Yesterday I drove down to the area where I grew up to have lunch with some high school girlfriends. My long-time girlfriend, Sandy, was there and brought me a belated birthday gift she had made for me - a cute tea-themed tote bag and a HomeGoods gift card. Thank you, Sandy! Distance prevents us from seeing each other more often.
Ironically the restaurant the girls chose to go to yesterday was Mexican and I've been experimenting with recipes since last week. Timing was perfect.
At the restaurant yesterday, I noticed Seafood Enchiladas on their menu. Doesn't that sound good? Now to search for recipes in my cookbooks.
For Mother's Day, my daughter-in-law tucked a package of granola in my gift bag made by Bowerman's in Holland, MI. It was SO good on my Kashi whole wheat shredded cereal or steel-cut oatmeal every morning, that I ate it all up. That sent me searching through my cookbooks for a granola recipe. I've never made it before but it's quite simple to make. I found a recipe that sounded good in an Amish cookbook I acquired in 1997, and made a batch this morning. I'm not a gardener, so my kitchen is my happy place where I can create. Have you tried any new recipes lately? Do you enjoy experimenting with recipes?
Below is a picture of it fresh from the oven. It turned out good, but I will make a few tweaks to the recipe the next time around. The oatmeal, honey, almonds and cinnamon are healthy, the brown sugar and butter not so much. ;-)
Fast forward to this past Easter, when I was assembling Easter baskets for The Whitney. While shopping for supplies at Target, I saw cute light blue egg cups in the dollar section. My mind immediately flashed to my light blue Depression glass dishes and how perfect they would be for holding clotted cream for scones at each place setting. It's always fun to repurpose things and who knows I might use them for egg cups sometime too. There were only seven in the bin so I took what they had. I can hardly wait to use them.