Something Delicious

[Sun]

Mini Diva wants chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. What is it with teenagers and chocolate? So, I have no chocolate chips. She asked me if we could go to the store and get some chocolate chips.

My reply? "I am willing to bet money that you have a chocolate bar in your bag that I can chop up into chocolate chips". Memory serves that she received lots of chocolate around Christmas.

So Mini Diva makes a mad dash to her purse and whips out a chocolate bar that is in a wrapper that looks like a $1,000,000. bill. She exclaims " Look! you bet money on it!!" Lmao right now.

So the healthy alternative to this high carb breakfast would be buttermilk pancakes (high protein in buttermilk) with fresh fruit and just a few chocolate chips then some egg whites scrambled on the side to balance out the sugar. If you eat your carbs and protein together you will not get the glucose surge through your blood stream.

[TheMerryFairy]

Originally Posted by Sun

Mini Diva wants chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. What is it with teenagers and chocolate? So, I have no chocolate chips. She asked me if we could go to the store and get some chocolate chips.

My reply? "I am willing to bet money that you have a chocolate bar in your bag that I can chop up into chocolate chips". Memory serves that she received lots of chocolate around Christmas.

So Mini Diva makes a mad dash to her purse and whips out a chocolate bar that is in a wrapper that looks like a $1,000,000. bill. She exclaims " Look! you bet money on it!!" Lmao right now.

So the healthy alternative to this high carb breakfast would be buttermilk pancakes (high protein in buttermilk) with fresh fruit and just a few chocolate chips then some egg whites scrambled on the side to balance out the sugar. If you eat your carbs and protein together you will not get the glucose surge through your blood stream.

Yes please?! Haha. This morning especially this has me drooling. It would pair nicely with the coffee I also don't have, but crave.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by TheMerryFairy

Yes please?! Haha. This morning especially this has me drooling. It would pair nicely with the coffee I also don't have, but crave.

Welcome to the thread MF! The pancakes looked good, though I did not try them because I can not reconcile that much sugar for breakfast. I shaved some chocolate with a sharp knife and sprinkled it on top so that was fun. I gave the mini-diva some coffee and she has been creating the most amazing art for the last few hours. Scary talented this child is.

I just put a pot of fresh coffee on, if I could upload a cup for you, you would be welcome to join us!

[TheMerryFairy]

Originally Posted by Sun

Welcome to the thread MF! The pancakes looked good, though I did not try them because I can not reconcile that much sugar for breakfast. I shaved some chocolate with a sharp knife and sprinkled it on top so that was fun. I gave the mini-diva some coffee and she has been creating the most amazing art for the last few hours. Scary talented this child is.

I just put a pot of fresh coffee on, if I could upload a cup for you, you would be welcome to join us!

That's so kind of you, thank you. Chocolate, coffee and creative flow are 3 of the best ways to start the day. Hahah. Talent isn't something to be scared of, I'm happy to hear she loves art. Encourage it so it's never lost!!

[TheMerryFairy]

Recently I've been on a kick for the new blend of loose herbal tea I picked up this holiday season. It's called "Nutcracker blend" ; It smells like christmas and it's simply delicious. Essentially it's a black tea fused with apple, orange zest,currants, cinnamon, almonds, cloves & safflowers.

[Sun]

Originally Posted by TheMerryFairy

Recently I've been on a kick for the new blend of loose herbal tea I picked up this holiday season. It's called "Nutcracker blend" ; It smells like christmas and it's simply delicious. Essentially it's a black tea fused with apple, orange zest,currants, cinnamon, almonds, cloves & safflowers.

Wow where can I find that? I have a close friend who is a tea connoisseur and would love that flavor combination.

I find it fascinating that we can know someone well enough to recall favorite flavor profiles. Hmm..I had not thought about that until just this moment. Another friend travels to Paris and brings me back Mariage Freres Tea which has completely spoiled me on fine tea. Fortunately we can now find this tea in Berkeley

[TheMerryFairy]

Originally Posted by Sun

Wow where can I find that? I have a close friend who is a tea connoisseur and would love that flavor combination.

I find it fascinating that we can know someone well enough to recall favorite flavor profiles. Hmm..I had not thought about that until just this moment. Another friend travels to Paris and brings me back Mariage Freres Tea which has completely spoiled me on fine tea. Fortunately we can now find this tea in Berkeley

I went to Paris once, it was such a cool experience. I get my loose teas from a number of specialty tea stores across Canada. I know you can get a tea bag variety by Celestial, under the name "nutcracker sweet" which is probably easy to find on amazon. This one is actually a Rooibos tea (oops) I got it at a fair trade cafe in the nearest city, but I think it was just out for the holidays. I also recommend checking out www.davidstea.com They have basically the same great selection of loose teas, they ship to the US AND it's well worth it!!! So your friend may be interested in many of the flavor combinations. I'm sure they would carry the nutcracker as well since

[Sun]

Originally Posted by TheMerryFairy

That's so kind of you, thank you. Chocolate, coffee and creative flow are 3 of the best ways to start the day. Hahah. Talent isn't something to be scared of, I'm happy to hear she loves art. Encourage it so it's never lost!!

Truly I am not scared, that is just California slang for "it blows my mind" how talented this girl is. It is fabulous to see her mind work. Her Mom is incredibly intelligent and creative too so she comes by it naturally.