Dizzy Apple Cider

I drank a lot of apple cider this weekend and I'm staring to wonder why I didn't add bourbon. I found this recipe for a crisp apple cider cocktail. Two parts fresh apple cider, two parts ginger ale and one part bourbon. Yum! 

Just Peachy

Peaches* are a sweet summer snack. Lately I have been putting sliced peaches in my Greek yogurt in the morning and adding a little granola. It's a great way to start the day! There are some beautiful recipes below but I still think one of my favorite ways to eat them is just sliced and plain. I need to try the recipe for cobbler to see if it comes close to my Grandma's cobbler. Leave it to Martha Stewart's team to create one of the prettiest cobblers I have ever seen. 

What is your favorite summer fruit? Do you cook with peaches throughout the summer?

I am really loving all of this stationery. I'm not sure I could pick my favorite. They are all so cute!

 

     Letterpress Recipe Cards

 Rustic Peach Tart

                                                

South Carolina Letterpress Print

Pecan-Peach Cobbler

Peaches and Cream Card

Peach Fuzzies

*Disclaimer: This blog is not entirely about food. I just really love food from the south. 

Gazpacho anyone?

It's hot out there. Like 100 degrees or something. I went to the farmers market ready to buy veggies for the week and this is all I could bear. I have never tried gazpacho or any chilled soups for that matter. The cucumber soup sure did it for me today. They are so cold and refreshing! Have you tried making these at home? Do you have a recipe you want to share? (hint, hint)

Yellow Meated Watermelon

What is this strange fruit? It may be orange but it's called is yellow meated watermelon. It looks like cantaloupe and tastes like sweet summer watermelon. My sister found it at a farmers market in Statesboro, GA and when she said it wouldn't be red on the inside I didn't believe her. From a girl who has been experimenting with red carrots and purple potatoes I guess I can't be too surprised. The watermelon somehow skipped any bad quality possible. It is sweeter than I expected, has hardly any seeds and makes a perfect snack.

I keep seeing new ways to try watermelon. From summer cocktails to chilled summer soups and salsa. I am dying to try something different. Have you attempted a new recipe this summer? Recommendations are welcome!

Friday Flowers

My aunts and grandmother gathered aqua mason jars from antique shops for over a year for my wedding. They found these gems in little places from South Georgia to the North Carolina mountains. We ended up using them for my rehearsal dinner and I wouldn't have it any other way. My sister and I went to the farmers market and bought $30 worth of flowers and put them together. We added mint in the arrangement for some greenery and it smelled amazing. As much as I love mint, I never thought to put it in a flower arrangement. We had 10 arrangements of different sizes and it was so affordable.

Last night I got a couple zinnias from Thackeray Farms. With so many left over mason jars I decided to recreate the arrangement. I am afraid to prune my mint back too much, otherwise I would have added some. These simple little flowers will add a ray of sunshine to the weekend. What is your favorite flower?

Farm Fresh Cobbler

Tonight I baked cobbler using my grandmother's recipe. The blueberries are from Sweet Blue's Berry Farm in Hollywood mixed with blueberry goat cheese from Burden Creek Dairy farm on John's Island.

batter:

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup sugar

1 cup milk 

1 stick of butter

blueberry mixture:

2 cups of blueberries

2 tablespoons of goat cheese

Heat blueberries on the stove until they are tender and mix in goat cheese. Pour the blueberry mix into a baking dish. Add the batter on top of the blueberries. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. The batter will rise to the top and become golden brown. Sprinkle sugar on top and broil on low until the sugar crystalizes. 

Enjoy with ice cream or milk!