Becoming a broccoli

It's Christmas time again and I can say, finally, I truly feel the Christmas spirit. The temperatures dropped, there's luckily no snow, but the trees are white nonetheless due to cold temperatures. So I have a really nice view from my office :-)

I've been working like crazy. December is always a busy time for us, what with things to complete before new year.

So even when I was home, this was a usual:

Eating by the computer. No time to take it slow. That's actually penne pasta in a vegetable sauce by Barilla with tomato, peas, carrots and pumpkin. Reminds me of a soup or baby food, really. 

I'm wrapping it up at work today and have vacation next week! Hooray! So I've finished most of my work and I'm finally taking it a bit easy.

 Soup. Do you really expect me to remember every soup I make? I think it was leek soup, though.

The past years during Christmas we would always fight which family to visit first, for christmas dinner or lunch because we always forgot where we spent the past christmas and both families want us home, like always.

So last year I said, we'll just stay home for Christmas, the two of us and then we'll visit during the week. Oh joy, how handy it came this year, when the usual "when are you coming for christmas??" began and we said "we'll stay home like last year!" 

It's like, we're a family now, the two of us, or something :-)

Cereal burgers with mashed potatoes and raddichio.

So the past weekend I did visit a newborn family of ours - my brother, sister-in-law and my niece! Oh gosh, she's so tiny and sleeping like the dead! I can't post photos because I promised I would not, so - sorry. But she is the cuttest button ever. The other family baby, my cousin's daughter Eva we will visit after the new year, we let them enjoy this time in peace, I know they have enough of other visits.

Soy burgers with broccoli, fries and mixed salad.

I'm planning a huge baking / cooking session this weekend. I have my eye on a few cookie recipes and although I'm not a cookie-making fan, I like to make my own cookie gifts to give to friends, so I'll just endure it :)

 Nothing beats freshly squeezed orange juice. Lots of that around here these days.

Risotto with broccoli, carrots and pumpkin, salad mix. If you are what you eat, I'm broccoli these days.

So I'll be posting more the next days, hopefully, since I'll be home much and cooking. Stay tuned.

How about your days? Are you busy? Eating properly? :-)

Oh remind me to post pics of the company's Christmas lunch :) So much yumminess!