It’s been so cold outside and we’ve been spending more time inside. Jack wanted to bake cookies, so we made chocolate chip cookies. Jack was excited, but then sold out and stopped helping right after combining the dry ingredients and then promptly had a meltdown because he couldn’t eat the cookies immediately. Ah, two-year olds! There are new pictures of Jack here and some new ones of Quinn here.

We tried some really great recipes this week.  This Seven-Vegetable Couscous, is a perfect CSA recipe for this time of year.  Nearly all of the vegetables required for the recipe are in season here.  My aunt made a delicious roasted potato recipe for us when we were visiting them in State College: New Potatoes with Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette.  It’s easy and we’ve made it twice in the last week.  The first time we made it, we threw in some purple beans we picked at the farm, although we were slightly disappointed to learn that they turn green when cooked, looking just like regular old green beans.

Herbs are pretty much unlimited right now, so I’ve been picking some every week.  I was left with a bunch of mint, so we made mojitos!