Hi there!
Hope everyone has had a good Wednesday. I’ve had a pretty positive day despite the fact that my camera charger is MIA and my camera is slowly dying on me. I have managed to keep everything pretty much organized throughout this crazy moving process but the ONE THING I cannot find anywhere is that dang charger. I’ve torn apart my whole house, my suitcases, my old place, my car, Adam’s car…its totally vanished and makes me want to pull my hair out in frustration. Gahhhhh 
I did get in a 45 minute walk outside while chatting with an old friend on the phone so that was good.
Honeycrisp & goat milk cheddar cheese (love this stuff!) for a snack while cooking:
And then, potato leek and bacon soup!
I picked up three lbs of leeks from the farm stand yesterday….they had just been picked and their flavor was intense. Love those leeks! I always feel so French when I cook with leeks for some reason.
Mmmmmmmm especially with our 05 Cab. Yes please.
So, I made this awesome soup with leeks, potatoes, bacon and chicken stock…..it was a pureed soup and was thick and delicious (sorry, no recipe to give away!). After tasting it though only one thought crossed my mind: I NEEDED CHEESE! Good cheese and bread would totally make this meal so I headed out to my friend Doralice’s cheese shop and picked up a little Ardi Gazna, which is a sheep’s milk cheese made in the Pyrenees. Melted some on a thick piece of sourdough bread. Peeeeerfect.
I nibbled on some apple and pear slices at bible study and then busted out my special dessert later at home:
A dark chocolate covered piece of english toffee sprinkled with sea salt. This tiny little thing was $3 but so worth it. I looooove chocolateeeeee!
Currently: folding MASSIVE amounts of laundry and about to call it a night. I don’t have a washer or dryer here, which sort of stinks, but my neighbor let me use hers and I’m thankful for clean sheets on my bed tonight. Not that my sheets were dirty, but I’m one of those people that is a stickler about washing my sheets once a week. I have a theory you sleep better when your sheets are fresh and clean.
G’night!
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It’s nice to have nice neighbors for sure. I don’t have laundry at mine..so I can feel your pain.
Cookie tip: when chocolate chip cookies are RIGHT out of the oven sprinkly a little salt on them. HEAVEN.
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Yep, same here. I change my sheets once a week, I MUST.
That soup does look good, but I prefer vegetable-only soups
Hmmm, chocolate
I love when my sheets are all clean. It’s so good to just hop on the bed and enjoy the smell of the freshly washed sheets.
I love leeks, in all kinds of ways.
Mmm, cheese – the delicacy I’ve learned to eat sparingly but savor every bite. Now that you’re in NorCal you should gind yourself some Humboldt Fog. It’s a soft cheese by Cypress Grove
with a ribbon of blue through the middle – it’s my absolute favorite.
Take some on a morning hike on the coast and watch the fog burn off the ocean as you sit on a hill and have a snack of Humboldt Fog with some crackers or slices of pear – divine (check out Sonoma open space district and/or landpaths.org for Sonoma hiking trails).
Aww, now I wish it were the weekend already so I could wake up tomorrow and do exactly that!
You are SOOOO French! Only nicer, and with less hairy armpits.
Awesome dinner, it looks so yum! Love cheese on bread, it is the best. Sucks about your camera charger though
I hate that. I’m always losing my phone charger.
Mmm. Clean sheets. So delightful.
I totally washed my sheets RELIGIOUSLY once a week during college. People in my dorm thought I was nuts. But clean-sheets-night is my favorite day of the week! Haha.
love leeks! i really wish they were be more commonplace in american cooking.
Wow, I thought I was the only one that looked forward to “clean sheet” night once a week! So refreshing!
Potato Leek is my favorite.
I had leek soup today aswell! I had leftovers from last night’s dinner for afternoon tea. It had leeks with potato and other yum stuff, but I didn’t cook it, my Grandma did so I don’t have to yummy recipe details.
I love chocolate TOO!!!! SOOOO much. I have it very rarely because I’m such a huge fan that if I have it frequently, I’ll overindulge. Just can’t help myself when it comes to chocolaty goodness
Sorry to hear about your camera charger
that sucks… I hope you find it soon!
I totally agree that you sleep better with clean sheets!
have an awesome day today!
As bed bugs are super common where I live, I understand the need to keep a fresh set of sheets available. Sleep tight, and REALLY, REALLY don’t let them bite.
Thanks to the influence of your dinner post, I’m thinking some homemade soup is in order this weekend.
I love making soup. So comforting.
The soup looks really delicious
I also believe that you sleep better on clean sheets, and try to wash mine once per week – I love putting fresh, clean sheets on the bed 
That homemade soup sounds SO good! Hope the camera charger turns up soon.
mmmm yummy soup! and so nice to have kind neighbors
i love clean sheets too, i’m not as good as you with the once a week though :/
i heart leeks! so delish.. should try them stir fried!
So much bacon! You’ll have to promise to make us some veggie alternatives because it all looks soooo good.
I wish I was a stickler about once a week sheet changing…my boyfriend and my theory has always been that we shower in the morning so who cares if we’re dirty at night?!? hmmm…doesn’t sound so good when I type it…off to do laundry
Oooh, that soup looks good! Cheesy toast+soup is definitely one of my favorite comfort combos.
I hope you find you camera charger soon! Definitely check weird places–behind the toaster, in your sock drawer, on top of the fridge. Whenever I lose something like that, it is in a totally bizarro place!
Ahh two of my favorite things….. cheese & clean sheets.
Cheese is a given. Clean sheets, I LOVE climbing into bed with clean sheets, sometimes I even take a shower first just to enjoy all that clean.
that soup sounds great! I’ve never cooked with leeks – I should get some.
I’m the same way about sheets. Nothing like sleeping on crisp, clean and fresh smelling sheets!!
Also, you know you’re a real foodie when you run out to get good cheese and bread just to compliment something you’ve already made.
Glad you had a great Wednesday!
I’m a queso fiend, too. I can’t relate to the chocolate love–cheeeeese over chocolate–but I respect it
Love potato based soups! So comforting!
That soup looks beautiful!
Honeycrisp apples are my favorite! sounds so good with cheeeeeese!
Fabulous looking meal! Does your camera use a plain ‘ole USB cord? If so, you should be able to get one at any electronics store.
Soup looks great!
That soup looks awesome!
I have to have clean sheets too. Actually, I have to have everything clean. I am a clean freak!
That soup sounds delicious, and I want to bite through the screen to get to that chocolate
I would change my sheets everyday if I could. I love that clean feeling when you get in. It is true that it makes you sleep better.
I am going to try and google a similar recipe for that soup that you made. It looks amazing! And that cheese – yummy!
Expensive chocolate is so worth it. I would much have a sinfully delicious piece of really good chocolate than a whole Hershey bar anyway…instant portion control.
I wash my sheets once a week, too
Your soup sounds and looks delicious and I am dying over that piece of bread and hunk of cheese on top!!! yum!
How was bible study? I hope it went well!
Happy Thursday! Oh, and I hope you find your charger
Aww I hope you find your charger soon!
That soup looks delicious! I need to find me some leeks. I’ve heard they’re awesome for ya!
I’ve never had just plain leeks, so I don’t really know what they taste like! I love the black pepper on top of your soup though.
When you make it to Los Angeles, check out Mignon chocolates – try the Ginger Sea Salt and Saffron Marzipan. H…E…A…V…E…N…L…Y CHOCOLATES!
I completely agree with your clean sheet theory!!
Book deal much?
Hope your charger turns up.
that chocolate just made my day. looks delish. ill lend you my phone charger for a chocolate like that.
i agree! sheets must be washed once a week! and you do sleep better when they are fresh!
Must be nice to have a friend who owns a cheese shop!! haha Everything looks so yummy! Good luck in finding your charger! I always misplace those things — it’ll pop up somewhere!!
I’ve never tried anything that has leeks in it, but i’ll have to give this recipe a whirl!!
Sometimes you just need a good cheese. I love Machego with my apples after my time in Spain.
I really enjoy leek soup but I’m terrified to make it because of the grit in the leeks and not knowing how to properly clean them.
i am the same way about changing my sheets!
i hope you find that charger soon girl
jenna
I love chocolate too!
That delicious looking chocolate square reminds of Poco Dolce Chocolates. Have you tried that? They make these bittersweet chocolate tiles that are to. die. for. The burnt caramel topped with grey sea salt is my fave. And…Poco Dolce is made in your new home, Nor Cal!
Isn’t everything better with cheese? Would love the soup recipe – cookbook in development perhaps?
It is so encouraging that you have found a Bible Study already! I have found through college and post college the thing I needed most was the consistency of Biblical community like I usually have, but its easy to “forget” to get involved during a move, etc.. So thanks, you’re encouraging!
I love anyone who eats chocolates and cheese in a matter of hours. Go you!
Your wood floor is very pretty! I love nice hardwood floors!
Just polished off a cup of bacon potato chowder here, for lunch! your bread and cheese look like a great addition…however wasn’t to be for me today! the toffee looks so yum…one of my favorite things of all time….havent seen here but now am going to keep my eyes open..i had to settle for a hot chocolate chip cookie..as i made a batch for cultural day for my son’s 4th grade class…I would say choc chip cookies count as american culture? you think?
Leeks remind me of France, too…my Francophile mother used to make them all the time when I was a kid, but they were never as good as when my friend’s grandmother cooked them when we visited them in Montpellier. And of course that chocolate is worth it…hello, you’re talking to a girl who will spend 6 bucks on a Crumbs cupcake!