The Story Of Us

To me autumn is all about apples, bread pudding, soup and other hearty warm treats that make my belly happy : ) Here are some of the things I'd like to make this fall pinterest     pinterest  these I already made. I substituted the beef for chicken and added some lettuce and avocado's. pinterest   pinterest  Hoping to go apple picking soon and then make these. Though I'd minus the chocolate and add nuts. I like my caramel apples old school.    pinterest  Go the ingredients.. hoping to make it soon. pinterest     pinterest  made this over the weekend. So good.  pinterest pinterest Get my post directly in you inbox with  Bloglovin I am now also offering ad space.  See  Sponsors  for more information .  Newsletter Sign Up - Let's Stay Connected, Shall We?

We have had a road trip overload.. so I thought I'd give you all a little break with something sweet.. Halva  refers to many types of dense, sweet  confections , served across the Middle East, Sub - Continent and Africa, just to name a few. I know I don't talk about it much but while I was born and initially raised in Chicago I spent my pre-teens to early adulthood in my parents birth country Pakistan. No, not India and yes there is a difference. :) I met my wonderful husband there though he was in New York during our entire pre-wedded bliss epic long distance engagement era. (can you sense the drama? well drama there was)  I feel it is because I was lucky (though it didn't always feel that way) enough to spend a huge part of my life living in two vastly different countries that I was able to soak up the right amounts of each and bring it not only into our life and in the raising of D but also into my photography .  Wow.. now that was quite a sidetrac...

This is my first food post.. it saddens me that the first post is of a cooking failure, but you gotta start somewhere right? And the past few months, ever since I have been more regular with posting and getting a more regular flow of comments.. (Thank You to All You Fabulous Commenters!) I have felt more inspired to post.. I am always thinking about what I can blog about next.. so from now on once a week hopefully I will show you a glimpse of what I made.  And so we start with Luscious Lemon Square.. and it is not me calling them that.. that is what they're name is.. I am quite aware that they.. it does not look luscious.. nor is it a square..  Often food does not end up looking as good as you expected but it still tastes good.. this did not! We could not even get through have of it.. and this is a small 5in circle.  This is what they were supposed to look like! I also have developed a whole new respect for food photographers.. I being a photographer f...