strawberry party

strawberries are in season! yay. we had a second breakfast (after the kiddo's karate class; we had homemade cinnamon buns before) of pancakes with strawberries and chocoloate syrup!





i am trying to remember if i have posted my recipe for pancakes before...





our last wintry dinner (inspired by the cold and cloudy weather we've had here lately) was coq au vin with mashed potatoes. those herbs are from our back yard:



for dessert we were back to strawbs, with a strawberry rhubarb pie. the rhubarb came courtesy of amylovesred, and the green sugar on top was the kiddo's idea.



looks gorgeous, but i'm sad to say that even though i let it cool for hours, it was awfully runny when we sliced it up. recipe was from the usually-reliable joy of baking - use at your peril!