CSA Haul and Updated Banana Split

On Friday's we head over to Faucette Farms to pick up our bounty from their CSA (Community Supported Agriculture).

WHOA!

Yet another wonderful week in which I feel we got TONS of food for the money.

That watermelon is bigger then any I have ever seen before at about 2.5 feet long.

We were lucky to still get some peaches (a recipe with them coming tomorrow!!!) and some apples (a recipe with those the day after tomorrow!!).

My favorite item in our bag were these tomatoes

Those tiny ones in the back are the best snack food.  They are about the size of a blueberry and you can just pop them in your mouth and go.

Speaking of snacks my children LOVE snacks, whole meals not so much, but mention "snack" and they are on board for whatever you are serving...hence my new favorite snack.

Aften dinner last night the kids wanted dessert and my husband mentioned banana splits...but we don't have any type of ice cream.

So to avoid going to the grocery story and spending money we didn't need to spend I decided to feed the kids these...

Cut in half and topped with this...

Nutella!!!

In a sandwich bag I placed a handful of animal crackers and crushed them with a meat mallet

The poor meat mallet hasn't gotten much of a workout since I gave up meat, but it did turn those animal crackers into this

A nice fine crunchy middle for my banana treat.

Put the banana halves back together and serve

My husband preferred to have his topped with peanut butter, animal crackers, and chocolate chips

Both very yummy and healthy alternatives to the traditional banana split.



I didn't blog this weekend, I know "BAD" Rachel, but I did want to share the items that were removed for Operation Declutter My House:

Saturday, Day 5:

Sunday (we decided to go big and to Goodwill), Day 6:

9 coffee mugs (that's alot for two people who don't drink coffee)



model train



bag of clothing and some running shoes that I have always hated

For today I am have removed this toy which provided hours of fun for my boys (Day 7):

My First Leap Pad



I hope you all have a wonderful Monday and come back tomorrow for a delicious and refreshing peach treat.

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What I Ate/Baked

Yesterday was a day that I wanted to bake. 

Why? 

Because my kids demanded donuts for breakfast. 

Now don't be judgemental yet. 

I didn't run over to Krispy Kreme and buy them a dozen of their fried concoctions. 

Instead I made my own, in the mini version because lets face it everything is cuter in mini version.

These little cuties are super easy to make and elicit comments such as "Your are the best mom in the world!"  Really?  Wow maybe I should working on a speech or something, surely there is an Academy Award like event that rewards moms for being the best.

First to bake donuts you need a pan or this handy dandy small kitchen appliance

For about $20 this little gem can be yours (I purchased this one at Target).

The ingredients and directions are simple:

1 C unbleached all purpose flour
1/2 C sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 egg
1/2 C almond milk (vanilla)
4 tbsp vegetable oil

for those wanting to veganize sub out the egg for a flax egg or silken tofu
for the flax egg mix 1 tbsp flax meal and 3 tbsp water mix and allow to thicken
for silken tofu use t tbsp and whip smooth

You will need to grease both sides of the donut maker and plug it in to warm it up.

Combine all ingredients into a large bowl and whip together until smooth (I prefer to do this by hand, but you could use a hand mixer).

Pour a scant less then a tablespoon into each of the donut forms and follow the cooking instructions of your donut maker (for me it is to close the top and wait for the light to go off...signaling donuts should be cooked to perfection).

As if a light fluffy donut isn't enough to whet your whistle how about adding a little topping. 

On hand at my house was:

Which in turn made my cute minis look like this:

These aren't as pretty as they could have been, but I was fighting with my 2 year old because she was scarfing them down and didn't want to take time for pictures of food.

Yes I firmly believe shoveling them in by the handful is required when you have something chocolate.

What I Ate Wednesday

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