Showing posts with label apple crisp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apple crisp. Show all posts

October 31, 2016

C & C in the Kitchen: Apple Bundt Cake

It's me again...I told you my posts would be sporadic, but I'm trying. This whole going back to work thing is a major bummer. What, no mid-day walks, trips to the grocery store and lazy mornings drinking milk in bed (Baby McB, not me...although I guess a latte could be considered milk)? And, I was getting PAID!

I digress. A few weekends ago we headed to Homestead Farm for some apple and pumpkin picking. Nothing gets me in the spirit for fall like spending time with there rest of the D.C., Maryland and Virginia appropriately dressed in our tall boots, sweaters and other autumnal accoutrements.
  
 

Of course we came home with a mother load of apples...which means only one thing. BAKE my face off. Thankfully Regan had blogged about an apple crisp recipe that was calling my name.


And then blogger friend Christina over at Proper Hunt reminded us all of an amazing apple bundt cake recipe she'd shared a few years ago. To the kitchen I went.

 

And I must say, it was delicious! She gives some great tips throughout the baking process and I'd like to add another...if you've got extra apples, add them. I had some leftover and was hesitant to put them in. Big mistake. Huge. The cake was still really good (the citrus makes it), but it would have been even better with more fruit.


October 3, 2016

Life Lately

In watching the blog traffic, it's very clear that you, the readers, are most interested in the more personal posts, so I thought I would try out a new post topic called "Life Lately." In these posts I will be sharing tid bits from my daily life. 

As you may know, last week Katie and I celebrated a birthday. My +1, the Mini and I used it as an opportunity to try out a new restaurant here in Portland called Tusk. They have an awesome outdoor patio, cool decor, a full bar and delicious food. 

We ate outside on the patio, and here is a photo of just a few of the dishes we enjoyed. The tomato salad was so fresh and so tasty! 

As a bit of a birthday celebration I had some girlfriends over for dinner, and the Mini helped me make an apple crisp. I pretty much make up my own recipe, but this recipe from friend and blogger Robyn of Real Food Whole Life is pretty close.
This apple peeler made peeling and coring all the apples so easy. Thanks to my friend SC for letting me borrow it. I think we might need one of our own. 

We've been without a rug for a while in the master bedroom as we moved the rug to the living room (thanks to the dog for ruining the one we had there). As a birthday present my mom and dad bought me this fantastic Draftsman Rug from Schoolhouse Electric.
I'm so happy to finally have something cushy in the space. It makes the room feel cozier and makes foam rolling a lot more comfortable. 

I've been having major mountain withdrawal since we got back from our big trip. I've been hiking/jogging a 10+ mile loop in Forest Park called the North Nasty (it has about 3,000ft vertical), but it's just not the same as being in the mountains. I have a really hard time finding friends to go on big adventures with me outside of Portland, so on Friday of last week I decided to go solo. I packed up my bag and went out to the Gorge to do the Ruckel Ridge Loop hike.

It's a 9+ mile hike up a steep ridgeline that ascends nearly 4,000ft. 

The views are beautiful!

I had a great time except I lost my favorite hat. It got caught on a low hanging tree, was pulled off m head and I watched it fall to is death down the side of a cliff. Clearly this was before that happened. 

It was a good week! Stay tuned in the coming weeks for more "Life Lately" posts.