Humpday

Is it me, or have the last few weeks seemed to have gone by painfully slowly? The work weeks are lasting seemingly forevvvvver. In any case, TGIW! The intention of this blog is still to share baking and cooking recipes, but...

...I just can't resist.

I am going to start looking for wedding dresses this weekend! I cannot believe it. Thank goodness I also started working out again this week :). I am a little nervous since I'm not too into going googoo gahgah over anything/anyone, much less anyone doing that over a ridiculously expensive white dress that I will wear once. In any case, I think it will be a fun experience with my mom. It would be bananas if I got my dress this weekend, almost a year from my wedding. More time to alter it. I am half expecting the alterations people to have to chop off a foot or two since I'm so short!

I think some people are confusing my relaxed attitude about my wedding as not being excited. Trust me--I am beyond excited and am very much looking forward to celebrating the rest of my life with the man I love (ha, that looks so corny written down!). The way I look at it, this is a time to enjoy. To me, planning all of this is fun.

Now, back to food. Mmmmm, food. Love food.

On the savory menu for tonight:
--nachos (oops!)
--salmon with garlic + lime butter
--mashed parsnip and carrott

Lunch portion

On the sweet menu for tonight:
--gluten-free peanut butter cookies
Recipe:
--1 cup smooth peanut butter (no oil--you should be looking for PNB that has two ingredients: peanuts and salt)
--1 cup coconut sugar (you can use any kind of sugar/sugar substitute, but I like coconut sugar because it is very low on the glycemic index, contains vitamins and minerals, doesn't have much of a taste in baked goods)
--1 tsp baking powder
--1 egg
--1 tsp vanilla extract (I always eyeball this...mainly because I love vanilla)


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix ingredients together. Roll dough into little balls (you can roll them into white sugar or coconut sugar if you would like--would create a great crunch) and smoosh (yes, that is a technical term) onto the parchment paper/silicone baking mat. Put in the oven and set timer for 8-10 minutes (depends on how you like your cookies [crunchy, soft etc]). Try to resist eating them all right away and let them sit for a few minute...thennnn you can enjoy!

Time to eat.

xo,
C