Two blogs in one day = amazing! We went out with some friends on New Year’s
Eve. We have never done anything on NYE,
so this was unusual for us! We usually
just stay home and cook a nice dinner after the kids go to bed, but we don’t
stay up until midnight. My parents
always offer to watch the kids but we never take them up on it. Go figure, this year they were going to
Chicago so they couldn’t babysit! Ryan’s
niece, Lauren, ended up babysitting for us.
We went to Grunauer, which is Austrian/German cuisine, and then went to
Extra Virgin for dessert. We ended up
staying out until after 1am which is very unlike us. J We went with our friends Elizabeth and
Anthony, who are ‘newer’ friends of ours.
They are great, they like to eat and drink so we get along just fine. Anthony is going to do Vineman ½ Ironman with
Ryan in July, so the 4 of us are turning it into a vacation. They don’t have kids but we still have a lot
in common.
I’ve also baked a few things recently, which reinforces how
much I really love to bake! I love it,
even though it takes time and makes a mess.
I would rather slave over something than buy it any day. I made some toffee for teacher gifts just
before Christmas, then tried a peanut butter pie I found on Pinterest for our
dinner with Ryan’s sister’s and brother.
It had an Oreo crust and was made in a springform pan. I also made some brownie Christmas trees, and
just last weekend I made an amazing coconut cake to take to dinner at a friend’s
house. This cake was amazing and worth
all the effort (ane mess). I got the recipe from my friend Bonjwing here:
http://ulteriorepicure.com/2010/01/08/recipe-coconutty/. I do love baking, but I don’t like having
baked goods sit around. I cannot resist
cake, pie, or cookies! I just can’t…if
they are in the house I will eat them.
And I won’t eat just one; I will eat until I make myself sick. It’s a problem, yes I know…so I just make
sure I get the stuff out of the house as soon as I can.
Along the lines of eating…Ryan had been having some GI
issues for a while. Since last summer
actually. He’s always been allergic to
dairy, but had started drinking skim (in lieu of soy milk) in his coffee a
while ago even though he knew he shouldn’t.
He went to the doctor and they gave him some medicine that should have
helped, but it didn’t. He was about to
make an appointment with a GI specialist when he decided to try an elimination
diet first. He cut out wheat, grains,
and dairy. His symptoms literally went
away in a matter of just under 3 days. It
was shocking actually. This was right at
2 weeks ago and he feels amazing. I have
to say that it is a bit annoying…not so much at home, but going other
places. We both have always been people
that eat anything and everything, but that has changed. We went to a friend’s house for dinner on
Saturday (Elizabeth and Anthony’s house, where were took the above coconut
cake). He didn’t eat the grits and
picked the blue cheese off of his salad, and he ate the teeniest bite of cake
you have ever seen. The cake thing
annoyed me because I slaved over that cake for 3 days! I guess what bothers me is multiple aspects -
the fact that I feel a bit embarrassed that my husband is now one of ‘those’
picky eaters, we used to eat everything together and now we don’t, and finally…I
really hate change. J
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| Brownie trees - I did a terrible job cutting the brownies, don't look too closely! |
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| Toffee with bittersweet chocolate and chopped hazelnuts and pecans |
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| Peanut butter pie with an Oreo crust |
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| And last but not least, the coconut cake! |
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