Please note that there are TWO spoons, not just one. I have had help in the consumption of these treats. Something about my pregnancies has altered my cravings from salty and fatty to the need for sweets.

mama's day

My boys have been out of town the past few days and I miss them like crazy. Although the quiet downtime has been nice, it has been a bit too quiet, a bit lonely.
Yesterday I indulged in a day of pampering that started with this breakfast of french toast, strawberries, Nutella, and yogurt, followed by a massage. A very good day.

lately

Good friends constructed a pizza oven in their backyard this summer. It could not, however, be used until the fire ban was lifted for the state of Arizona. They did have a visit from the local fire department during the the fire ban while they were doing a "seasoning" burn in the oven. Oops! Thanks to the monsoon rains of the southwest the oven is now officially, and legally, open for business.

sweet treats

 

The very first ice cream of my ice cream season was a bit of a disappointment not because it wasn't good but because I ended up with a vanilla, not twist, soft serve with rainbow sprinkles. This is my attempt at looking really, really sad. 

and now bejos boy has a new favorite food

We had another snow storm this weekend.
Many inches.
I mean really??
It's April already.
My garden soil has been turned.
I have seeds sprouting in the sunroom.
We began using our compost barrel again.
It did prompt a cold weather meal.

In true AZ weather patterns the snow is almost completely gone thanks to our 60-plus temps. We'll just call this a massive watering.

Letter writing campaign

Sitting down for an enchilada dinner the other night, mr. bejos and I almost gagged, literally, from the overwhelming salt level that the enchilada sauce lent to the meal. OMG, it was simply the very worst.

Typically mr. bejos is the king of letter writing campaigns to companies whose products don't live up to his standards. Candy bars, canned beans, you name it. Well, after tossing the entire dish of spinach mushroom enchiladas I promptly drafted an on-line letter myself.

Less than a week later I got this pile of coupons in the mail. Funny, right?

It didn't quite make up for the lost meal, but mr. bejos did...by making me an entire new pan of enchiladas for when I arrived home from my weekend away. Good man, a very good man.

Pasta delight

For  Christmas mr. bejos got this lovely shiny pasta maker from yours truly. 

 

nom, nom, nom

Our old haunts

No trip to the old stomping grounds is complete without visiting at least a few of our old favorite places. Mr. bejos was disappointed that we missed his taqueria, but we did fit in some time for Mexican beer and food in the warm sunshine of the afternoons.  

Rerun

I know, I know....how many times can I blog about tamale making without losing a few loyal readers.

I'd promise that this would be the last time, but I doubt that I can pinky swear on that. 

This time it was very different, it wasn't at my house.

Baby bejos golfed while we wrapped tamales

help in the kitchen

This last little pumpkin was left outside during our snowstorm

We pushed up our sleeves and got to work baking, peeling and pureeing

Pumpkin chocolate chip bread, mmmm

Pickles!

At sister bejos' wedding there was a jar of de-li-cious pickles. Mr. bejos and I have tried pickling before, with jalepenos and no real success. And although a little late in the season we attempted it and made some darn good pickles.