Treats from the Trolley, Dear?

If you spent any time at all with Austin and me together than you know that the only thing stronger than our need to torment each other was our absolute LOVE for all things Harry Potter. For a couple years now I have been the proud owner of "The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook" (not to be confused with The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook which I also own). The only time I have cooked out of it was a year and a half ago when Austers came to visit me in Bellingham and we made some very British, very beefy meat pies. They were extremelyyy time-consuming but so delicious and we had a lot of fun talking in British accents and quoting Harry Potter while we cooked.

Austin has been on my mind pretty much constantly over the last few weeks, something I'm sure everyone reading this can relate to. When I got to thinking about the Harry Potter meal we shared I knew that it was time to whip out the cookbook and make another! I consulted my roommates Kelly and James and we decided on two items:

For our entree we chose the Beef Stew with Herb Dumplings that Kreacher offers Harry after he is feeling sick from yet another trip into Voldemort's mind in chapter 12 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

For our second dish we decided on the classic treat, pumpkin pasties, which first appeared in chapter 6 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone when Harry buys them on the Hogwarts Express.








They both came out SO great!!! Granted we had to eat at like 9 pm because they took so long, but thats okay. I can definitely see where having a wand would have come in handy!

Glad my friends go along with all my crazy ideas :)

For me, anything Harry Potter related is an adventure in itself. And the leftovers made a fab breakfast the next morning too! 

<3 Team Austin Forever <3