One Day

Hi!  How was your weekend?  Mine feels longer than usual.   I switched my regular day off at work from Wednesdays to Mondays starting this week.  4 ten hour days in a row might be tough, but I think I’ll enjoy having a 3 day weekend.

My friends and I had our book club meet up to discuss One Day, by David Nicholls.  I’ve been slacking on making home made goodies.  I stepped it up and made a delicious apple crisp.

I got the recipe from a blogger and fellow RD I truly adore, Prevention RD.

Apple Crisp (courtesy of Nicole)

• 4 cups of apples, peeled, cored, and diced
• 2 Tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• Juice of 1/2 a lemon
• 3/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp + 1/2 tsp cinnamon, divided
• 1/2 cup (1 stick)  1/3 cup 50/50 Smart Balance Blend butter, cold, cut into pieces

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 ° F.

Place apples in baking dish.

Sprinkle apples with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar. Combine lemon juice and cornstarch and stir until smooth. Pour over apples and toss together gently. Sprinkle apples with 1 tablespoon of cinnamon. In a medium bowl, combine oats, flour, sugar, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.

Cut in butter using a pastry blender, forks or your fingers until it resembles coarse crumbs. Top apples evenly with crumble mixture.

Bake about 20-25 minutes until bubbly and topping is lightly browned. Cool about 5-10 minutes and top with vanilla ice cream, if desired.   Serves 8.

This dessert was a hit!!  We had a bit of rainy weather today in Vegas, so it was the perfect complement. 

Anyway, back to the book.  For the most part, we all weren’t in love with it.  Mainly the two main characters, Emma and Dexter.  I don’t want to say too much else without spoiling it.

“After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.” source

The movie for the book is set to come out in August.  It‘s starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess.  Even though my feelings are mixed with the book, I’d still like to see the movie.

We had our first male edition to book club…my sister’s cat Ned.  He sat with us, but for some reason didn’t want to join in the discussion.

Food, food, and more food!! 

I had a bit of everything on my plate.  Gosh, went a bit crazy with the spinach dip there didn’t I.

I loved every delicious bite.

I also had a glass of wine with lunch..dinner..or do you call it linner??

And for dessert..apple crisp and chocolate cake.  I definitely splurge when I go to book club.  Thankfully, we only meet once a month.

We’re reading The Help for next month’s read.  I’ve already gotten through the first couple chapters and love it!  If you want to see other books we’ve read, check out the book club tab under my Favorites.

Other Swanky Scoop:

Kristen brought over my bridesmaid dress for her wedding.  What do you think??  Cute, right!?!  You’ll have to excuse the no make up.  My roomie took it this morning.  I’m thinking of wearing my hair down.  What do you think would look good with a strapless dress?

Usually I have my Sunday night routine of getting ready for work.  Who knows what mischief I’ll get into since I have tomorrow off.  Ok, probably just going to catch up on some blog reading.    Thanks for reading!

How was your weekend?  What was the highlight?

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