Fav fall pic

Since the weather here has been so terribly rainy and just plain YUCK, I needed a fall pick me up. So I thought I would post my favourite fall pic. I took this when me and my husband went on our honeymoon in Algonquin Park in northern Ontario. Please keep in mind that this picture was taken in August, but that's apparently when things start to change there. I saw this singular leaf laying in between the rocks and the colour just stopped me in my tracks. Happy yucky rainy day to all!

I didn't realize how long it had been since I had been on here!!! Guilt has set in, and I am back! The original reason for my hiatus was the big move, but since that was way back in AprilI now have no excuse. So to start things off I have something amazing to share and it comes in the form of FOOD! We went on our annual trip to the apple orchard last week and it was a blast as usual! This time Lincoln was old enough to actually pick the apples and he went nuts. And I am so surprised that he didn't have a huge stomach ache because he ate upwards of 4 apples before we left the orchard! We ended up leaving with 22 pounds in total (which is the smallest amount I have ever picked) and now I am scrambling for recipes for anything apple. I came across this recipe for apple cinnamon bread and after I changed a few things I came up with, well, heaven! So here it is:

APPLE CINNAMON BREAD

1/2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cinnamon

2 extra large eggs

1/2 cup brown sugar

2/3 melted margarine

3 medium apples

1/2 cup chopped pecans

- Set rack in the middle of the oven and preheat oven to 350. Grease a loaf pan - set aside.

- Combine flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a bowl and mix well to combine. Set aside

- In a separate bowl whisk the eggs and sugar until eggs are broken apart. Add the melted margarine and mix until just combined.

- Quickly peel and grate the apples (and when I say quickly I mean quickly! I took my time and they ended up brown. When you grate the apples smaller they turn brown before you know it!) into a shallow bowl - there should be about 2 cups of grated apple.

- Fold in the flour mixture into the egg mixture then fold in the apples and pecans.

- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with the back of a spatula. Bake until the bread has risen and a toothpick comes out clean - about 35-40 minutes.

- Cool the bread in the pan for 5 minutes then take it out of the pan to cool on a wire rack. Slice and serve with butter.