food, crochet, merriment
We arrived at our last Farmer’s Market just as the sun was going down. But we had a goal and could not be deterred.
In fact, when Miss Chompy first got out of the car she took a whiff–
and a big, long sniff, and said,
“I can SMELL them!!
We need to go get Waffles...now!“
Okey-dokey Miss Chompy. Anything you say.
Ahhh…such wisdom from the mouth of babes.
Since quite a few people voted that I make all three recipes in the poll–and since I secretly wanted to make them all ANYway, I started with the Two Ingredient Lemon Angel Cake.
Now, you may recall that when I found this yummy thing on Pinterest, the recipe was actually called Two Ingredient Lemon Bars– from Practically Living, but I saw fit to…change the name a bit. I’ll explain in a minute.
The instructions are sweet and simple. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Open a 15 oz. can of Lemon Pie Filling and stir it together with an Angel Food Cake mix. Just whisk together until the cake mix is completely incorporated into the pie filling.
Spread gently into an ungreased 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake for 20 minutes–edges will be slightly browned.
Cool completely and slice. This was a lovely light and fluffy dessert, very, very much like lemon angel food cake. In fact, it was sturdy and spongy enough that we could eat it with our fingers.
That’s why I didn’t call it a Lemon Bar–because it didn’t behave like one. Still very good and so dang simple to make. It could be one of those panicky little recipes that you throw together when you find out a half hour before you have to be somewhere that you were suppose to bring a dessert.
On a side note, since the cake was very delicate in flavor, and I’m a bit of an extremist–I made the Lemon Bread Glaze and drizzled it over the top of some of the bars for an extra zing.
Then, I promptly ate them all.
No.
Really.
Belonging to a household that will take any excuse for a celebration that’s offered—and run with it, we happily grabbed the idea for a 75th Anniversary of the Hobbit 2nd Breakfast to heart.
So on September 21st. at precisely 11:00 am, while the rest of the world did their shopping and laundry and city planning and bridge building…
we had a teeny, tiny, Hobbit-sized breakfast. There was scrumptious brown bread and creamy butter, juicy, ripe pears and a slab of cheese. Now then, isn’t that about what you’d expect to find on a kitchen table in Middle Earth?
Why, we even had a small portion of…um…ale, or…um…apple juice…or whatever.
It may not seem like a huge deal to you, but it was fun and playful and sweet and something to look forward to.
And I’ll tell you this–
It certainly beat first breakfast.
Hands down.
Note:
The tradition of 2nd Breakfast did not originate with the small folk in the Shire–no, no. It began when farmers woke up at the crack of dawn and had a quick breakfast of toast and tea before they began their early morning chores. After working so hard for several hours, by 10 or 11:00 they were certainly ready for a real meal–something like eggs, ham, biscuits, cheese, potatoes and juice before heading back out to work again. Hence the term “2nd Breakfast.”
And now you know. :}
Parmesan Baked Potato Halves by Favorite Family Recipes
Here’s the thing~
If you’ve ever been on Pinterest, you know that it is not only a fabulous way to store things you’d like to keep forever–but it’s actually quite addictive…as in..hard to stop…pinning. So when I need a great recipe or crochet project or anything at all to do, I go there.
Streusel Pumpkin Bread From Bakingdom
Another thing you’ll notice right away is that even though you’ve pinned 65,000 yummy looking recipes–it doesn’t mean you aren’t totally overwhelmed by the lusciousness. So that’s what’s going on over here. I’ve picked 3 random recipes that look lovely, but I can’t decide which one to make. I need some help.
Lemon Squares from Living Practically
Should I make the potatoes, the pumpkin bread or the lemon squares? What do you think? Of course, you could go to my Pinterest page and choose something entirely different altogether–tell me what YOU think I should make and the recipe with the most votes will be the next item up in this kitchen.
Thanks guys…
Sooooo….we have a new friend, Lyndi, Miss Chompy and I…
and it comes in a great big, adorable truck…
with a very clever fellow inside named Adam. You wanna know just how clever Adam is?
This my friends, is how clever. Peaches and Cream Belgian Waffles, made fresh while you wait. And you must trust me when I say that these are the very best Belgian Waffles we’ve ever tasted…ever.
We found him just the other day at the Riverwoods Farmer’s Market in Provo and…well…
we haven’t been the same since. And it’s not just Peaches and Cream either. This guy has all kinds of fruits and berries and even…brace yourself…Nutella. No, I’m not kidding.
In fact, we came home and looked them up on Facebook and discovered that we could find out where the Waffle-Love folks were going to be the next day…and every day of the week for that matter. Why…just think of the possibilities!!
One day the Waffle-Love truck will be at the Farmer’s Market, the next day they may be in the canyon at Vivian Park and the next day they’ll be hanging out serving breakfast at Bradbury Apartments in Provo. You just have to check their site and you could become a Waffle Stalker…
just…
like…
us.
Lyndi says she’ll make T-shirts…
Dude. We are in so much trouble.
