Comfort Food

Comfort food is imperative during these starkly cold days and nights.

Nothing beats a meal from the oven that warms you from the inside out.

Tonight I made one of my potato crust quiches and both kids ate heartily.

There is something to the basics; eggs, cheese, potatoes, garlic, broccoli and milk.

I'm so tired; mentally and physically from the relentless cold combined with the snow and ice.

However, it gives me pleasure to shop, slice, dice, sauté, whisk, pour and bake for my kids.

Making food for those you love is an act of love. They too are tired of the short hours of light, long dark nights, interrupted routines and staycation brought about by the weather that has insinuated itself into our schedules and breaks. Yet, if I put potatoes and cheese into a mixture and bake it ~ ta-da ~ we're transported to a warmer emotional climate instantly.

Pierogies and homemade Lo Mien are on the menu fro the next two nights. Starches, veggies, and plant proteins or cheese seem to be the most soothing.

My mind is tired and my fingers chafed from handling too much salt and sand in recent weeks. Not of the lovely beach and ocean variety, but rather the roof and driveway kind. So drawing on old family favorites in the kitchen allows us to snuggle under a blanket, sit by a fire and just relax our shoulders.

Now it's time to go to sleep...I think it's begun to snow, again. But the aroma of garlic and quiche still hover in the air above my bed, lulling me to sleep.

Good night, family and friends, G'night.