I prepared pumpkin soup, baked apples and Yorkshire pudding --humble foods that get our eating back on track.
I bake Yorkshire pudding in a pie plate, cut it into wedges and we eat it as a bread accompaniment with soups and salads. I posted my favorite recipe for Yorkshire pudding here way back in the beginning of this blog experiment, in May (golly gee whillikers, has it only been 6 months since then?)
The baked apples are simple to do. I butter a casserole dish. Then halve apples, cutting out the stem and blossom end. I use a melon baller to scoop out the seed cavity.
In a small microwaveable dish, I melt a couple of tablespoons butter, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and mix well. I spoon this over the halved apples, and top with a few tablespoons of chopped pecans.
I bake at 325 degrees F, for about 45 minutes to an hour (depending on the size of the apples). They take all of 10 minutes of hands on work. Not a bad time investment at the end of a long day.
How about you? What is the first "normal" meal you like to prepare after a big feast day?
