Reminiscing in Redding

Over the summer, my friend Erin's family loaded me up with all sorts of goodies from their garden in Bethel, CT. I would come home with boxes filled with fresh lettuces (which apparently they harvested until December!), cucumbers, peppers, herbs, squash, tomatoes, pickles and stewed veggies in tomato sauce which were a killer starter for veggie chili! Above is just one of the many salads I made with all those veggies. Today we finally returned their mason jars stuffed with homemade french toast (left) and frittata (right). Nothing like garden fresh and homemade food :)

Erin and I pulled out the old high school yearbooks today and were amazed by how some people changed so much over the last 15 years, and other things have changed so little!  Erin has become an incredible jeweler - check out her beautiful stuff online here, visit her next weekend in Windsor, CT at the Get Baked bakery pop-up market, or find her jewels at Ally Bally Bee in Ridgefield, CT!