So I'm sick. I'm sort of snotty and definitely achy and I am running many a fever. Yet for some reason every time I get sick I feel the need to clean. Now I never really have the energy to clean when I am this sick so I try to find things to clean or organize while I sit. The bottom shelf of my pantry holds all my baking needs and so I started to rummage through that in hopes of making some sense out of it all. I have left over bags of dried fruit and chocolate through out the shelf. I decided to gather up my 1/3 cup of mini chocolate chips, my 1/3 of cup of dried cherries, my 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips and my 1/2 cup of bittersweet chocolate chips and do something with them so they would stop cluttering my shelf. So I made cookies. Don't worry the only person eating my sick cookies is my also equally sick husband. So I am not infecting others with my diseased cookies(though for the … [Read more...]
Tag, I’m it
So this meme was much easier than the last one sicne I did not have to narrow down my favorite 5 foods...that was tough. Lis over at La Mia Cucuina tagged me for this and I am finally get around to it. I am thinking about: when am I going to get over this flu/cold whatever it is I said: I would give the dog a bath but ugh, I so don't want to I want to: go to Paris and experience Pierre Herme I wish: I had more cabinet space and that my evil blog stealer would stop stealing my blog(no doubt this will show up on there) I regret: very little, life is too short to regret anything.... I hear: some really bad vampire movie in the background that my husband is watching I am: not a fan of the Fall Skinny jeans look I dance: around the kitchen more often than I like to admit I sing: so badly that people pay me to stop(true story) I cry: more than I should I am not: a very good housekeeper I am: a lousy ice hockey player(but I love it) I write: … [Read more...]
The love affair continues….
So when you bake two cheesecakes in one week you can only take so many creative pictures of it....and there aren't that many in the first place. So if you are wondering what is up with my first photo...boredom. Once a month I have book club. We all have one thing in common, we are newlyweds. Though most of us have been married long enough not to fit into that category. We pick a book and a handful of us(out of 15 or so) read the book. We rarely discuss the books. We are there for the food and gossip people. So book club is always my chance to make something I really want to eat but wont make because I would eat all of it. My pumpkin swirl cheesecake went over extremely well at the party I took it to, that I decided that I should make another cheesecake. I'm really not one to use a graham cracker crust with my cheesecakes. I like to create a bottom that will compliment the filling. I chose a shortbread type crust for my Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake(I'm very swirly this week). This … [Read more...]
Neglect
I feel bad that I have neglected my lovely little blog. I was score keeping hockey(my other passion in life..hockey not score keeping) all weekend for a tournament...trying to make money to pay for my own hockey. Anyway, no baking was done and cleaning either :P So I feel guilty. I remembered that I made cookies awhile back and chose not to put them up because I had just done something with Nutella. But since my blog is feeling rejected I thought I would throw something up so that my thief has something new to add to his/her collection. :) I also feel really bad because I haven't had to time to go around and read all of my favorite blogs. I did get to read some SHF stuff but still have to go read and vote for HHDD. So much to do. This cookie is really cakey and visually not that exciting(so I threw chocolate chips on top for a little character). I really enjoyed these, but then again, I really enjoy Nutella. There isn't an overwhelming hazelnut flavor so if you have someone … [Read more...]
