I've been having lots of early mornings lately. I'm still adjusting to it, but its nice to be up at that time when things are very still, you know?
This is my breakfast (and sometimes lunch...) for the week, so far. It kind of reminds me of that crumble I made a while ago. It tastes good with maple syrup or honey in place of brown sugar, too!
I don't have very much to report as I've just been working lots lately, attempting to meet quite a few deadlines. I did however bake these cupcakes this weekend for a dinner/party/BBQ. They are regular chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese, vanilla and agave icing. Haha I sort of went overboard and made about 40 because apparently I like to be prepared, so I had so many left at home. They are quite addictive, though, and are almost gone after less than 2 days! If I had known there would be so many left over I probably would have made them healthier, but oh well!
Oh, and She and Him covered "Oh Boy" on the new Buddy Holly Tribute album. The original is one of those songs that always gets into my head out of nowhere so its nice to have a slight variation available to keep things interesting, haha.
I've been a bit obsessed with reading this book...or at least looking at the pictures, since giving it as a gift to my mum a couple of years ago. Everything just looks so good! I've made a couple of the cupcakes and muffins too, and they always turn out awesome.
I made some blueberry muffins this afternoon with the most basic recipe, only they are sugar and salt free. I used agave instead, and put some cinnamon in too. Also, I am kind of upset that the first "snow day" happened everywhere, including at my old college, after I graduated. I never got one while I went there! Haha I guess I'll get over it.
It has been a fairly festive weekend...well as far as food goes anyways. Inspired by all of the pumpkin spice mentions on blogs recently I made pumpkin spice cookies (the cake-y kind) with cream cheese frosting. I watched the 1960 version of '13 Ghosts', and it was one of the first scary movies that I have watched in a long time. It also didn't make me super paranoid like most modern supernatural movies tend to, haha.
Then last night, I made this Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal and it turned out really good!
This is probably the first year that I never got around to carving a pumpkin. It makes me sad but I must admit I have always been way too impatient for it anyways. I like pulling the guts out and baking the seeds but I get so frustrated about carving it that it always turns out badly.
I am so tired right now but am somehow still wishing that it were acceptable for people our age to go out trick or treating.
Inspired by you, I baked some apple muffins with apples from our trees this morning! They were sugar free too.
(Please excuse the only one HQ photo and the obsession with making polaroids...I really want to get a real polaroid camera someday!)
Haircut! Who knew Levi had short ears?! Shocking!
Humid and ghostly sundowns. I wish Fall didn't suddenly feel so far away.
...things that I have done over the past couple of days:
I made some really tiny cupcakes yesterday! Please excuse the poor icing job. Their size was making the process difficult so I slacked off hoping that the fact that I made cream cheese frosting would make up for it haha.
I did a watercolour painting of my Aunt's house, and delivered it to her on Saturday for her birthday. Just some normal weekend things I guess!
