It all began with a bag of sweet, crisp autumn carrots harvested from our backyard garden. Teeny, tiny baby carrots to large ones. Bright orange carrots fresh from the earth.
Some carrots were made into homemade jam (a favourite in our house) and some went into a warm and cozy soup but my favourite would be these carrot muffins.
These muffins were aromatic and nutty with
honey, a mix of comforting spices-
cinnamon, cardamom and ginger-
brown sugar,
coconut oil and pistachios. Autumn smells filled our house while baking these muffins.
We served some plain and perfect just as they are and others with a
swirl of cream cheese icing and an extra sprinkle of pistachios.
Beautiful.
I haven't been posting and recipes for about two weeks or so. Unfortunately I was caught up in life... my mother lost a baby a week after Mother's day and we're slowly coming back to our regular routine's even though something so precious has left us.
My tests and exams are piling up and there is just so much to do. Times like these call for extreme measures
... I make cookies. Non-stop that is.
If you are anything like me, I like to stock the freezer with baked goods every once in a while. Cookies are my absolute favourite to create in advance... just rolling the dough into logs and placing them in the freezer. They're great for whenever a cookie craving strikes or we have some unexpected guests over.
Simple, simple.
I went to the markets this Saturday, as usual and stopped by these beautiful array of red fruits. Red, ripe raspberries, red skinned plums, strawberries and of course
pomegranate.
Were also coming into persimmon season. These orange fruits remind me of home, in Iran when I was a child. I remember been disgusted by the fruit, thinking it made your tongue pucker or as I used to say "hairy". I still shy away from persimmons but I do enjoy them poached, that's a recipe to share for later.
The cold weather is approaching and the leaves of trees are falling.
Autumn is coming back into our lives and it' never been better.
But there's one thing that I distaste about Autumn....
... the cold.
I'm sitting next to the fireplace with a cup of steaming coffee on the table and my laptop on my lap as I write this post. My fifth morning coffee.
So I wanted to bring Spring back. Well at least the
taste of Spring.
