Sunday, September 12, 2010
Peep Show: 9.12.10
Well I've been really bad about updating this the last few days. Sorry for the delay, but I was just having too much fun with my pals! This week has been pretty hectic with plenty of cooking, shopping and playing so I'm just going to sum it up with a few pictures instead of a lengthy text:
A little earlier in the week Amanda and Stacy came by for martinis and dinner, so while Amanda was mixing up our choice beverage for the evening (chocolate martinis) I was cooking up a bacon and asiago chicken buccatini pasta with fresh parsley, basil, onions and tomatoes from the garden.
Fresh herbs, Amanda at the table, mixing ingredients and marshmallow cookies!Since we were already on a chocolate binge the next day Stacy and I set about baking some chocolate inspired cookies. The first batch had dark chocolate chips, marshmallows and plenty of cocoa powder. They were soo good fresh from the oven and all ooey-gooey! The second batch was smaller and we nixed the marshmallows so we could throw in some heavy whipping cream and Bailey's alcohol for some tiny tea cookies. These were scrumptious as well!
The nearby town of Talent was having its annual Harvest Music Festival and our friends in Jive Coulis were playing so naturally we attended it. It was a pretty cool shindig with lots of our friends and some killer break dancers ( whom I was unable to snap pics of). Us girls brought our dogs along as dates, but Renard was more interested in Parker's kitten, Alma, than the music!
Renard and I, Indian lookin' fly, Laura and Alma, Parker and AlmaThat about sums up this week. I had loads more pics, but you have to understand that doing these frames for each picture is literally sucking the life out of me... When I find a more economical way of doing this then expect more photo-heavy updates!
Au Revoir,
Labels: amanda, chocolate, cookies, cooking, food, harvest festival, jive coulis, pasta, renard roux, stacy
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Mixology: Chocolate Martini
Disclaimer: Drinking alcohol is not a healthy practice and shouldn't ever be more than an occasional thing, if not at all, and should only be done legally, responsibly and in a safe environment.
Alrighty, so I told you that I got some less than savory news a few days ago, and since then I've been pretty "blah," but my excellent girlfriends came to my rescue last night! I happen to have two gorgeous gal-pals who are always there to support me (and me them cuz we tight!) and when they heard the news too they rushed to my side!
One of my buds, Amanda, happens to be a very good working bartender so she knew just what I needed: a healthy dose of chocolate! She's been making Stacy, herself and I deeeliiiciiiooous chocolate martinis and here is her scrumptious recipe if y'all feel inclined to add a little delicacy to your drink!
There are a lot of other chocolate martinis recipes out there, but this happens to be our fave because it's relatively cheap to make and only requires three ingredients (some have a lot more bells and whistles). If you're interested in checking out a few other recipes then here are a few of the most delicious sounding concotions I found on the web:
Martini Art's Chocolate Collection
Heavenly Chocolate Martini
Mexican Chocolate Martini
Labels: alcohol, amanda, chocolate, chocolate martini, drinking, martini, stacy