Rob surprised Maura and I with a trip to an orchard on Saturday and we had such a great time. The weather was perfect. We had never been apple picking and Maura was thrilled. I think we went a little overboard. We ended up with more than 25 pounds of apples! So now I'm trying to find all the apple recipes I can so I can use up all the apples before they go bad. Luckily, I spend plenty of time on The Nest's What's Cooking message board, so I'm always finding new recipes of all kinds and I can always count on the WC ladies for new recipes. We picked several different varieties of apples. Some of which I had never heard of. We picked Empires, Jonathans, Red Delicious, Fuji and Jonagold. Maura also grabbed a couple of Golden Delicious. The orchard we went to also had a pumpkin patch and flower picking. We had so many apples, though, that we decided not to get a pumpkin from the patch. I did pick up a Cinderella pumpkin, which I plan on roasting and pureeing and using in a few dishes later in the week. So stay tuned for lots of apple recipes! Here are some picture of our fun day at the orchard! Enjoy!
wow!!! 25 lbs?!?! can't wait to see all the various apple recipes that come from this :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of apples!
ReplyDeleteIt looks and sounds like you had a great time. I'm excited to see all the apple recipes! :-)
What a fun day! Maura is such a cutie!
ReplyDeleteaww, love these pics. looks like you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteThat is my Sweet Maura alright!! What great pics. I can't wait for the baked/cooked apple tasting party this weekend! Blessings, Grammie/Momma
ReplyDeleteAwww, aren't you all adorable! Apple picking sounds like a wonderful way to spend time with family.
ReplyDeleteI am looking for a place to bring about 10-15 students apple picking, would you mind disclosing the orchard you visited with you family????
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