Four steps to food bliss

1. Make pie crust, divide into balls, and roll out. If you use store-bought crust you will have no one to blame but yourself when it turns out kind of gross.

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2. Peel and chop apples. I use Granny Smith but my mom has made these with peaches before. Place apples and small pat of butter in center of dough circles.

3. Crimp dough into dumpling shapes and bake.

4. Pour on sugar sauce and eat hot. Repeat for breakfast.

Note to future self: It's probably not a good idea to eat this after 10, what with the inevitable sugar rush. Reading In Cold Blood as a bedtime story doesn't help much with sleeping either.

Public Service Announcement

Are you watching Friday Night Lights? Why not? Is it that you don't like football? You got tired of Dawson's Creek and don't need another show about high school? You hate Texans? Seriously, people.

I was one of you for the first half of the season, but it was getting so much good press that I finally gave in and set the dvr to record it. A few days later NBC ran a marathon and when I sat down to watch it that weekend I was glued to the couch for the next four hours. The thing that I love most about it is it's completely dead-on portrayal of high school (at least in my experience). I love, love the relationship between Julie and Matt and there are so many moments with them where I think, "I know exactly what that feels like!"

Anyway, if you're not interested in high school drama, there's always football and Kyle Chandler. If that's not enough for you then go back to watching Everybody Loves Raymond reruns. I don't want to share my show with you anyway.

If you need to catch up, Television Without Pity has great recaps.

Also, dinner:

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Leftover chicken noodle soup (recipe from Linda) and puff pastry topping idea from Martha Stewart.

Monday Night - A Photo Essay

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