Labor Day Outings

I still can't believe the summer is finally coming to an end - marked by Labor Day weekend. I am very much looking forward to the fall - love the crisp mornings, smell of cinnamon, vanilla baked apples and fields fun of blooming sunflowers.

Yesterday i embarked on one of my favorite outings - i took a ride out to eastern Long Island to visit the wineries and little farmstands. It was glorious - the sun was shining and there was a nice cool breeze - perfect weather for the beginning of fall. I was able to get loads of fresh veggies, pick the last of the peaches and visit my favorite sunflower farm to get a bunch of my beloved flowers for my kitchen table. I also picked up a bag of fresh ginger gold apples. My favorite kinds of apples include ginger gold, macoun, and mitzu.

Ginger gold are one of the first apples of the fall and are a mildly sweet yet tart apple. They have a nice crisp crunch and are a perfect eating apple. They are a hardy apple and will hold their shape during baking. I love baked apples or homemade applesauce on a cold fall night topped with freshly grated cinnamon!!

Before heading out i started my day with a usual summer breakfast of vanilla almond milk topped with fresh berries (the last of my blackberries - how i will miss them!!!) along with my favorite Kashi cinnamon harvest.

We were out for most of the day and I came home quite famished (ate lunch in the car) and was too tired to even think about a new recipe to whirl up soI decided to fall back on a favorite - breakfast for dinner - egg white omelette with fresh spinach, red roasted peppers and a fresh ripe tomato topped with basil and oregano. Alongside i toasted an Ezekial pita bread.

Well today im off to run some errands that desperately need to get done (food shopping and the like) and then im off to my brothers house for a Labor Day barbecue with friends.

Oh and here's a picture of a lovely creature I happened to spot earlier this morning -

A beautiful Praying Manthis - aren't they the most delicate creature you have ever seen???

Hope you all have a great and relaxing Labor Day and enjoy the fall like weather!!!!!!

xoxo aimee