Merry Christmas to Me

Most everyone who reads this knows my love of cooking....Well realistically it is the love of eating well but in order to do that I have to cook - but I digress.

This year I started to do some baking (breads, pastries etc) but my attempts were somewhat restrained by the fact that I did not have a stand mixer. Santa read my wish list and brought me one. OK, it was actually my parents and in the theme of "Christmas Day/ presents are really only important for the grandkids" the box came with them at Thanksgiving...unwrapped.

Even though it technically isn't Christmas yet I busted it out and made some rosemary focaccia yesterday morning and it turned out yummy. Yay me. I am excited for my new kitchen gadget so you may be seeing some more food posts over the next few weeks.