Strawberry Season

I won't try to give excuses for not being more regular with blog posting. I trust you'll believe me that it's just hard right now. Too much going on, on the verge of many changes.

But I just had to share this! 

We went to a farm to pick strawberries last weekend. Although we didn't pick as much as last year, we ended up doing a lot more with them. And look at all this delicious bounty we ended up with:

Ok, you don't think I'll leave you without some links to the recipes, do you? Nah, I wouldn't do that.

The jam is new for us, and I'm so glad we found it. I'd say it's like strawberry lemonade jam, but that maybe because I used a bit more lemons than the recipe called for. Oh and no need for pectin.

In the back you see some fresh strawberry lemonade. To die for. I used a regular blender and a strainer to get it a bit thinner.

Finally, there's that greek yogurt strawberry banana bread. Yum.

Have you started enjoying some summer fruit harvests? Do share! 

Fall goodness

I love Fall.

Loooooooooove it.

The colors, the smells, the cooling off after a hot and muggy summer, what's not to love?And the tastes! Pumpkin pie, apple pie, butternut squash baked with brown sugar and cinnamon... Oh my.

And all the anticipation building up to the holiday season with Thanksgiving just around the corner and then Christmas/the winter solstice/Chanukah. I get giddy just thinking about all the fun we'll have.

So yeah, Autumn makes me happy.

What do you know, it's already started. We went apple picking a couple of weeks ago, and I'd like to share with you some of the results. Oh, and that jam you see there? It's caramel apple jam and it's amazing. I highly recommend it.

What does Fall feel like for you?