Baking Up a Little Lovin

Well I’ve finally moved on from the lemons and have found a new ingredient to inspire me. As I walked through the door of the grocery store this week I was enveloped in the sweet perfume of fresh apples and immediately began a mental review of my recipe box.  Now traditionally, although I love munching on a nice crispy fresh apple, I tend to avoid cooked apples with a vengeance. There’s something about the texture that just creeps me out. That’s why when I decided to go for an apple recipe, I had resigned myself to allowing others to enjoy something I personally would rather not eat. But being the good little baker that I am, I tested a cookie from the first batch out of the oven and was happily surprised at the outcome.

Grocery Outlet Gourmet

Well my trip to the Grocery Outlet proved to be a bit frustrating this week.  As they say timing is everything and I guess my timing was off because I chose the day that all of the employees where crowding every isle to stock shelves. The shelves I could get to where rather bare so I suppose it was kind of necessary.  I actually left after grabbing just enough to do this week’s post. That means I will no doubt have to make another trip at some point this week. Good news is that I was still able to come up with another tasty meal with what was available. 

My Paper Heart

Well hello everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was rather busy and quite enjoyable! It included everything from tea parties to movie outings.  Most of which involved our awesome Jr. High youth group! But my favorite part of the whole weekend was the ending. After a chilly and rainy Sunday morning I spent the afternoon tucked in at home making soup, watching the newest BBC version of Sense & Sensibility and making some Valentines craft projects.