Coolier Weather

Hi Everyone,

It has been beautiful weather here in Asheville this past weekend. Waking up to 32 degree temperatures at 7am and warming up to about 60 degrees by late afternoon. Weather like this makes me want to bake and cook all day long so that's what I did this weekend. Saturday morning dropped my daughter off to work for 8:30am and headed out to the WNC Farmer's Market to see what great veggies they might have to make for supper that night. Now the secret to this market is to get there before all of the tourist do that's about 10am.

I knew I needed bell peppers for the hot pepper jelly I was making when I got home. Also checked out apples because I am thinking of making applesauce this year for Christmas presents for friends and family. And then tuck away in a corner booth was something I hadn't seen since I was a little girl growing in my back yard, turnip greens.

Now thanks to Red Wing Farm they encouraged me to step out on faith and I decided to grow some collard greens for Thanksgiving this year and they are doing beautiful. Also Beth, the garlic is starting to shoot up.Sorry I have a tendency to go off on rabbit trails, lets get back to the turnips at hand. 

They were huge green leafy tops that had bottoms the size of baseballs. Just enough white and purple coloring so you knew they were turnips, so I grabbed me a bunch with dinner on my mind instead of Georgia.(ya'll get that on the way home). I also grabbed a head of cabbage for later on in the week along with the an assorted colorful basket of bell peppers to make my hot pepper jelly.

So I am done with my early morning shopping, now its time for jamming. I am a very serious Jam Maker. Everything has to be just so, the stars in the right house, the temperature perfect, and I must have the following movies ready to go, Independence Day, any Batman Movie and any Transformer movie. These things all lined up so we were good to go.

So I jammed all day and turnip green into the evening with some cornbread and BBQ ribs. Can you say Yummy in my Tummy!

Since the cool weather has put me in such a great cooking mood, I was also in the mood to bake. So I pulled out one of my favorite fall muffin recipe, Pumpkin Spice. Roasted pumpkin, sour cream, butter and pumpkin pie spice. To make this recipe even more special I made a second batch where I added walnuts and dried cranberries. MMMMM!!!!!

Menu for October 24-27, 2011:

Pumpkin Spice Muffin $1.25

Pumpkin Cranberry Spice Muffin $1.50

Grammie's Brownies $2.00

Grammie's Nutty Brownies $2.25

Chocolate Chip Scones $2.25

Click on this link to place an order by noon to get your order delivered by the next day. Don't forget Thanksgiving is only 30 days away and Home is Where the Heart is Bakery can help with all of you baking needs from the dinner rolls to desserts. Email me for details.

Have a Great Week!

Love Always,

Grammie

Carolina on My mind

Hello Everyone,

This weekend I made some blackberry muffins for a friend of mine and he loved them. Thought what a great idea for the bakery so this week hot fresh with North Carolina Black Berries, Grammie's Black Berri Muffins. Better than what you would get from the "Muffin Man".

Also finishing up the last of the jams and jellies for the holiday sales. Holiday sales will start come November 1, 2011. Menu for catering and gifts bags will be available come October 25, 2011. So stay tune for more details.

So here's the menu for the week of October 17-20, 2011:

Grammie's Black Berri Muffin- $1.25
Grammie's Nutty Brownies- $2.25
Cranberry Orange Scone- $2.25

Click this link to place an order.

Don't forget to order cupcakes for your Halloween Parties soon. Last date to place an order is October 28th. Click on this link to get pricing and place an order.


FYI Thanksgiving is less than 36 days away don't forget Grammie can help with the all of your baking needs. Food from my Heart to your Home. Home is Where the Heart is.

Love Always,
Grammie.

Fall is Here!

I'm Back and so are the Goodies!

Hi Everyone,

Summer is done. School is back in session. Fall has arrived and so has the baking for Home is Where the Heart is Bakery. For the last month I have been participating with the Riceville Farmer's Tailgate Market, now called the East Asheville Tailgate Market located at Groce United Methodist Church on Tunnel Rd. I had a great time and looking forward to returning come next spring.

So I guess you are saying, “Where can I get some of Grammie's Goodies right now?” You can get Grammie's baked goodies right here online by clicking this link and sending me an email with your order. Now if you ordering what is listed on the website for that week by noon Monday thru Thursday I can get it to you by the next morning no later than 8am. Custom orders can take up to 3 days depending on the order.

So this week's menu October 10-14, 2011:

Grammie's Brownies $2.00

Grammie's Nutty Brownies $2.25

Chocolate Chip Scones $2.25

Cranberry Orange Scones $2.25

Mini Apple Spice Cake $2.50 (Fall Season only made with Apples from NC)

It's Halloween Time. You get ready for the “Tricks” and let Home is Where the Heart is get your party ready with the “Treats”! Order your cupcakes now for all of the little witches and goblins that's going to be haunting your home this Halloween. Cupcakes can be decorated with just orange and black frosting or we can add a small or large chocolate Halloween topper to make it a little more spookier. Email for more details.

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!

“Kick Off” the football season right with these cupcakes. Your friends will definitely want an instant replay when they see these delicious treats lined up on the center of your table. They will “tackle” them wanting more, so make sure you have extras on the “sideline” to feed that hungry crowd. Email for more details.

Just a little FYI... Thanksgiving is 43 days away and counting down. Looking for some help with the baking? Grammie to the rescue... pies, dinner rolls, cookies, cakes, even cupcakes go well with this occasion(it is an easy clean up). I do all of the hard work so you don't have to. So remember Home is Where the Heart is this Holiday Season. Good food from my Heart to your Home.

Love Always,

Grammie