Oh…and these are in nor particular order.

Coconut French Toast for vacation flavor

Pasta with Fontina, pecans, mushrooms and a surprise kick

Pumpkin and brown butter muffins..Good morning, sunshine!

Poulet au bonne femme...with trumpet mushrooms. I'd marry myself for this.

Blueberry blue corn pancakes. Who says there is no such thing as blue food?

Onion Rings. Perfect, light, crispy and not greasy. What's the secret?

How one book changed my views on grits...forever.

Hey..don’t forget to come back, o.k.?

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First, don’t forget about Presto Pasta tomorrow.  I am hosting and you won’t believe some of the amazing dishes submitted so far…but I know I am missing one…YOURS! Be sure to submit it soon.

Second, the cool folks at Eggology are doing a promotion for Earth Day.  They emailed me and asked me to ask YOU to participate.  It’s because you guys are so cool, you know, everyone wants to be your friend.

Anyway.  They are inviting you to let them know what you are doing to respect the environment; at home, at the office, where ever.  Just go to the Eggology Blog for details  or submit your eco-deed directly via Eggology’s website You could win a case of organic egg whites.  They will also be donating a percentage of their online sales to Earth Day Network.

Don’t miss out!

image:Presto Pasta Nights, used with permission.

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Here it is, October first.

This is a close up of Marc’s maple tree that we got him for Father’s Day a few years ago.  I thinkit is called a scarlet maple? Anyway, I am going ot take pictures of it weekly to blog the changes.  It is truly beautiful in the fall for a few weeks.  Even in Texas.

First of all, I want to remind you of the Boobie Bake Off.  Today begins the posting for your entries in the Bake-off.  Please post your entry, link back to the Boobie bake off post and then email me and let me know that you have posted.  This is so much fun, and a great way to raise money for a good cause! ANd everyone who participates will get a button for their blog side bar. How cool is that?

Don’t forget to check the  contest results to see if you won one of the cookbooks!

Lots of things coming up in October. First of all, if you will look to the side bar you will see a blogtoberfest button.  Go ahead, look….see? There it is…isn’t it cute? Now, click on the button and go read about the very cool October that b5 Lifestyles has planned for you…Go ahead..I will wait………..

See? Isn’t it cool? I can’t tell you what the prizes are but I can tell you they are amazing.

All right.

The most popular posts for September were:

1. 50 Best Cookie Recipes on the Internet 
2. Pineapple Upside Down Cake
3. Foil Wrapped Beef Brisket
4. Daring Bakers August Challenge, Eclairs
5. 40 Best Cookie Recipes for Shipping

My favorite image was the chocolate chip muffins

My favorite comment?

It was by Donna..and she said:

Hi Marye,

I love to read your blog; it comforts me (like a best friend) when I’m world-wearied, and delights me with surprises and suggestions.

Cookbooks are like family members: so much advice, so many ideas, and memories of days gone by that are full of food and love. I’d love to add another to my shelf.

I love when you talk about the kids, and what they’re doing. Keep up all your marvelous work, and recipes, and remind us of your gracious life!

I just like knowing that you guys don’t just love me for my recipes.

Besides the Blogtoberfest giveaways, if that was not enough, I have some other things up my sleeve for October. Including:

• Field Trips
• A Flickr Group -more about that soon
• Blog of the Week
• And lots of new recipes that I want to try.

Don’t go away…October is gonna be awesome!

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I am so excited.  Yeah. Really..

I have been submitting images to Foodgawker and TasteSpotting for awhile.  I love those sites because there is always something cool on there and it makes it easy to find posts for Saturday Blog Surfing.  None of my images was ever quite good enough: over exposed, blurry, blah….

And I had pretty much decided to stop sumbmitting because I don’t take rejection well.

So I submitted my last one last night..and decided to submit three that I thought were my best over the past week or so.

• Eclairs
• Cauliflower soup
• Sopapillas

The first two were turned down and the sopapillas were pending when I went to bed.

I woke up this morning to find that I. Was. In!

The sopapillas made it!

If you hadn’t seen that recipe, or want to make them here it is:

Authentic Sopapillas

Marc and I have another afternoon at the VA today…so send some prayers and good wishes our way.  We have been referred to another doctor because his main doctor has no more ideas.

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