Springtime Delights

Well folks, again I have let myself become delinquent with my blog.  However, I am vowing to be better!  Sometimes things get a little crazy around here...or a little dull and there is not much to write about.  Today I do have something to write about though!  On Sunday, I met up with my mom who brought me some fresh-picked strawberries from a patch called Greeson's where I've been getting strawberries as long as I can remember.  One of my best friends, Mary, is the one responsible for this love and obsession.  You see, her family owns Greeson's so I could get strawberries all through the season for basically free.  Thus developed a love for these particular strawberries that I can't quite escape.  No others taste quite as good!

Anyway, I digress.  My mom brought me a whole flat of strawberries.  They were absolutely beautiful and smelled utterly delicious.  I immediately began thinking of the ways I could enjoy these sumptuous berries and the delicious recipes I could make.  Of course, about half of them went into the freezer for later use since we can't berries this good all year.  Next I set to searching for a great recipe to make with my berries.

 Justin, being the dessert-lover he is, suggested I could do a strawberry cobbler.  I had never made one before, so I set about finding a recipe that seemed simple enough for a Sunday evening dinner, but looked like something my husband would love.  I found my recipe on Pinterest on a really cute blog called Never Enough Thyme.  It was delicious!!

Basically, you just cut up four cups of strawberries and make a filling that is sugar, corn starch, and water with the strawberries in it.  Just so you know, this filling on the stove smells absolutely amazing and will certainly make your mouth water.  The topping is just basic flour, corn starch, baking powder, butter, milk, and egg.  You drop the topping on in big spoonfuls and then bake for about 25 minutes "til gold and bubbly".  Much like my Steel Magnolias counterparts, I served this over vanilla ice cream "to cut the sweetness".  Needless to say, Justin was a big fan and we have since enjoyed several bowlfuls of this sweet treat.

So the lesson today is, during the springtime when life gives you strawberries, make strawberry cobbler!!