Cobbler is not a healthfood…

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During many summers of my life my family has taken a trip to the beautiful mountains of Black Mountain, North Carolina. This is a tradition that goes back for generations. A newer tradition is making peach cobbler while we are there. I thought that I would share it! Any fruit can be used but for me, fresh peaches from Cook’s Roadside Market on Augusta Road in Trenton, SC can’t be beat. For an added bonus, this is prepared and cooked in one dish so clean up is easy!

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A disclaimer: Cobbler is not a health food. Yes, it contains fruit… fresh fruit even, but this does not make it good for you. It is a dessert. If you are looking for something healthy then go eat some broccoli and leave my poor little recipe alone. Also, please do not “tweak” this recipe. If you think its too easy then go make creme brulee or some such complicated item. Do not decrease the sugar. Again, this is DESSERT and is SUPPOSED TO BE fattening and bad for you. Actually if you choose a more tart fruit you may want to add even more sugar. This would be OK. Replacing the flour with wheat flour will also not make this a healthy dish but instead will leave it heavy and you’ll have to figure out the leavening (salt, baking soda whatever) since to my knowledge they don’t make self-rising wheat flour, so you may as well find someone else’s recipe to goof up.

If you think you can handle it, here ya go

Easy Vacation Cobbler
2 cups fresh fruit (peaches, blueberries and blackberries work very well for this)
1 cup self rising flour
1 cup sugar (or more for tart fruits)
1 cup whole milk
1 stick butter, melted (don’t even think about using margarine or some goofy olive oil stuff)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
I use a glass baking dish but any glass or metal dish, including those disposable aluminum ones, will do. Dump fruit and sugar into this dish and stir to coat fruit, dump flour over this, then pour milk and butter over and stir with a fork until everything is moistened. Don’t overdo it…the lumpy bits add character.
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. The top will be brown and bubbly when its done. This is supposed to serve 8 but this week its been serving 4. This recipe can be doubled.

Enjoy!
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Oh wow… she is ONE!!!

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How did this happen????? Its been a whole year and I can hardly believe it. Here are some pictures of her first birthday. I did a ladybug theme. In case you are a relative of mine and you are reading this and get your feelings hurt if you weren’t invited I AM SOOO SORRY!!! I basically ran around town on the Wednesday and Thursday before with some invites I printed on the computer. I’m tellin’ you this thing just snuck right up on me!!!

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And the cake … here’s what 2 pounds of refined sugar and food dye looks like. And I made it myself!
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and this too
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not too sure about this red thing … I’ve never eaten anything this color before
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I think I’ll just pick out the black spots
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PRESENTS!
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Leave it to Granny… this was her favorite thing!
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eating paper
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wee ladybug shoes
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Really … where did a year go?

Alyssa’s first beach trip

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Not long ago we returned from sunny Cocoa Beach, FL and Alyssa’s first beach trip. After I got over the disappointment that her first beach would not be a South Carolina one, we had a pretty decent time. As Scott points out, “Its all the same ocean”.
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Now, this child is the miniature clone of her daddy and now, in addition to looking like a clone, she is developing his quirks as well. This child who will eat any bit of floor lint without regard absolutely HATED putting her hands down in the sand. She would cautiously touch the sand then immediately wipe her hands on the skirt of her bathing suit. It was hilarious.
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Also on the beach her Mimi taught her to drink from a water bottle.
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Well we will see a SC beach before the summer is over!