Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a fantastic thanksgiving. Here is Edmonton we had beautiful weather and a nice relaxing weekend. Friday evening, Mr. Toot Sweet's cousin came in for a visit from BC. Cousin Courtney is a minister in Tsawwassen BC, it was great to visit and meet her fiance. We had dinner, ate fresh BC Blueberry Crisp and drank some great BC wine from the Dirty Laundry vintners. The Blueberry Crisp was highjacked from a fellow Momstown mom Sarah's recipe for apple crisp.

2 cups of fruit
1tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1 heaping tablespoon cinnamon
1/8 cup ground flax seed
11/4 cup oatmeal
1. Peel and slice apples. Toss in lemon juice and sugar, put in a greased casserole dish.
2. Cream margarine. Add brown sugar and cream again. Add flour, flax and cinnamon. Mix well.
3. Mix in oatmeal. If you like a crunchier topping, you can use more oatmeal here too.
4. Spread topping on apples so that it completely covers them.
5. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes or until bubbly.

We spent Saturday at the St. Albert Farmers Market looking at fresh produce, awesome knits and some really beautiful blankets from Ella Mouse Designs. The Lil' Cupcake was quick to notice the cupcake designed blanket and kept pointing at it. So cute.

On Sunday, Mr. Toot Sweet and I celebrated our three year anniversary at the Melting Pot. Yum, if you haven't checked it out, I suggest you do. It is a great romantic meal with offset private booths and intimate atmosphere. We even scored some chocolate strawberries for being part of the Melting Pot club.

On Monday, we had our family thanksgiving with my parents and friends of the family. We had all the feastings typical of Thanksgiving, turkey, mashed potato, gravy, stuffing, southern sweet potato casserole and broccoli rice casserole. For dessert I made an apple pie to use up all the apples that we scored for free from a neighbour. It turned awesome for my very first pie. But I cheated. I was a week bit intimidated by crust, so I hang my head in shame to admit, I bought the crust. My goal for the end of the year is to learn to make crust. Nice buttery flaky pastry crust.

Also, I noticed Urban Infant on the racks at Sobey's on Sunday. Check out the magazine if you haven't. Toot Sweet Cupcake is featured along side some other fabulous blogs, including the awesome City and Baby.