Foodie Friday (bonus) • Food Blog Love

Two friends of mine do an entertaining and scrumptious food blog I'll Eat My Hat  that I photographed some photos for when I shared a meal with them recently! YUM! Check it out here.

Foodie Friday • The Starland Cafe • Savannah, GA

This week for Foodie Friday, I am featuring a little hidden Savannah gem called The Starland Cafe. They have lots of outdoor seating which is nice for the warm Savannah weather. You couldn't ask for kinder staff. Starland is seated right next to a dog park for all of you dog lovers out there. :) Then there's the food. Oh the food! They definitely have lunch covered, serving the freshest panini, soups and salads full of lovely and unique combinations of ingredients. A few of my favorite panini include The CBG and Turkey & Hummus. If you are a vegetarian (or just a lover of veggies) their "Everything But the Kitchen Sink" salad is to die for as well as many other vegetarian and vegan options. Did I mention the soups? The best Thai Tomato Soup, Potato Soup and Turkey chili of my life! Now for some iPhone photographs I snapped on my last visit there.

The outdoor seating by their garden in the back

    Daily Special: 1/2 sandwich +soup!                             The Menu

    

The fabulous sweet tea is always fresh and made from a variety of teas such as Earl Gray, Long Leaf, or Mango. (unsweet also available)

    Greek Asparagus (vegeterian)                   The Spicy Turkey with Turkey Chilli Special

    

You bring a little animal sign to your table so they know where to bring your food.

My dress happened to match the restaurant that day so of course 

I had my friend take a picture of me at the front. 

Open Monday-Friday (11am-3pm)!

Foodie Fridays • SweetCakes Bakery • Cornelius, NC

SweetCakes Bakery is quite a lovely gourmet cupcake shop located in Cornelius, NC and serves the entire Lake Norman area. It opened in 2008 by a mother and daughter team, Brenda Lord and Heather Allen who are two of the sweetest ladies. All of the cupcakes are baked fresh daily with all natural ingredients, many of which are from local farmers. Most importantly though, the cupcakes- are- amazing! I can honestly say I have tried nearly every flavor and they are all super delicious. My personal favorite is the Mississippi Mud pictured below. It's full of rich chocolaty goodness. Sweetcakes also caters to weddings with custom cupcakes created for your special day. You can check out the details here.

  

    Mini Blackberry Wine

    

Custom designed packaging

Hummingbird

Vanilla

White Chocolate Raspberry

    Article in the Charlotte Observer                           The cupcake flavor weekly schedule