{Bountiful} Baskets

 

I talked on Monday a little about Bountiful Baskets, and I have had

a lot of you ask for more details

 

Bountiful Baskets is like a food co-op except you do not have to buy every single time.

They treat it as if you are donating money to get all of these wonderful fruits and vegetables.

You also have the option to participate every week or every other week.

 

I have only participated in Bountiful Baskets for a month now and it has been completely worth the 730am Saturday morning pick ups and what it has done to my cooking!

 

Here is a picture of my last pick up

 

 

I got all of that for $15.....

 

Bountiful Baskets is literally every where. You can check their website to see if they have a pick up spot close to you!

 

Signing up is very easy!

All you do is create an account, at noon Monday of your pick up week you will sign in and purchase your basket. At that time you can do any additional add-ons (Bread, Tortillas, 20 pounds of honey crisp apples or what have you).

 

Then you just check out like you were doing any other normal online shopping and then you will receive your confirmation of where and when to pick up your baskets!

 

The biggest thing to know when going to pick up your baskets is that the actual baskets stay at the sight. So you will need to bring reusable grocery bags.

And you just need to remember your confirmation!

 

Everyone that I have met in line and our sight volunteer have been so nice and helpful!

The main volunteer even called me after my first day to tell me how to keep all of the veggies fresh longer and to answer any questions I had! 

 

Are any of you currently participating in Bountiful Baskets or any other food co-op?

If you are not, I would really think about it! Its too cheap not to pass up and I ALWAYS love a good deal!

 

Xoxo,

 

"E"

 

***I was not compensated or asked by Bountiful Baskets to do this review! I just love it too much not to share!***



 



My {New} Love

 

You may think I am talking about a new purse, shoes, etc....

nope! I am talking about my new favorite fruit

Persimmons!!

 

(I thought these were some weird type of tomato at first...)

 

I recently joined Bountiful Baskets in my area.

We have been introduced to a lot of fruits and veggies I would not ever buy.

And surprisingly both of us have enjoyed all of it!

 

After many searches on Google and Pinterest, I finally found

THE recipe I was going to make with the persimmons I got in my last Bountiful Baskets pick up.

 

Persimmon Muffins

 

3 very ripe persimmons

1 1/2 Cups of all-purpose Flour

2/3 cup whole-wheat Flour

1 cup granulated sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

3/4 teaspoon each of baking soda, salt, ground ginger and ground cinnamon

zest from 1 lemon

2 eggs plus 1 egg white

10 tablespoons of vegetable oil or butter

2/3 cup plain yogurt or sour cream

turbinado sugar for topping (I used Stevia)

 

 

Preheat oven to 350, line a 12 cup muffin pan with paper liners, cut persimmons taking the stem off and pulse in the food processor until smooth.

 

 

 

Combine ingredients from all-purpose flour to the lemon zest in a large bowl.

 

Combine eggs, vegetable oil, yogurt and blended persimmons.

 

Pour all of the wet ingredients into the dry and stir.

Evenly distribute batter into paper liners and cook for 22 minutes!

 

 

 

These are so good and even Z liked them!

The ultimate test is if he likes them!

 

This is the perfect sweet fall recipe that I needed this Sunday after being down all day Friday with a sinus attack and running around all day on Saturday!

 

How was your weekend?

Am I the only one who had no idea what a persimmon was or what to do with it?

 

Xoxo,

 

"E"

 





What We Have Been Up To {Wednesday}

aka the longest blog post line in the world!!

 

First off thank you everyone for welcoming me back!

It definitely feels good to be blogging again!

 

Since I decided to take an extended leave from this place, we have been up to A LOT!

If you follow me on instagram (@allaboute) you have seen a little bit of it!

 

 

First off after NYC we closed on our house on 6/15!

It literally was one of our happiest days!

 

 

We went to Orange Beach!

 

 

 

 

We celebrated my sweet friend Hiedi get married!

 

 

 

And we celebrated my childhood bff Chelle get engaged!

 

 

 

We had our two house warming parties and were so excited to have everyone over!

 

(this is my step-dad, our favorite BBQ chef)

 

 

And now we are counting down the days until we leave for Chicago and celebrate 2 years of marriage! (9 to be exact!)

 

Anyone been to Chicago or live in Chicago?? What is your must do's??

Who is excited about handing out candy for the first time tomorrow??? This girl is!

 

I really want our house to be super scary where kids cry when their parents make them come knock on our door but I ended up liking/buying all of the cutesy Halloween decor instead of the scary!

Looks like I will have to save all the scary stuff to use on our own kids one day!

 

Xoxo,

 

"E"

 



{Hello} Again

 

Since I have not made a visit to this place in a good 5 months, I decided it would be best

to re-introduce myself to the blogging society...

 

 

That's me. In the black. With the bottle straight up.

Not to be confused with the lady in the back with her hand up looking like she is getting after it.

 

But for a better picture that will make my momma proud....

 

(not sure if the lady is looking at my shoes or booty)

 

That's more like it!

 

 I am a lover of all things, all while having champagne taste on a Natty Light budget....

I am a small town Texas born girl who is lucky enough to call this my husband

 

Z is my sexy dime piece and a saint for putting up with me on a daily basis. We have almost been married for 2 years and together for 5 years. We absolutely love being married, however we have our daily struggles of me being ridiculous and him having to put me in my place and me not liking it.

 

I am a mother of two fur babies, the cutest you ever met in your life.

 

 

One minute we love each other the next we don't. Ace is my bulldog that I got my Junior year in college. I am honestly surprised him and I both made it out alive our first two years together. He was super wild and uncontrollable. Louie is Z's dog. (insert laughs here, we get it all the time) He bites me constantly and only wants to have something to do with me when Ace wont play with him. However, he LOOOVES Z and I let Z know on a daily basis that if he thinks no one else in the house loves him, remember Louie does.

 

I am a lover of family, friends and food (seriously, I gained 20+ pounds my freshman year in college off of double bacon cheese burgers from Jack in the Box). I am beyond amazed daily on how much Z and I our blessed, but I recently learned to be VERRRY specific what you pray for. I now know not to ask to not be materialistic or worried about future plans.

 

We recently just moved into our first house and I am loving every bit of decorating and entertaining!

 

 

I hope you will all stay around a little longer to read more about our day-to-day lives, as we try to figure out this whole marriage thing, get ready for the possible parent thing (not in the near future), travel, cook and just enjoy this time of our lives!

 

 

Xoxo,

 

"E"

 

 

P.S. I am sooo horrible at this whole "about me" "introduction" thing...the whole time I was writing this I kept hearing Meredith Brook singing "I'm a bitch, I'm lover, I'm a child....". That's probably not a good sign. 

 

 

 

 

 

New York {Day} 1

 

Remember that time I didn't blog for a month and went to New York during that time and didn't tell ya??????

 

Yeah this post is about that!

 

Warning the next couple of days will be lots of pictures, so if you are like me and like picture books more than books with lots of words (aka novels) then you are in the right place!

 

This New York trip was to celebrate my sister Hannah's 21st birthday!

 

My mom (Lori Mayo), Hannah, my bff Alyssa and I took off early May 15th and headed to the BIG APPLE!!

 

Our limo ride from the airport to our hotel

 

 

This was lunch at the most amazing Italian food restaurant ever!

 

Carmines! 

 

This delicious lunch was Parmesan shrimp and the special - mussels, clams, shrimps, and scallops!

 



 

This is little Hannie posing like Beyonce! 

 

Times Square!

 



 

St. Patricks Cathedral

 



 

Grand Central Station

 

I kept waiting for my flash mob to break out with Justin Timberlake as the ring leader!

 



 

Our first subway ride!

 



Brooklyn Bridge

 

A girls favorite store.....

 



Allegedly...if you rub this bull's balls then you have like really good luck for the rest of your life...we may have gotten a little out of hand......no pun intended.

We had to take a picture of the Killarney Rose Bar since its the rose of Delta Zeta!

 



The first night in NYC we took a boat tour of the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty

 



View of the Freedom Tower from the Hudson River - All 1776 Feet!

 



This was our awesome tour guide, Danny!

He sang happy birthday to Hannah and the New Yorker's loved them some Texas girls!

This was our first night out, outfits....we tried finding karaoke bars in "k-town" also known as Korean Town but had no luck!

 

Also, "k-town" and Koren town are not my words, there Danny's.

 



 

After looking back at our pictures now, I can't believe all that we did in ONE day!

I am starting to see why my feet are still hurting....

 

 

Xoxo,

 

"E"