roasted garlic + sweet potato salad with farro

its officially fall. halloween is around the corner, which means its basically thanksgiving, which means its pretty much christmas. i mean, before i left for europe in september, costco was already abuzz with glittering snowflakes and light-up snowmen. sigh…

i met andy in germany last weekend and after missing his match (our drive took 8 hours instead of the expected 4), the only logical decision was to hit up the local starbucks. enter my first-ever pumpkin spice latte... it was delicious and tasted ever-so-slightly like home. and in that moment, the long and heavily-trafficked drive was immediately erased.

but seriously. i love fall. fall equals pumpkin-everything. it also equals sweet potato-anything. when i stumbled across a martha stewart recipe combining my beloved sweet potatoes and recent obsession farro, i was sold. we modified a bit based on what we had in our pantry and refrigerator, and it was wonderful. i made this for dinner last night and again for lunch today, per andy's request!

slow cooker irish stew

happy st. patrick's day to all my irish lads and lasses! in celebration of my irish roots and in memory of my late grandma marilyn, i decided a vegetarian twist on traditional irish stew was in order for tonight's meal.

after researching a handful of recipes, i decided to go rogue and throw together my own combination of  irish-inspired ingredients. here's hoping it tastes as good as it looks.

dirty dozen / clean fifteen