good tuesday morning!

Speaking of mornings...can somebody explain to me the wonder that is Saturday morning? I have always been a morning person. My productivity is at its peak during those hours. If I'm awake. But on Saturday mornings I suddenly decide I want to do ALL THE THINGS and generally feel ridiculously optimistic and ambitious. More so than usual. It mostly results in baked goods/breakfast being prepared. And then the afternoon hits and all optimism and ambition begin to dwindle and all I think about is how bad I want a jamocha shake from Arby's. Like whoa.

And now, because I lack a nice segway, something about something that happened to me once and involved delicious food...

SEGWAY!!!!!

About a year ago I was wandering around a William Sonoma searching for a wedding gift for friends when a nice (though somewhat over-eager) lady approached me and asked if I'd be interested in learning how to make aebleskiver. She pointed over to the counter/kitchen area and said it wouldn't take more than a half hour. I told her I had absolutely no idea what aebleskiver was and as long as I didn't have to pay I would love to make some. Turns out it cost nothing and I learned that aebleskiver is a danish dessert pancake! Those are two beautiful words...dessert and pancake. So yes. Yes, indeed, I was going to help. And by "help" she really just meant standing there making weird conversation while she tried to explain what she was doing. To make a long story short, she eventually placed one of these cute, little (CHERRY FILLED!!) pancakes in my hand with a light dusting of powdered sugar on top of it. And when I put it into my mouth a small part of me died. It was the yummiest thing. But the nice, over-eager lady informed me I would need to buy their specially made pan in order to make them myself. And since I didn't have the money for it, I walked away quite sadly.

I forgot about those delicious things until a few days ago. I thought to myself, "Self! I wonder if Trader Joe's would have something similar to this in their frozen food selection!" So I marched right on over to TJ's and WOULDN'T YOU KNOW!!!!!! They totally do. And while they are very scrumptious, they still don't really compare to the ones I had that first time. But I'm really not going to be one of those people.

So do yourself a favor and get to your local TJ's to pick some up. And grab some maple syrup to toss on those babies while you're at it. Yummers.

And now a photo of the aforementioned treat and some photos of random happenings!

Allen's Valentine's card for me...