Desserted Island Bars

aka Gluten Free Magic Cookie Bars

 Jinkies!  I feel like I've been gone for a million years!  Your not going to believe this but Veronica and I were ship wrecked on a desserted island and we had to survive for months with nothing to eat but coconuts and pecans and chocolate chips! 

What?  You don't believe that?  OK, your right, I made that up.  But I like the idea of a dessert island! 

So anyway...

Peach Crisp for Me

Moving to the country,

Gonna eat a lot of peaches.

Millions of peaches,

Peaches for me.

Millions of peaches,

Peaches for free.
LOOK OUT!

We went to a local orchard to get peaches but I didn't see any ninjas.  I'm kind of disappointed about that.  Dad said the ninjas only come out if you try to get your peaches for free.  We paid for our peaches, hence, no ninjas.
Maybe next time.

Peach Crisp for Me

 So yup, we got us some peaches and they aren't from a can!  Although you can make this crazy easy peach crisp with canned peaches.  Or apples.  Or berries.  Or whatever fruit you want.  It's yummy enough for dessert and healthy enough for breakfast.  What more could you ask for?

Microwave Baking, Part 2: GF Chocolate Cake

Wow!  You have been waiting a very long time for Part 2 of this series!  

Thank you for being so patient.

But believe me, this cake is worth waiting for! 

Microwave Baking, Part 1: Cinnamon Muffin

I bought this cookbook:  Gluten Free in 5 Minutes

Could it be true?  Can I really make bread, cake and muffins in minutes? This book seemed perfect for me and I was very excited to try it.  I made about a dozen different recipes and I was horribly disappointed. Horribly!  Everything turned out gummy and spongy and reeked of overcooked scrambled eggs.  I'm not sure why the recipes didn't work for me, I used the same brands that were recommended in the book and I measured carefully.  I finally figured out that I needed to either cut way back on the wet ingredients or increase the dry ingredients.  I really don't mind playing around with recipes but I buy cookbooks to eat.  And if I can't eat it without fixing the recipe first, it's useless to me. 

But I really liked the idea of microwave baking and I wasn't ready to give up.    

Jareth and Fezzik... and Flourless Oatmeal Cookies

It snowed Thursday.  And not a good snow.  This was icky and wet and not enough to cancel school. As far as snow goes, it was pointless

We don't have sidewalks in our neighborhood and I'm pretty sure that our street is the last one in the state to get plowed so I had to trudge up hill, through the snow, to the school bus stop.  And then, in the afternoon, I had to slog down the hill, through the slush (because they still hadn't plowed) to get back home. 

It really made me miss summer...

And Veronica.

So I thought I would do a little summer reminiscing and I was looking through photos of me and Veronica and it got me thinking.

I don't think I ever introduced Jareth and Fezzik.

Blueberry Sauce

It's blueberry season!  And I love blueberries.  We have some bushes in the backyard and I eat the berries as fast as they ripen.  That's if I can pick them before the chipmunks, squirrels and birds get to them!  They are so good.  Sweet and juicy and warm from the sun.  I can't blame the critters for wanting to eat them!