Fall Weekend

Jared and I went to McGlasson's this weekend. What a neat farm! With it being such a short drive from Jared's, I definitely think we'll become regulars.

On Saturday they had a bluegrass band playing outside on a big wooden platform/stage. It reminded me of something straight out of a movie. It was great walking around and watching all the kids scrutinize the pumpkins to decide which one would be the "best". McGlasson's makes their own apple fritters (yum!) and apple cider so we had to sample both.

A flaky, soft, and sugary, homemade apple fritter!!

We picked up a ton of apples, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and bell peppers. We also grabbed a butternut squash, an acorn squash and of course, a pumpkin! We haven't carved it yet but I think we will this weekend.

Delicious crisp apples...

Fresh tomatoes, sweet potatoes and tiny pumpkins!

Of course we wanted to cook after being inspired by all the fresh vegetables. We even borrowed my mom's food processor so we could try our hands at making some basic pie crust.

Here's what we've made so far:

Grilled (Beecher's Flagship) Cheese and Tomato on Whole Wheat

Pear, Apple and Cranberry Crisp (Ina Garten)
Recipe here

Butternut Squash, Apple and Onion Galette with Stilton
Recipe here
(We used Gorgonzola - yum!)

Having a food processor is awesome. Jared's going to make another "Galette" using more of the apples from the farm. Can't wait to see how that one turns out. The pictures on the recipe are really elegant. Also we're definitely going to make one of my favorite Moosewood recipes since we have a surplus of sweet potatoes, Navajo Stew. Yum!