss:
Yum, yum.
Now we’re watching Arrested Development on the couch…it’s that kind of night. I’m sure some sort of dessert will make its way into my mouth soon.
Hope you’re having a more exciting night than me!! 
See you tomorrow!
