Foodie Pen Pals - June 2012

This is the first month I've participated in Foodie Pen Pals.  If you're not familiar with Foodie Pen Pals, it's this very cool program where you're paired up with two other people - one you send food to and one you get food from.  To learn more, check it out at www.theleangreenbean.com!

This month, I sent goodies to a very nice girl in Pennsylvania.  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of the package I sent before it went out.  (I'll remember next month!)  I had a blast making yummy stuff and picking out local treats to send.  I made whole wheat chocolate chip cookies, Bailey's Irish Cream brownies, and coconut-lemon cupcakes with lemon buttercream frosting, although the coconut kind of overpowered the lemon.  I included a jar of strawberry-rhubarb preserves from a farm that my family's been going to since before I can remember and a bottle of blackberry honey from a local honey farm that we discovered a couple of years ago.  I think I'm going to make the honey a regular part of my packages.

The goodie box I received was awesome!  I got it from someone in Buffalo, NY.  She sent me a bunch of local specialties that I'm super excited about!

 

There are maple candies,  honey-caramel turtles, hot sauce, barbeque marinade, horseradish mustard, and a chili spice mix for chili dogs. So much YUM!  Also, she sent me a bunch of super cute recipe cards!

I love doing Foodie Pen Pals, and I can't wait to do it next month!

Always,

BeccaBot