Remember a couple of days ago, when I said I was going to lay off the baking and hefty eating until I fully recovered from Thanksgiving week eating? Yeah, about that…
…it didn’t happen. See, I found myself with an unexpected morning off this week. And it just happened to be in the middle of a massive snow storm. And I had to shovel. That’s hard work, you know. You’ve really got to keep your strength up if you’re going to be shoveling lots of heavy, wet snow. So the butter came out to soften and my holiday baking was underway.
I started with these spiced chocolate shortbread fingers. They are the perfect cookie to bake when you’re snowed in, relying on just a few staple ingredients you can almost always count on having on hand: butter, flour, cocoa, sugar ‘n spice. The flavor of the shortbread actually intensifies after sitting for a few days, making them an excellent treat for gifting. Plus, waiting for them to age to perfection buys me some more salad time. It all makes perfect sense, right? Right.
Yes, another salad. I’m still coming down from all the rich eating I did while traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday (I promise we’ll talk about that food one of these days).
I spent most of a long plane ride home yesterday daydreaming about this salad. After 
Welcome to what may be the only American food blog that isn’t bombarding you with last-minute Thanksgiving tips this week. Instead of spending the week cooking, Matt and I are taking part in what has become our new Thanksgiving tradition: traveling. 