Last week I had a bit of a Mommy disaster. Well, perhaps not a disaster, but it
was a whirlwind of activity that kept me from my blog. I lost the first day of the week
traveling back from Palm Springs where my family celebrated the marriage of my beautiful
niece Alicia. My daughter Eva was
the flower girl and the weekend was packed with family events and meals under
sunny skies and 100 degree temperatures.
It was wonderful, but exhausting.
The rest of my 6 days were filled with basketball try-outs,
basketball practices, basketball games, softball try-outs, softball parties,
school plays and lots of homework.
Everything a Mom should expect, but can be overwhelmed by at times.
This week is much calmer, I’m back to my blog and oddly
enough I almost miss the pace of last week (I know it sounds like an
oxymoron). Last week I did what I believe I do best – I was a Mom. I encouraged my children to do their
best, I drove them to all their various events, I supported them and felt their
pain when they were disappointed and discouraged and shared in the glory of
their small victories. There were
some really bad moments and some really good ones and, as a family we shared
them all and have become stronger due to them.
In celebration of Mother’s Day I am giving away this
beautiful hand crafted garlic grater made by my dear friend Renee of Different by Design. This piece of kitchen equipment is not
only beautiful but extremely useful.
It effortlessly grates your garlic to a wonderful consistency for
sautéing, adding to salad dressings or rubbing on a crusty baguette with olive
oil for the perfect garlic bread.
I think it is far superior to any garlic press. It works simply by rubbing the clove over the "seeds" in the center.
These easy and flavorful potatoes are rich and
satisfying, with a hint of garlic and fresh rosemary to add a zesty and
herbaceous flavor.
Please leave a comment and I will randomly pick a winner by
Friday, May 11th.
Smashed Garlic Potatoes with Fresh Rosemary
7 medium Yukon Gold Potatoes
2 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. butter
1 medium clove of garlic grated or minced
¼ teaspoon rosemary
¾ cup reserved cooking water from potatoes
salt and pepper to taste
Cut potatoes into 1 inch pieces. Bring potatoes to a boil in a medium saucepan with salted
water. Cook potatoes until tender
– approximately 15 minutes. Drain
and save cooking liquid.
Sautee garlic and rosemary in olive oil and butter
briefly. Add potatoes and water
and roughly mash. Season with salt and pepper.
I have never seen a garlic grater like this. How cool! Thanks for the giveaway
ReplyDeleteCool grater - yummy potatoes!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this for my sis thanks
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These are so interesting! I always see these graters at the farmer's market but have never used one. Looks like it worked wonders in your taters!
ReplyDeleteChrissy - you won the garlic grater!
Deletethat is the prettiest garlic "press" I've ever seen!
ReplyDeleteawesome giveaway :) it is pretty! your taters sound yummy!
ReplyDeleteLove the grater!
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