We had a few more great days at Silverstar. We did some nordic skiing,
ice skating at Brewer’s pond,
and more alpine on an awesome powder day.
Here are some pictures from the village. Nice tree lights,
a view of our ‘home’,
and, my favorite, POUTINE (french fries covered in gravy and cheese curds).
On our way out, we stopped and did a snowy nordic ski at Sovereign Lake Nordic Center.
Now that we are home, I got down to the serious business of enjoying all my Christmas gifts. Here I am training on my rock rings,
planting my hydroponic garden,
tumbling rocks,
creating electrical circuits,
and reading my new Kindle.
All while looking super handsome in my new fisherman sweater.
I also got in some great powder skiing at Mt. Bachelor.
Here I am attacking ‘The Cone’.
The Bigs are super excited about a new cookbook Aunt Cheryl sent and have picked out a bunch of things to make from it. First up: caramelized fennel and carrot salad with mung beans and herbs.
Santa brought them a spiralizer (I thinking bringing a ‘gift’ that takes away my beloved pasta and replaces it with zucchini was Santa’s sneaky way of bringing me ‘coal’) so they are spiralizing everything. Here is a roasted sweet potato salad with a red pepper vinaigrette.
And pesto zucchini zoodles with baked rice with tomato and garlic confit.
For New Year’s Eve, I set up one of my bars. Choices included gin, champagne (why did The Bigs have that in the cabinet for nine years?), hard cider, and Spindrift and
The Bigs made our traditional New Year’s Eve meal of posole.
