More bounty from the local farmers market

I have been visiting our local Farmers Market quite a bit lately. I love the fall harvest. The colors are so beautiful. I usually go with my husband and sometimes my daughter. My daughter and I have sort of a contest every year to pick the gourd with the most bumps and is well ,ugly lol.

When we got home we start cooking, homemade soup and fresh tomato sauce are among the treats we make.

It always turns out to be such a nice family day. I love to cook and I can't think of any place I would rather be than in the kitchen with my daughter cooking something delicious.

Look at those portabella mushrooms and the color in the eggplant. I love fall.

Have a great week and God bless you Anne

Spiritual Sundays 7/12/2009

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I was having a bad day and my husband brought me home flowers. I took pictures from all angles. I decided that no matter how you look at them, they are beautiful. It is so nice to be give love and get it back in return, to get a surprise when you need it most. My love is unconditional and my faith is everlasting.

Newlyweds become oldyweds, oldyweds are the reason that families work.~Author Unknown

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is God's finger on man's shoulder.~Charles Morgan

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to.~George Seaton

Have a beautiful day everyone and God bless you.
Anne

Saturday Small Talk Six

If I had magical sunglasses name 6 things I would like to see with them.

1. I would like to see inside of someones brain while they are thinking, I bet that would be cool.

2. I would like to see what Sasha(my shih tzu) looks like inside especially when she is running

3. I would like to see where very evil world leaders from certain countries are hiding

4. I would like to see what the traffic will be like before I go out so I can plan my route(no gps yet)

5. I would like to see inside of that darn watermelon before I buy it and all melons as well.

6. I would like to see inside my husbands body to make sure everything else is still working ok, even though his kidneys aren't

If you would like to participate please check out http://www.momdot.com/blog/. They have lots of cool ideas on that page.

Have a great weekend. Anne

COCONUT COOKIE NESTS

I always make these for Easter and my family loves them, but they are so easy to make, I think they would be good for any time of the year. It sort of tastes like a Mounds candy bar.

Start with 2 egg whites, whisk them until frothy and add 2 cups coconut, 1/3 cup sugar, 2 TBSP flour, 1/2 tsp vanilla, 1/8 tsp salt and mix together well.

Now for some fun, you can divide the mixture and put food color in to make a few different colors or just leave them plain, its up to you. Green is fun, but I usually make them different pastel shades for Easter.

Lightly grease a baking sheet, if you have parchment paper I really recommend it for these. Drop by tablespoons into mounds, you can control the size of the cookie, here but after you drop the cookie, form a little well in the center for the treat you are going to add after it comes out of the oven. This recipe only makes about 12 - 15 cookies, depending on how big you make them.

Bake at 325 for about 20 minutes until they are just slightly golden browned. As soon as you take them out of the oven, add a chocolate kiss or a few chocolate chips or chocolate covered raisins or use your imagination to the well in the cookie so that it looks like a nest. The treat will melt slightly but keep its shape. Transfer to a cooling rack and let them sit until the chocolate is set again.

These need to be stored in a container with a tight lid, they do dry out pretty quickly. Better yet just eat them and then you don't have to worry about storage. I like these also because I can adapt them for my diabetic husband just by changing the sugar to a sugar substitute and they taste just as good to us.