summer goodness...

It all started with a quick stop at the magazine rack on my weekly trip to Costco.

The cover of the new Cooking Light magazine caught my eye.  "Fresh berry-peach cobbler" in large letters accompanied the wonderful photo of cobbler in a bowl with a dollop of vanilla ice cream on the side. 

I was hooked.  A copy of the magazine ended up in my cart.

Now, not only did I have my list, but I had a mission.  We were going to have berry-peach cobbler that night for dinner, no matter what.

I headed toward the fresh fruit/veggie section.  On my way back there, I began scanning through the end cap freezers to find the boneless, skinless chicken breasts that I cook for Thatcher.   I didn't find the chicken but a label on a box just popped out at me.  Was I seeing things right?  There, right before my eyes was a box labeled Berto's Gelato with a container of chocolate and one of vanilla bean inside the box.  What's the big deal with Berto's Gelato, you ask?

We started buying Berto's Gelato at Sunflower Market sometime last year and we got hooked.  Berto's originally made gelato only for the high end restaurant market in Phoenix and then entered into the specialty food retailer market.  Our local Sunflower Market has lost their lease and is closing...first question our of our mouths when we heard that was "Where are we going to get our gelato?"  It's that good!  When I saw that box at Costco, of all places, I felt like the gelato fairy was smiling down upon us.

Continuing on with the story...now that the gelato crises was solved, I moved on to finding the fruit I needed for that cobbler.  Not only did I find a box fresh peaches that had a peachy smell (don't you hate when they sell fruit that doesn't smell like fruit...in fact, it doesn't smell like anything!), but I found a case of beautiful raspberries.  Of course, now my fruit cravings exploded.  So, into the cart I loaded a case of apples, a case of mangoes and a case of Clementines.  Talk about the eyes being bigger than the stomach...my eyes were bigger than our whole family's stomachs!

Even the produce manager made a comment like..."wow, you must have a big family".   Ummm...no....just three of us...and one, the one with the cart and the checkbook, currently has a big appetite.

He just grinned.

We got our cobbler that night...it was sooooo delicious.  I made a few modifications to the recipe...can't leave well enough alone, I guess.  Of course, I had to take pictures before we ate it.  A true memory artist! 

Mission accomplished...fresh cobbler for dessert with a side of Berto's gelato.  True summer goodness.

Comments

[Donna]

ok now I want cobbler! care to share the "altered " recipe? Leave it to Carol to alter even food :)

[paula wessells]

That was in the Cooking Light mag??? I need to check that one out -

[Jeanette]

I love the recipes and photos in Cooking Light. Just wish I had your motivation to make something. It looks scrumptuous!

[Jill]

Oh man! Now I'm hungry!!!!!

[Debby]

That looks so good, I can almost taste it! Yum!!

[Jennifer]

Yum! I didn't know Sunflower was closing! Oh no! And I've forgotten to send you the address for the produce coop I was telling you about in class last month: www.bountifulbaskets.org

Hoping you are well!

[cricket]

oh my heck that looks soooo delish!! Might have to make some tonight! LOL

Smiles,

[Tammy]

OH YUM!
My mom used to make a cherry cobbler as we grew up and it was scrumcious!, that brought back yummy memories!

[Cathy]

Loved your post! My mouth is watering...I've never heard of Berto's Gelato but I'll be on my way to Costco to see if they carry it here (Santa Barbara, CA).....thanks for the great idea!! ~Cathy

[Michelle Gauthier]

Yummy looking! :)

[Noella]

Wow that looks scrumptious!!