hump day hankerin'

On Tuesday I made a quick stop at The Fresh Market grocery store.  It's pretty awesome compared to the grocery stores near my house, so I was like a kid in a candy store.  Even my 9 year old was thoroughly impressed - but, she was a kid in a candy store...with the huge display of candies, chocolate covered goodies, etc.  I picked up just a few items (and lunch) but they have sparked some serious cravings.  And the best thing to do for cravings is SATISFY them - otherwise, you'll obsess over them, consuming everything else in the house and still will be left with that unfulfilled yearning, that gnawing sense of NEED in the pit of your stomach.....oh....sorry, got carried away.  That's probably just me that OBSESSES over things.  So anyway, back to my purchases.  I picked up this lovely jewel -

I don't even like tomatoes, but this one was so pretty i had to have it.  I've got tomatoes on the brain b/c mine are not growing in the garden.  Well, they are growing, but not very big, and not turning red.  And then the stupid birds are pecking at them.  I want red freakin' tomatoes.  See, that obsession thing again.  I did get my first, perfect, red cherry tomato today - so I'm feeling a little less over the top about them not growing.  Once again, I digress. 

I found this gorgeous tomato and bought it thinking it would go into a pasta recipe I saw.  (Which now I can't find, otherwise I'd share).  However, after looking at this tomato and my sister mentioning BLT's, all I could think about was piling some bacon on this bad boy.  So much so that I caved and made a special trip to the store with Mr. Two to get everything I would need for a mac daddy BLT.  I should also mention that I have never eaten a BLT before.  But I had a hankerin'.  I'm pretty sure this is another Southern-ism

I guess I had a BLOT - since I added onion!

don't ask me why it's blurry in the middle

and can you believe my local grocery store ONLY had iceburg lettuce...that's it! ugh!

Neither shot can do this sandwich justice.  All I can say is....OH YEAH!  It was that good.

And then I did something really mean...I hid the bacon so my husband wouldn't eat it all, so that I can have another sandwich later.  hmmm, better keep that quiet.

This was another purchase.  It's not nearly as pretty as the tomato, but for some reason I wanted it.  It's called 'Morning Mix', and is full of healthy sh...um, stuff.  Oats (obviously), cinnamon covered raisins and apples, sunflower seeds, etc., etc.  It looked very....healthy.  So I bought it.  and don't know what to do with it.  I've mixed it in some yogurt - that was good.  I took some, mixed it with almond butter and mini chocolate chips for a snack - that was the bomb.  But this morning, I really wanted MUFFINS!!  So what did I do?  I made muffins.

and added some mix to the tops of half.  YUM.  I made Lemon Blueberry Muffins (again).  Made my usual changes - 1/2 white flour, 1/2 wheat, made it "egg-free", added a little extra lemon juice since I didn't have any zest, and threw in a half of a peach I had left in the fridge.

I am also not a huge fan of peaches (surprise, surprise) so I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out.

but the combination of blueberry, lemon and peach worked.  They were deee-licious.  Unless you're Mr. Two, who took one bite and pushed it away "not good".  I said "it IS good, it's yummy and good for you, take a bite".  He said "NOOOOOO, no good".  and he ate Cheerios.  and I ate his muffin.