List of to do's today that are mostly done:
Dump run, hive check, and gas tank fill.
Now we still have:
Back at home.....plant a few more rows and work on flower beds. I am starting to wish we had our own chipper so I can make non firewood worthy storm fall branches into landscaping mulch. As it is I think I will just rake up grass clippings. I have zinnia's to plant! WOO!
I think an all day outside is just what we need.
So that's what is on the menu. I got to thinking about something this week. Lots of people have been posting pictures of desserts or listing out meals with desserts. Now, I love me some sugar, but the problem with desserts is that I eat them. I eat all of them. No, I eat all of all of them. No one else here really cares for sweets except Blueberry and she will forgo dinner if she knows there will be dessert. I eat less of the good stuff too. Gobble gobble like cookie monster. Ice cream would last longer melting on the counter than in my presence. I love me some sugar.
Solution: I don't plan for desserts. I don't make them. We might have a before bed snack but it is cheese or meat or fruit. Hardly dessert menu worthy. So when we have a special occasion, the dessert really is special. Cake is not a common occurrence here. I've only ever made brownies once in my entire life and have not made them again because I would EAT them all nom nom nom nom.
I wonder when dessert became such a huge part of American daily life. You know?
Just my thoughts for the day.....
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I love me some sugar too and we rarely have dessert for the same reason. When I do bake, we call it a snack since it's devoured before the meal. And you've really only make brownies once??
ReplyDeleteUnless you count Jiffy mix box brownies....yes. Just once. I used our very first eggs from the chickens AND the recipe used NUTELLA. They were divine.
ReplyDeleteAnything made with Nutella is worth trying. I don't do a lot of desserts since having to deal with diabetes in the family. We are being more careful about what we eat now, or at least making an effort.
ReplyDeleteI remember as a kid only having dessert on Friday and Saturday nights and then we could choose between a small dish of icecream or half a bottle of pop. Cake was only for celebrations.
I have fits of "OMGSUGARRRR!" between bouts of "Eh, you go on without me." so I completely understand the NOM NOM NOM of the situation.
ReplyDeleteHave you considered trying out things like applesauce cake, or maybe a yeast sweet bread laced with honey? As a kid, much of my "dessert" choices were homemade, with honey substituted for sugar and used in lesser amounts, etc.
I'm only NOW (at 35) finding out I prefer my jams and jellies to be made with fruit alone - no sugar - and that I really love my ice tea (my Precious...) to have so little sugar in it that everyone thinks I DON'T have sugar in it.
Lately, my sweet sense is confined to Tuesdays, when Baskin-Robbins has their Dollar Scoop night. We go out as a family, get a scoop each, and feel like kids again. :)