Berry Cobbler

I've had a couple of bags of blackberries and dewberries in the freezer for awhile and finally decided to make something with them today. I don't eat fruit so I had to wait for James to get home to taste it. His response was "Mmmm". I guess that means the cobbler is good. I modified this recipe from the new Costco cookbook.

Berry Cobbler:
1 stick butter (1/2 c)
2 c blackberries
2 c dewberries
1 c sugar and extra for berries
1/4 c Splenda
1/4 c whole wheat flour
3/4 c flour
2 t black powder
1 c milk

1. Put the stick of butter in a 9 inch deep pan (mine was a little too shallow) and put it in the unheated oven. Turn the oven to 350° and let the butter melt in the pan.

2. Mix the berries in a bowl with sugar. I had to use about 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 c Splenda because my berries were tart (I remembered James told me that awhile ago), but you might be able to use less.

3. When the butter is almost melted, mix the flours, baking powder and 1 c sugar in a bowl. Add 1 cup of milk and stir well.

4. Remove the butter pan from the oven and pour the batter on top of the butter. Add the berries and any juice that formed to the batter. I sprinkled them around to disperse them evenly.

5. Put pan on a baking sheet and put back in the oven. Bake for 50-60 minutes until the top is nicely browned.

If you try this please let me know how it turns out for you!

Menu Plan Monday

We did okay last week, even without a menu plan. Last night through us for a little loop (Fancy's ER trip) so we ended up eating out. Another boot camp starts this week so there are a couple of quick meals planned.

Monday - Baked potato soup

Tuesday - Tamales and rice
Wednesday - Taco Corn Bread Squares (new recipe)

Thursday - Tilapia tacos

Friday - Taco soup using LO items from Wednesday

Saturday - Chicken Ole (new recipe)

Sunday - Grilled hamburgers and home fries

I need to use up a couple of lemons given to us so I might make a lemon dessert.

What does $505 look like?

Mary and Fancy got in a tiff when Fancy tried to eat some of Mary's food. Fancy lost and this is what happened. Yep, that's a big gaping hole on her snout.


$505, 5 hours, and about 11 stitches later this is what my precious Fancy looks like. She is definitely working the pitiful look.


And she finally laid down. Now we are just waiting for the pain pills to kick in to knock her out so she'll get some rest instead of fighting the E-collar.

Sorry

I have been out of it the last couple days. I've only cooked one new thing this week and I forgot to take pictures. I'm hoping to start up again tonight with my version of baked potato soup.

We did get a couple of good deals shopping on Friday, but since they are gifts I can't really post about them!

What the drought did. . .

Here's the view from my front porch on Friday morning.


Here's the view from my porch about 20 minutes ago.


Here's what's left of the trees.

The stupid drought killed off my beautiful trees in the front yard. I am not happy about the changed view and losing my beautiful loblolly pines, but on the upside, we didn't have to pay for the trees coming down. The electric company ended up taking the trees down as they were a danger to the lines around our house.

Menu Plan Monday

James should be returning today from a hopefully successful tuna fishing trip. I imagine we'll be eating tuna for a couple of days to try to "eat" away at the amount that has to go in the freezer. Since I'm not 100% sure what our plans are for the week I can't really plan anything yet.

Marshmallow is weird

We moved the floor pillows to vacuum and Marsh decided to lay in the spot. When I was putting the pillows back I just put them right on top of him. For a little while he just laid there!