Roasted Tomato Basil Soup

  There's something funny about this past August. Things were all topsy-turvy, and somehow things were also just the same. Right now it's averaging 70 degrees and things are weird and chilly in my drafty li'l apartment.

Roasted Parmesan Acorn Squash with Golden Smashed Potatoes

  I saw a lot of my summer through rose-colored glasses.  

  But now, autumn is telling me that as beautiful as those rose-tinted moments were, everything was not as it seemed.  That's the thing about seeing the world through a tinted lens, it's short-term, and more often than not hides a fairly black and white reality.

Bacon Zucchini Potato Pancakes

  A challenge, I like a challenge.  Generally, if I'm scared of doing something, it means that I should just do it.

  You know that adrenaline charge you get when you finally do that thing that once scared the crap out of you?  Yeah, it's good.  However, if that thing is really life-threatening, or involves zucchini, it's a no-go.