Back To Baking. And Mailing!
Sooo #bakingbootcamp was pushed to the back-most back burner over the past couple of weeks. Perhaps it had something to do with checking croissants off my list and feeling like other recipes couldn’t quite cut it in the challenging department. But I suspect it had more to do with craving QT with Austin after being out of town so much and just wanting to explore . Either way, it was high time for me to get back to it.
After mailing out a ton of cookies last year, I asked the blogging world for suggestions on what else I could send. Cookies, although I adore the batter, are awfully boring to make. And when a few of my HLS buddies chimed in offering suggestions, I thought it would be super appropriate to bump them to the top of the list and mail them their suggestions.
I prepped batter for three coffee cakes: one for Kelly, one for Mindy, and one for Julie. And I poured the batter evenly into three adorable paper loaf pans that I bought specifically for postal goodies. I put them in the oven and waited and waited and waited.
The baking took much longer than expected, which made me nervous.
So nervous that I had to taste a wedge of one of the cakes before sending. And since I couldn’t send a sampled cake to friends, I quickly labeled that box “To: Gramma”. I went through my emails and labeled the remaining cakes with the first two addresses I found (Mindy’s & Julie’s) and made a mental note (this blog) to ask Kelly to re-send her address for the next round of goods!
I can’t wait to hear how these cakes survived going postal!
Cure For The Common Monday
Sippin’ On Ginger Juice
It’s been a while since green smoothies have been a thing in my kitchen, but I’m happy to tell you that they’ve most definitely been a thing this week. I forgot what it felt like to check almost a day’s worth of veggies off your list in one meal. It’s total meal efficiency and we all know how much I dig efficiency.
When I was putting together smoothie ingredients, I started thinking about which tastes I enjoy most when I treat myself to a juice bar smoothie. The first flavor that popped into my mind was ginger. Looking back, I’m not sure I’ve ever even ordered a smoothie sans ginger!
FoodFash Ginger Juice Smoothie (yields one dinner sized smoothie)
8 ounces of water
1/2 green apple, sliced
1/3 cucumber, sliced
1 inch of ginger, sliced
1 cup frozen spinach
1 cup frozen peaches
In a Blendtec (or Blendec equivalent), add water, apple, cucumber, and ginger and blend until completely smooth. Add frozen spinach and frozen peaches (they act like ice) and then blend again. Pour into a super huge glass and enjoy sippin’ on ginger juice!
This smoothie tastes like cold, whippy ginger (according to this guy) and it’s so incredibly slurpable. If you’re a ginger fan and feel like knocking out 4 to 5 servings of veggies, then this is surely the smoothie for you.