My last slice of pie

This is a picture of the last slice of pumpkin pie that Kai and I baked on Thursday, and I uncontrollably ate all but two slices out of the nine inch pie! Kai had a slice and Jimmy had the other. I was undecided about the pie, but since I did eat it all....I guess I like the recipe. I had help from Whole Foods frozen department for the shell and canned organic pumpkin. Roasting my own pumpkin and making crust just takes too long for me and I'm not that patient, plus with my youngest constantly running around my legs, I venture not. I also have a fear of making scratch crust. Could be because my husband is a professional and I don't want to disappoint or because I don't want to eat overworked pie crust!

Now I'm thinking about making brownies, but we are out of Valrhona cocoa powder so I might just wait until we can go get some more. Reading over my shoulder, Jimmy says to me,

" You're a chef you should be able to think of the alternative. Use a recipe that calls for couvature."

Yea, it's just not as fast as the one bowl brownie recipe that I like...hmm. I'll think about it and if the craving is strong enough, I might just have to do it or make him work.

The cutest thing today that I have to share is from this morning. Jimmy and I were in bed saying good morning to our baby Cassia when Kai walked in with a little purple box and Cassia exclaims, "chocolate!". Jimmy and I looked at each other and had to laugh, our one year old daughter knows that chocolate is inside the pretty purple box.