I hope everyone’s Christmas Day was wonderful! I took a couple really looooong walks with my parents this afternoon and it was fabulous. For the first time in a long time, my blackberry was not attached at my hip and I felt like I could just “be”. Good to get grounded every once in awhile, no?
After we walked for about an hour, I snacked on an apple that I zapped in the micro for 2 minutes and topped with a mix of 1/4 c oats, a bit of brown sugar, cinnamon, roasted pumpkin seeds and pom seeds.
And then I pretty much laid on the window seat with a cup of hot cocoa and read for the rest of the afternoon. It was splendid.
Around 5:00 we busted into the Christmas wine!
I LOVE Hartford Court wines!!! I think this Fog Dance Pinot is my very favorite….I tried this for the first time at Thanksgiving and it was love at first sip. Lots of raspberry and juicy flavors. Mmm!!
My mom roasted the chicken and I got to work on the veggies. I roasted parsnips and brussels sprouts in a bit of extra virgin olive oil, sea salt and pepper:
While everything was cooking, I explored the kitchen on a deeper level. Turns out the owner of the house is a big time bread baker and has a 50 year San Francisco sourdough starter in the fridge! He told me I could take a little bit home and I’m so excited to bake the good stuff again. I also spied an amazing cookbook and jotted down some recipes I want to try…
I found a recipe for PEANUT BUTTER BREAD!!! Mmmmmmmmm
My mom stuffed our rocky chicken breasts with a mixture of local goat cheese, paprika and smashed garlic. It was delicious!
I also split a sweet potato with my mom. It was such a satisfying Christmas dinner!
Dessert was a little bit of dark chocolate Toblerone:
After dinner I soaked my sore yoga muscles/black & blue knee in the bathtub, which is the size of a small swimming pool. It felt sooooooooo gooooooood. I’m a big sucker for bubble baths 
I’m off to bed to read and journal. Goodnight all!
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I love your hair like that!!!
how are you doing it? Just a braid down the sides? Merry Christmas!
Your dinner looks delicious!!
Merry Christmas!
What a lovely day! Have a great night…
looks like a great day
your eats are always delicious looking!
You are just so amazingly inspiring. Merry Christmas! Glad you had a beautiful day.
What a beautiful, peaceful Christmas on the coast you had! Looks merry ‘n bright!
Old bread starter–COOL! I’ve also taken to walks sans electronics, just door-key. Dinner looks GREAT! Esp that wine! Looked for turkey (or roasted chicken) leftovers recipe…found one from a famous French chef who has a popular restaurant on Rue Saint Dominique in the 7th, which includes Rue Cler—the foodie paradise. Love that neighborhood as where the ‘Madeline’ books were set. Here’s the recipe if interested…had to translate from metrics. http://tinyurl.com/oe4ezq
What a yummy looking dinner!!
I like low key holidays but they never seem to turn out low key in my family!!
Isn’t it so rejeuvenating to ‘just be’ and stay grounded?
Glad you had a wonderful Christmas <3
Looks like a really wonderful Christmas!!
Take care~
Merry X-Mas Jenna! Glad you got to spend it with your family, your dinner looks delicious
Bubble bath + reading + journaling = heaven.
peanut butter bread!!? ah that sounds amazing
glad you had a nice christmas!
Yum, I can’t wait to see the results of the PB bread!
Glad you had such a lovely Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Jenna! Glad you had a nice day.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Jenna! It sure seems like it
Merry xmas! I feel kindred with you bc we both had “untraditional” Christmases this year but they worked out great!
Glad ya had a relaxful Christmas:)
What a wonderful Christmas Jenna! Sounds like the perfect mix of relaxation, fun, and family. And such a delicious dinner spread!
They make dark chocolate Toblerones? Holy cow…
Everything looks so warm and comforting. I’m also a sucker for bubble baths
Your balance in life is admirable. Gosh, I wish I could achieve that. My dessert was 5x yours (why the ice cream?) and then I feel awful needless to say…and that’s not enjoying life or the finer things. Photos look cozy girl. Are you staying at someone’s house?
sounds like you had a great christmas with your family, jenna. your chicken + local goat cheese dinner sounds amazing! i went mostly unplugged yesterday and didn’t blog at all..it was nice.
Wow, that sounds like a beautiful evening. It’s so nice to escape the “real world” for a while and just live your life
I’m anxious to try that chicken recipe, too, it sound amazing!
Merry Christmas! Spending time with family is so nice, and so are long walks… I’m trilled you had a wonderful day! You’ve inspired me to make the west coast one of my life-travel goals.
Your Christmas Meal looks fantastic! You & your family have great taste
That apple thing is my favorite dessert. I make many variations of it.
Glad you are having fun with your parents.
Sounds like a really wonderful Christmas! I made it a point to leave my iPhone in my room for the majority of the day, it was SO nice to not worry about getting every text message or email that came my way
I’m a sucker for bubble baths too, perfect ending to the day for sure.
What a gorgeous day, with gorgeous food. Your meal looks so fresh, hearty, and healthy. Lovely.
I hear ya’ on the Blackberry front. It’s really nice to digitally disengage whenever possible. Glad you got in some serious quality time with the folks.
So glad you’ve had a wonderful Christmas! All the holiday photos are gorgeous.
Sounds like a wonderful Christmas!
Mmmm, I love tobelerone – def. my fave choc. bar!
Sounds like a wonderful meal and day!