It's a Beautiful Day

Good Evening and Happy Saturday!

We have had a great day and I am happy to be home.  I survived my daughter's first sleepover.....it is weird when you don't have one of your children in the house at night and since it was her first I was worried that she would be homesick.  She made it through the night but was a bit homesick and did shed a couple tears when I picked her up.  I shed a few (with my sunglasses on) when she told me she missed her family.  She is my baby and she still likes me right now so I am relishing every moment, gearing up for the teenage years.



Anyhow, the day started off the with a beautiful sunrise and I had made a pot of overnight steel cut oats so I was ready to roll this morning.

Cooking spray for the pan3/4 cup / 3 oz / 85 g spelt flour
2/3 cup / 3 oz / 85 pine nuts, lightly toasted
1/2 cup / 1.5 oz / 45 g rolled oats
1/2 cup / 2 oz / 60 g natural cane sugar
1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/3 cup / 2.5 oz / 75 g unsalted butter, melted 3 tablespoons instant granulated tapioca1/2 cup / 2 oz / 60 g natural cane sugar (or Muscovado sugar)
1 pint blackberries
6 Texas peaches, pit removed and sliced
1/2 cup blueberries Preheat the oven to 375F / 190C, with a rack in the middle. Butter a 10-inch round gratin dish (pictured), or a 9x9 square baking dish.
Combine the flour, pine nuts, oats, sugar, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Use a fork to stir in the butter, squeeze into a few patties, then place in the freezer to chill at least ten minutes.
Make the filling by whisking together the tapioca and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add the peaches and berries, and toss until evenly coated. Wait 10 minutes and transfer the filling to the prepared pan, remove the topping from the freezer, and crumble across the top of the filling - make sure you have big pieces and small.
Bake for 35 - 40 minutes, or until the topping is deeply golden and the fruit juices are vigorously bubbling. You'll want to let things cool a bit before serving, 20 - 30 minutes.
Serves a small crowd, 8 - 12 servings.

 This will be dessert for tomorrow so I will let you know how it turns out but it looks beautiful and I am pretty sure it is going to be delicious.  Yum!

We went to Whole Foods to pick up the rest of the supplies for Memorial Day.  I think we will be celebrating tomorrow.  Of course, Zoe and I had to have a little lunch before shopping and I had the most AMAZING salmon today.  Oh my lord this was good and I am going to have to duplicate this because it was freaking amazing.

The salmon was topped with a carmelized red onions, dried cranberry and mandarin orange relish. Oh my gosh, this was sooo good.  I had a side Strawberry, Kale and Cashew Salad that was also incredible.  I know I use the word "amazing' too much but it was!  I want to try to duplicate this meal at home.

I am also back on my love fest of Kombucha Tea.  I used to drink it daily and somehow weaned off of it at some point but have been enjoying it again lately.  I have been trying to supress my appetite lately because of all my stress eating and these teas really seem to help.  I woke up in my "happy zone" it was on the higher side of my happy zone but it still had the beginning number that I like to see and I had a Kombucha tea yesterday so I guess I am going to attribute it to the tea instead of my exercise and self control last night! 

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Oh brother.... we have another showing in 30 minutes.... off to make the home sparkle.  Please pray that something pops soon..... the novelty of keeping the house clean is wearing thin and the kids are having a fit that we have to leave.  I think an ice cream or fro-yo run will help sooth the situation.... what do you think? :)