Heather Bakes

Today was our last full day at the beach. So sad. Though it’s probably time to leave… despite ample  SPF 50, my shoulders and knees (weird) are really sunburned.

We packed another picnic lunch for the beach today:

PB&J, oranges, apples, bananas, Goldfish, trail mix, soda and water.

It was gorgeous outside- we’ve been really lucky with the weather this week. I ended up finishing Cooking for Mr. Latte. What an amazing foodie read!! This one was checked out from the library, but there were so many great recipes inside that I’m tempted to just break down and buy a copy for myself.

Around 4 we headed up to the pool. My cabana boy (Brian) fetched me a nice strawberry daiquiri.

Virgin, of course. He had some weird coconut rum-pineapple-grenadine concoction.

We decided to make tonight our “nice” dinner night. On Monday we walked by this cute little café in Shelter Cove Harbour, Bistro 17. It was packed with diners (always a good sign), looked out onto the water, and got decent reviews on Yelp.

I started with the chilled tomato soup with basil oil, chives and shaved parmesan:

This was PERFECT. Fresh, tangy and just slightly creamy. I cleaned the bowl and could have eaten three more.

Our view from the table:

For an entrée, I ordered the seared sea scallops with cauliflower puree and snap peas:

 This was a little disappointing. The scallops were cooked well and the caviar sprinkled on top ws a nice surprise, but the puree was really bland. And they substituted snow peas for the snap peas (why??). Brian ordered the crabcakes, which were delicious- so I guess I just chose poorly.

After dinner we walked around for a bit, visited the bookstore, then decided to find some dessert. All week we’ve passed the Hilton Head Diner and been really curious about the place. It stands out from the other restaurants on the island in a campy kind of way, and it’s open 24 hours. Plus diners are known for good pie, right? Our table had its own little jukebox.

Brian played some Van Morrison.

I ordered what I thought was chocolate cream pie, but it ended up being some Oreo concoction.

How ridiculous is that whipped cream? Unfortunately it didn’t taste quite as good as it looked, so I bogarted Brian’s cherry pie a la mode.

Before I forget: Be sure to check out Monica’s blog, Run Eat Repeat! She’s on her honeymoon this week (woo woo!) and asked a few food bloggers to submit guest posts about their honeymoons. It was fun getting a chance to reminisce… can’t believe it’s been FOUR years. We look like babies. Anyway, thanks to Monica for the opportunity- hope you’re having a fun trip!!