Harry Potter and the Half-Burnt Pears

After not being able to go all summer, Isaac and I decided to pack up the car and head to the drive-in for our fall activity of the weekend. We saw the first Harry Potter movie, complete with Hippeas and chocolate-covered banana chips. You know, typical movie snacks.

We woke up on Sunday and drove down to our new favorite trail to find some leaves for our craft. It turned out to be much more difficult than we expected as the leaves have barely started to fall here. Plus, I accidentally touched a slug. But it wasn’t a complete disaster, we eventually found what we were looking for and saw some really nice dogs.

For dinner, we made this recipe for Vegan Pumpkin Ricotta Stuffed Shells (god bless cashew-free alfredo sauce) and balsamic brussels sprouts. For dessert, we made a variation of these Baked Pears. Due to the fact that I may or may not have a tree nut allergy that is getting increasingly worse, I made a crumb topping for mine using flour, vegan butter, oats, cinnamon, and coconut sugar instead of the walnuts. It was all fun and games until we started thinking we could get fancy and put them on broil to get crispy and ended up burning most of the walnuts. Still delicious.

For our craft, we tried making some clay, leaf print bowls which are currently drying. We’ll see how they turn out in the next few days.