Make With Me- Warm Figs with Goat Cheese

I can't believe that November starts today- time is just flying by! I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! Mine was kind of a bust. The work Halloween Social didn't happen as a morning meeting ran late by about 2 hours, leaving less than half an hour before an afternoon meeting started. On top of that, I had no kids come trick or treating.


Warm Figs with Goat Cheese

Ingredients:

• 16 ripe figs
• 4 ounces of goat cheese
• 1 1/2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• Fresh cracked pepper

To Make:

• Preheat oven to 350F
• Cut figs into four slices that are still connected (so it looks like an open flower), making sure not to cut all the way through
• Arrange figs, cut side up, on a cookie sheet
• Spoon goat cheese into each fig
• Lightly brush each fig with vinegar
• Bake for about 8 minutes
• Top with a twist of cracked pepper
• Enjoy! 

Notes:

1. Black Mission figs are recommended for use in this recipe.
2. The smaller the fig, the better.
3. Figs are in season in the summer or fall, making this a great recipe for this time of year!

Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! This is such a fun holiday and a favourite of my family! Plus, it's my grandma's birthday, so happy birthday to her!

My boss thought it would be fun to have a Halloween Social. There are 3 chapters from our organization, so I'm really looking forward to it. I think it'll be pretty low key- pizza and pumpkin carving. Costumes were optional, but I convinced my co-workers we needed to dress up! I was put in charge and since there are three of us, we're going as three blind mice! I made our costumes and pictures will follow!

I hope everyone has a fun (but safe) Halloween!

P.S. I found this on youtube and just had to share!

P.P.S. Join me over at Chelsea's blog, Yours Truly, for the Return the Favour Hop!

Hey! It's Ok

Idea taken from Amber at Airing My Dirty Laundry One Sock At A Time   To be uneasy about this Hurricane Sandy. It`s more powerful/dangerous/etc than Hurricane Irene last year. I live in Southern Ontario and we are experiencing the gusting winds and rain. Kind of scary when you live alone, in a building where you don't know anyone and have survived a tornado which has made you extra paranoid!   To be sad that the NHL has cancelled games until the end of November. I miss hockey and cheering my New York Rangers on.    To have made Halloween costumes for myself and two co-workers. We're having a Halloween Social at work and I insisted that we get dressed up, so I was put in charge of costumes. I'm not crafty so making costumes was a bit of an adventure. They're very amateur, but hopefully everyone will like them.   To want to spend the day in bed, curled up, watching Friends- One of the funniest shows ever.  

 To love the fact that I have so much going on! While it's exhausting being so busy, I love the fact that I have so much going on, so many things to do...I feel like I'm LIVING life and not just wasting away. 

Inspire Me

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great week!

Some inspiration to get you through your Monday (and maybe even week)!