This dinner was so good and satisfying: Roasted new potatoes with garlic, baked mushroom medley with rosemary and garlic, radishes halved, topped with a hint of butter and Himalayan pink salt, steamed radish greens with lemon juice, steamed corn coated with olive oil, and avocado halves with lemon juice.

And for dessert: fresh strawberries quartered mixed with lemon juice, creme fraîche and home made vanilla sugar.
Yummy!

Pia mentioned as a joke sometime last week at the dinner table that we should go buy our Christmas tree by bike. Everybody laughed, and went "why not?". Pia immediately texted Thomas about the crazy idea, who responded he wanted to be part, and so we were committed. Today around lunch time Thomas arrived and we took off for Miramar Nursery despite a light drizzle.

There is nothing better than walking outside when it's time to cook and picking a variety of ingredients you will be needing for your meal. I am lucky to live in an apartment complex run by an on-site manager who loves gardening and who has started a communal garden for all the residents. When I came back to Berkeley after a summer of traveling, I was excited to be able to pick kale, swiss chard, zucchini, a type of Italian squash, blackberries, and pounds upon pounds of tomatoes (first cherry tomatoes, now large Early Girl and Brandywine varieties).