Color

With the amount of food coloring and preservatives supermarket baked goods usually contain, I generally steer clear of them. While eye-catching, they taste like cardboard and do very little for me on the taste front.  But when a guest brought some over last night for dessert, goodness, was I pleasantly surprised. Actually, I kind of went to town.  Much to our surprise, the labels revealed no preservatives! Just your typical baking ingredients along with natural and artificial flavors at the end.  Before you cringe at the amount of food dye screaming from these leftovers sitting atop our dining table this morning, try one.  Never judge a book by its cover, yeah?

One of the nice things about summer is that we get decent light in the mornings, right at the peak of rush hour. Images bright and glam straight out of the camera are nice ways to start Monday mornings.  Especially cool June ones like today.