Summertime Fruit Delights

Sorry it's been a couple of weeks. My craft room is almost complete, and then I will be able to start with more crafty posts. For now, I have a brief food post.

The other day I went to my friend Ri's house to surprise her with frosties. It randomly started pouring rain on my way there, so when I got there, I practically ran to the door. I was banging on the door and ringing the doorbell. I knew she was home because her parents have been out of town, and she doesn't have her license yet. I decided to try going around back, and I discovered that the screen door was open. I went inside and was looking around for her. Then I heard the door open. Ri was standing there in her raincoat. She was picking raspberries. This sounded extremely sketchy to me because I had no idea that raspberries could even grow in Georgia or that there just happened to be some bushes in her backyard. Sure enough, we went out there and there were raspberry bushes. It's strange because I always thought that raspberries grew on tiny bushes like strawberries, but I guess it makes more sense for them to grow on huge ones. Anyway, we picked some raspberries, and here are the pictures. They were delicious.

 The raspberry bushes. This was after I'd picked quite a few.

 They were much smaller berries than I was anticipating. So adorable though. (is it weird that I think fruit is adorable?)

 Ri's pickin berries too!

 Gotta remember to wash them... I love the way this captured the individual water droplets.

 We ate a bunch of them plain, but we also ate them with banana bread, cool whip, and Nutella. Yum.

What are your favorite summer foods?

Tutorial: Strawberry Crescent Rolls

These are seriously so easy to make. Even if you can't cook, you can make these! Here's what you will need to make these delicious crescent rolls:

- Fresh strawberries. Four strawberries were plenty to make eight rolls.
- A baking sheet
- Tin Foil
- Whatever brand of pre-made crescent roll dough you prefer. I used pillsbury for this tutorial, but I've also used just a regular store brand that worked just as well. I actually liked the store brand better, but that's just me.

Preheat your oven following the instructions on the tube of crescent rolls.

Cover your baking sheet in tinfoil for quick and easy cleanup.

Open your tube of crescent rolls and carefully separate them all out onto the baking sheet. Don't worry about the spacing; you can adjust it later. Make note of the cook time before throwing out the tube.

Cut up the strawberries into fairly small pieces. The smaller the pieces are, the more you can fit into the rolls.

Spread out the strawberries on the crescent rolls and then carefully roll them up starting with the wide end first.

Bake the crescent rolls as per the instructions on the tube. Typically, they'll need the longer part of the bake time range. They should be golden when you remove them from the oven.

Serve as soon as they are cool enough to eat.

I know this is a simple recipe, but it's really awesome. You should try it. Let me know what you think!
Thanks for bumping along with me through my first tutorial. Currently all my crafting stuff is still in boxes waiting to be unpacked, so we'll get to the craftiness as soon as I am able to unpack.