New Addition

First of all, having leftover Macy's gift cards STILL since the wedding is amazing. All of those things you didnt register for or just now realized you probably really need, can still be purchased! It's just lovely. Such a lifesaver. When I buy my last household item with the last dollar on that gift card, it will be a sad day.

Secondly, let me introduce you...

This is Bella my brand spankin' new slow cooker! She will be keeping our bellies full and warm this fall and winter. In fact, she's already started!

To break her in we had homemade chili. Just browned the beef, sauteed some onions, green pepper, and jalapenos, threw them in with some cans of beans, tomatoes, and corn(no, corn is not a normal chili ingredient- but I know my target market and he loves anything with corn).

I also made some of the quickest and easiest biscuits to go with it. They're called Cream Biscuits and it was SO simple! Just flour, salt, baking powder, sugar, add the cream, voila! And they only bake for 12 minutes so they're done in a jiffy. Add butter or lemon curd to those warm guys and you've got yourself a winner.

See now I didn't even clean the edge of the bowl for the picture, I was too hungry and I had to get to the biscuits before they got cold... you understand, right?

Thee First Post

Let me just start off by saying, the Kilbanes are picky banana eaters. I understand that there are multiple stages to a banana's life... starts off really green, heads to semi green, gets into the I'm mostly yellow with a tinge of green, then the most wonderful stage- perfectly mellow yellow with not a hint of brown in sight. After this stage comes the dreaded spots... we will no longer eat said banana once it aquires "the spot". Into the freezer it goes and once 3 have accumulated... you know what that means!

BANANA BREAD TIME!

Here is the perky little loaf that those dear brown bananas turned into... and mini chocolate chips thrown in never hurt anybody.

I do realize that my first post on Butter and Scones is not of scones... but the bananas were getting impatient in the freezer and the husband and I really cant eat a loaf of banana bread AND a slew of scones in one week. (Well we definitely could, but we also are attempting not to be 400 pounds by our 1 year anniversary)

I will tell you this... the banana bread took 45 minutes to bake and I get impatient, so I did whip up some fresh Lemon Curd that will be smothered on those delicious scones very very soon. Mmmm... I can hardly wait.