Autumnal Groceries

Today was my day to run errands and try to catch up a bit on housework before tomorrow's homework and class marathon. We sold one of our (many) cars over the weekend, and since I didn't want to go to the dentist with hundreds of dollars in cash on me, I thought I might want to go to the bank. One bank trip, dentist visit, post office stop, and grocery run later and I am pretty much set (barring a last minute pie crust/margarine run) until Thanksgiving!

My grocery store of choice is Sunflower, because they have the BEST prices on produce. Seriously, you can get almost everything plant-based at least 30% cheaper than at the regular store. They also have a lot of organic, local, and environmentally friendly stuff, as well as a huge selection of bulk dry goods. I get all my sugar, flour, and split peas from their bulk section. They always have weekly sales, and on Wednesdays they overlap. I know already that I will miss Sunflower when we move back east.

These lovelies are for Nathan's Thanksgiving apple pie. The trick to a great apple pie is slicing the apples thin, and having at least three different kinds. I have Braeburn, Jazz, Jonagolds, Jonathans, and Granny Smiths in that picture. I can't wait to see how it turns out!

While I was picking everything else up, I grabbed an extra can of pumpkin and some dark chocolate chips for muffins. Here's all the ingredients:

First you mix all the wet stuff together.

Then all the dry stuff. If I were to do it again I would switch the bowls and put the dry ingredients in the bigger bowl, since it's better to add the wet to the dry, instead of the other way around.

Mix it all up, plop it in your muffin tins, and pop it in the oven.

Wait 20 minutes (or longer if you're talking to your mother on the phone and your timer doesn't go off) and you'll have two dozen muffins all piping hot with gooey chocolate. If you'd like the recipe you can find it here: Pumpkin Muffins.

See? Gooey chocolate.