December 24th, 2011 Ryan and Rebecca making sugar cookies on Christmas Eve.

December 35th, 2011 Christmas was adorable this year.

December 26th, 2011 Cousins decorating gingerbread houses.

December 27th, 2011 Kale salad is the opposite of gravy.

December 28th, 2011 Spot and Rebecca have some down time with the ipad.

December 29th, 2011 Hmmm, don’t think we were supposed to let the press fill up with snow.

December 30th, 2011 The tree is down!

December 31st, 2011 I can’t think of a better way to end the year than with Zucchini Carrot muffins.

This seasonal combination of raw kale, beet, carrot and some pomegranate seeds is a great start to the new year and antidote to the excess of the holiday season.

After 3 turkey dinners and a truly obscene amount of baking and chocolate I need some green leafy vegetables in my life stat.

For the Salad

2 carrots

3 beets

a bunch of kale

half a pomegranate’s seeds

2 avocados

Grate your raw carrots and beets.  I cut off the ends and use the food processor but you could grate them by hand.

Tear kale into bit sized pieces. Now for the fun part; massaging your kale with avocado. This is what makes this salad so delicious.  With clean hands take two avocados and much them into the torn up kale covering each piece.

Combine the avocado massaged kale with the beets, carrots and pomegranate seeds. Toss as evenly as possible.

Dressing

1/2 cup olive oil

1/4 cup apple cider vinegar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 tablespoon dijon mustard

1 scant teaspoon of salt

Pour on your dressing and toss again.  Delicious and a nice break from the gravy train.

December 17th, 2011 Time to decorate the tree.  Rebecca is officially into Christmas.

December 18th, 2011 Finally bottled the apple scrap vinegar we made with the scraps from pressing cider.  Amazing!

December 20th, 2011 Abandoned grain elevator in Pontypool Ontario on our way to Ottawa.

December 21st, 2011 Cousins and Dinosaurs. Caged.

December 21st, 2011 A quiet moment during our Christmas visiting.

December 22nd, 2011 Icy drive home to Toronto.

December 23rd, 2011 Pre-preschool-party pomegranate.

December 10th, 2011 Rebecca reads a book about fruit with one of my parent‘s cats looking in.

December 11th, 2011 Good morning! Waking up at Grammy’s house where we hid from renovations.
December 12th, 2011 Every loaf a miracle.
December 13th, 2011 Rebecca adopts a dog from ikea following a very long doctor appointment.
December 14th, 2011 She is really very obsessed with cooking.  It is almost helpful but also very messy.
December 15th, 2011 Rebecca making pizza with the new rolling pin from cattails studios.  It is as lovely as it looks.
December 16th, 2011 Every toddler dinner party (10 little people under 3 ate here tonight) should start with a row of different coloured onions on their way to become chilli.