Lately

Top to Bottom: Fall décor is popping up all over my parents yard. Favorite item: this vintage bike and basket filled with autumn favorites. •   When it comes to candy corn, you usually love it or hate it. Which one are you? • I\’m usually not a fan of Halloween décor, but how can you not love this cute and whimsical ghost? •  I Love pumpkins, especially this one stuffed with a mum. • Savoring the flavors of summer in my mums amazing sliders.

Shape Up: 30 Day Squat Challenge

Last month I did this challenge and loved it. So I decided to repeat the challenge this month. Who\’s in?

Simple Apple Galette

Two weekends ago, my mum and I took a trip to Miller\’s Big Red to pick some apples. We picked at least five different varieties. After trying to come up with different things to make we decided on a simple galette.

Simple Apple Galette
Ingredients
Dough (I used a Marie Callender frozen pie crust)
5-7 medium apples (any kind will work, I like firm & crisp best)
3 tablespoons butter
sugar
cinnamon

Directions
1. If using a frozen crust (like i did), remove it from the pie tin and place it onto a cookie sheet covered in foil.
2. Peel, core and slice apples.
3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
4. Begin to layer the apples on top of each other inside the pie shell. Be sure to sprinkle with a bit of sugar.
5. Repeat layering apples and sprinkling with sugar.
6. Sprinkle the top layer with cinnamon.
7. Fold in the sides of the dough and bring it in up over the apple slices.
8. Pour the melted butter on the apples and the crust and sprinkle with more sugar.
9. Bake in the oven until the crust browns and the apples soften. It took 40 minutes in my oven, but make sure you check on it.
10. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
11. Enjoy a taste of fall.

Note: I drizzled a frosting on mine after it cooled for 20 minutes. The frosting was a powdered sugar and milk mixture.

Coffee Bean Candle

This fall welcome guests with a new aroma – coffee bean candles. When it comes to scents the possibilities are endless. 
What you need:
Glass Container (I used an empty Bath & Body Works large candle jar)
Coffee (I mixed Hazelnut & French Vanilla)
Vanilla Tea Lights (I liked the Better Homes ones from Walmart the best)
Instructions:
Grab your glass container (decorative bowl, mason jars…etc work well too), fill it up with coffee beans and pop a tea light candle right into the center. Light the candle and as the candle warms it\’ll heat the beans fill the room with an amazing aroma. Each time you light a new candle make sure to shake around the beans to energize the scent.
Note: I just made this with pumpkin spice coffee and the aroma is amazing.

Lately

 {mum made this amazing peanut butter and chocolate cake}
 {favorite shoes for fall: moccasins for fall}
 {working on some DIY Christmas gifts}
 {Yates Cider Mill is celebrating 150 years}
{three years in a row – Tigers}