Happy birthday, Aunt Jeannie!

September 14, 2010

Last night Aunt Jeannie stayed with us because she is working at Lake Hamilton today, and we celebrated her birthday with French vanilla cake topped by my now "[facebook] world famous" poached fruit. It was yummy. :) Happy birthday!

We also learned that Trenton Lee Stewart, author of The Mysterious Benedict Society, attended high school at Lake Hamilton, as did a Playboy Centerfold. We couldn't believe they put THAT on their website.

Poached Peaches and Apples

September 13, 2010

Tonight I made scrambled eggs and French toast with poached fruit for dinner.

I have always wanted to try poached pears--I'm not a big fan of pears, so I think that poaching them would improve them for my palate. :)

Well...we had two fresh peaches left from a roadside stand we passed in Conway on Saturday. There were several Granny Smith apples.

So I put some Merlot, brown sugar, water, and dashes of cinnamon and ground cloves on. I cored and peeled the apples and added them. When they were halfway done, I added the peaches, peeled.

Once they were done, I removed the fruit and cut it up while the sauce simmered down. Then I added them back in, and we served them atop the French toast.

SOOO GOOD!!!
I forgot to take a picture at the beginning of the meal, especially as I was running behind and we were trying to watch the season premiere of House. As you can see, not much was left.
Oh, I could just drink the sauce with a straw!