Quote of the Day: "He covers the sky with clouds; He supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills." Psalm 147:8
This time of year, with the weather we have been having, our move to
England cannot get here soon enough! We have had 100+ degree weather for
14 days and 26 days with no rain. Unlike the UK, who, according to The Weather Channel, has been having much more tolerable weather (temperatures
in the 60s and 70s and plenty of rain. I'm so jealous!)
For the past three days, the weather has teased and taunted us with
heat relief, but just wouldn't give it to us. It has been cloudy. It has been
humid (extremely). It has thundered and sprinkled. On the first day
that we were teased with rain, the storm clouds went all around us but
we didn't get a drop. Even though it was "cooler" that day (93 degrees,
because it was cloudy), it was incredibly humid so you hardly noticed
the temperature difference. The next day, it was the same temperature
and cloudy sky, and even some parts of the state, including towns not 20
miles from my home got a few short showers. It skipped us. But today,
finally, we got rain!
The kids have even been looking for rain. It's a pretty desperate
situation when children even want it to rain. They wanted it to rain so
badly before the 4th of July so that they could do fireworks. Better
late than never!
It thundered and lightninged and poured for all of ten minutes. But
we are so happy it finally rained! (Now, if you walk outside, it feels
like a sauna!)
Rain always puts me in a "cold weather mood." And I love cold
weather. (Which is great since I'm moving to a very cold and wet place,
right?) It makes me want to get into pajamas, brew some hot chocolate,
and cuddle under a soft blanket with my honey. As soon as the thunder
clapped, it was as if my comfy sweat pants were calling my name. And
comfort food seemed to be the perfect dinner menu so I decided to make
good ol' Southern Red Beans and Cornbread with Fried Squash.
Now with this Southern Comfort Food, we had to have dessert. I had some
plums that were on the verge of going bad so they inspired the perfect Southern dessert: cobbler!
I used this recipe from my favorite "go-to" website for
recipes. I tweaked it a little by substituting 5 of the peaches for
plums and adding a pie crust layer for the bottom of the cobbler (using
my grandma's pie crust recipe, one of my most treasured possessions). I
also added almonds to the crumble on top. My hubby, Matthew, likes nuts
in his desserts.
I am like most people and want vanilla ice cream with my cobbler. I
came across a recipe for homemade ice cream in this month's Women's Day magazine. This recipe is perfect because it does not require an ice
cream maker (which I do not have, but hope to remedy that soon.) And it
was so easy! Only three ingredients. Three simple steps. And it tastes divine.
I will say this about the ice cream, though: it does not melt into
liquid like regular, churned ice cream. When it begins to melt, it takes
on a texture more like whipped cream or Cool Whip instead of turning to
liquid. Apart from that, it was the perfect substitute and I can't image
an easier way to make ice cream.
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