Growing up when I was not feeling well, no matter if I was faking it to avoid school (don’t read that mom) or if I was actually sick, two things could always make me feel better. One was cinnamon sugar toast with the edges cut off (which was normally severed with 7-Up) and the other was hot chocolate with marshmallows. Though as a kid and even now as an adult, if they make a good one (like Stephens hot chocolate) I don’t mind a packaged cocoa mix. What I do/did mind however were the Lucky Charm type marshmallows that they tried to pass off in the cocoa mix with marshmallows as marshmallows. What crap. Those were no marshmallows. I’m not sure what they were, but they don’t melt and get gooey like real marshmallows do and that’s the best part about them. Melting down into and mixing with the cocoa. Plus if you don’t use real marshmallows you can’t reenact the scene from Wizard of Oz and shout out “I’m melting, I’m melting” as they slowly dissipate into the hot … [Read more...]
Bacon bandwagon…
I will admit that I have not been one to jump on the bacon in dessert bandwagon. Though must admit that when Liz sent me bacon toffee as a pick me up that started to sway me. I love me some bacon. I mean love. It is truly the only thing that holds me from being vegetarian is bacon. In fact my friends bought me a t-shirt that says Vegetarian*…and then at the bottom is *except for bacon. Which is about right sadly. I tried giving it up. But that stomach of that pig is like an evil siren I tell you. From time to time the fine people of Andrew McMeel and Simon and Schuster like to send me a free cookbook in the mail to preview. Some I love. Some not so much. But the other day in the mail I got one called I Love Bacon. Um. Hello world’s most perfect book for me. Now this recipe doesn’t come from there. It has just mostly made me want bacon with every meal for the last few days. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. :) Mostly I see maple and bacon together in sweet things. … [Read more...]
I’ll see your Pumpkin Spice Latte and raise you a Mascarpone Cheesecake Pot…
I know that fall is just around the corner when Starbucks rolls out their Pumpkin Spice Lattes. Nothing makes me giddier than getting my first one. The aroma of the coffee with the hint of pumpkin and the warming spices just puts you in a happy mood. Top that with a little whipped cream and you are good to go. I was doing a little different sampling of pumpkin this weekend, attending the Great Pumpkin Beer Fest(at Elysian Brewery here in the Seattle area) where they featured 30 different pumpkin beers, including one that they do a second fermentation in an actual giant pumpkin (even if you don’t like beer, you have to admit that is cool). Though I learned that when one starts drinking at 1pm and just keeps going, no matter how small the glass, you will end up sleeping on your friends couch so you don’t drive home. And you will end up with their cat sleeping on your face. Which I did not realize cats do. So that was an interesting way to start the day. :) (See glass is very … [Read more...]
Ungrateful little sucker….
Thanksgiving is upon us. No October didn’t pass you by. As you may recall, we Canadians like to copycat the states and so we gave ourselves a Thanksgiving as well. :P I’m not having a very exciting one. I’ll be spending it trying to find someone to massage my back (it’s out of whack again). I’m not cooking dinner for it at all (I usually do) and I have work later on that night (though it is score keeping hockey). Bucking all tradition I have chosen to list things I am NOT thankful for this Thanksgiving. 1. The hoops I had to jump through and am still jumping through to get a teaching certificate in the state of Washington. 2. The sample people at Costco and Sam’s. My bill is already high enough I don’t need to become addicted to something else. Which brings us to number 3… 3. Trader Joe’s. Now before you freak out, I love TJ’s and am thankful for them. However, I am not thankful that they get me addicted to a product only to take it away months later. … [Read more...]
