Mission Pumpkin Continued

I did not quit my mission: pumpkin....although it may seem that way due to my lack of posting! This post is several weeks behind schedule, seeing as how this pumpkin selection was eaten on November 12!!!! But teaching and graduate school and holiday festivities just don't seem to allow much time for blogging. However, that is being remedied as we speak! I have several posts planned and, with Christmas break just around the corner, time to spare!

On Saturday Nov. 12, my sister Mallory came for a visit and arrived just around lunch time. As much as we love our Panera's and McAlisters' and similar restaurants, there is a local lunch place that is special to us and we hadn't been to since June 12, 2009. My and Dan's families and my bridesmaids had lunch at the Butterfly Garden Cafe the day before our wedding and it was the perfect, soup-and-sandwichy, girly place for a bridesmaids brunch. Mal hadn't been there since that day, although I like to revisit regularly, so I suggested that we eat lunch there.

They always have a great selection of sandwiches, soups, and salads and a great seasonal menu that changes often. Their servings are quite plentiful, so the question always comes at the end of the meal: Do we want dessert?? Do we think we could manage more food?? But the answer to that question when you are at the Butterfly Garden is always YES! Bring on the dessert! Their desserts are wonderful, especially their gooey cakes.

Mal got the Butterscotch Gooey Cake and I got the Pumpkin Crunch. The gooey cake was easily one of the richest things you would ever put into your stomach and the crunch was warm, the perfect seasonal mixture of pumpkin and a crunchy topping.



Mal is trying to decide what to get! There are too many choices!




My Pumpkin Crunch in the front and the Butterscotch Gooey Cake in the back. Yum!