Weekend in the Country

We had an amazing weekend in upstate NY. I had originally booked us an all day outdoor rock climbing trip but we were rained out due to Hurricane Kyle. M took a look at the 'gunks and was like, "hell, no!"

Past a few farms, we arrived at our friends' beautiful house. They had just picked this gorgeous "bounty" from the garden and we went outside to check out where they came from. M: "That's lettuce!" Beautiful herbs, tomatoes, peppers, raspberries, Brussels sprouts and flowers. I had to have a seat on the John Deere.

I love spending a quiet evening cooking with friends. M marinated and grilled the beautiful grass fed organic steaks that K picked up. K whipped up some polenta with swiss chard and flounder fillets. I sauteed the Brussels sprouts. We had pecan pie for dessert and a nice whiskey and Bourbon tasting.

For breakfast, we made some home-fries, fried green tomatoes, bacon, poached eggs and fresh raspberries. We watched some CNN, read, hung out while the rain lightly tapped on the windows.

On the way back, we stopped by Dressler's farms and picked up some sweet corn (amazing!), honey crisp apples, white peaches, apple cider and apple cider doughnuts. We'll have to hit the corn maze another time.