A little sugar and spice!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Spring Cleaning

I have been doing some major spring cleaning... our house, cars, yard, mind, body, calendar... everything. Its a lot of work but I love the feeling once its all done!

While cleaning out a large stack of mail, catalogs, papers to be filed, articles pulled from magazines, recipes (you get the picture), I came across some articles I pulled about food and health that I'm going to take some pointers from. One of the things I liked the most was an "I believe" list from Meg of Megg Salad:

You are what you eat. Literally.

Your body is telling you something, you have to listen.

Counting calories is a waste of time.

Know what you're eating.

Food is powerful.

Diets don't work.

Food isn't the only thing that feeds us.

Exercise should feel good.

You, and only you, are in control of your health.

Health is a means, not an end.

Hopefully re-reading this list will help me shed some bad habits!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Cookies & Cream Bark

I made my sister this cookies & cream bark as part of her birthday gift. Its a really easy treat to make!

Adapted from Martha Stewart Living magazine:

about 1 lb. total your choice of chocolates (I used 2/3 semi-sweet and 1/3 white)
12-15 oreos, mixed use

Cover a 9 x 13 baking sheet with parchment paper.
Crush about 2/3 of the oreos. Set aside. Break the remaining oreos in half/quarters. Set aside.
Melt the chocolates (separate bowls if using different types). I used the microwave method - cut chocolate into pieces and microwave in 30 second increments, stirring each time, until melted. Pour the crushed oreos into bowl/bowls of melted chocolate and stir well. Spoon chocolates onto baking sheet (alternate flavors) and swirl to make a marbled pattern. (Smooth the mixture out as thin as you prefer.) Drop remaining oreos on top. Place baking sheet into refrigerator until hard. Crack into pieces and serve.