Father's Day Treats!

Hi Friends!

I apologize for the hiatus! Life has still been on high-speed! I've been whirring around like a busy bee - a happy busy bee and now a lonely busy bee.

Jonny left for his first wildland fire in Utah yesterday at noon. We were just packing the car for a fun downtown date hanging at Boise Pride Festival, swimming and biking, when he got the call. He was gone within 3 minutes leaving me dazed, proud and anxious! He is so excited and just made it to the fire site in Arches National Park called "Dark Canyon Fire." I should see him within a couple weeks. Good, safe vibes are welcome :)

Also - I got the job, the car (a different one) and a new apartment. I move on Wednesday. More on all that life update stuff soon - I have loads of free-time to cook, bake, and blog now that I'll be alone in my apartment. hmmm.... happy/sad.

Okay - here's the glorious food!!

This Pie was actually for my dad's birthday...which I'm embarrassed to say was May 1st....I made the pie on June 15th....1.5 months late. Ugh! But the timing turned out to be excellent - the Friday of Father's Day Weekend! Double Gift! 

Everyone (mom, dad, uncle, boyfriend, me) LOVED it! The crust is like a cookie. Crisp on the edges, soft in the center. My mom commented the crust is like banana bread. HEAVEN!

The crust is so very easy and I must credit the amazing Taralynn from Undressed Skeleton for the crust recipe. I adapted it a bit throwing in pecans and unsweetened coconut for fun. :) I'm thinking the dough could easily be adapted to make cookies and all kinds of desserts! It will be a staple for my sweet-tooth cravings. 

Here's a recipe card for your convenience!

This morning for Father's Day Breakfast I decided to get fancy and try a pinterest recipe for mini german pancake cups! So very fun.

Source: realmomkitchen.com via Chelsea on Pinterest

I adapted the recipe a bit to make it a bit healthier and to my taste. It turned out wonderful. The cups were not as thin as in the pinterest photo and they were more muffin/cake like. But, that was fine by my family. We loved them and are saving the extras for dessert for when my grandparents come over this afternoon. They would be fun and easy to make for a brunch, bridal shower, dessert, etc! 

You can top them with fruit, cream cheese, whipped cream, powdered sugar, peanut butter, etc! You dream it, you make it! YUMM!

Recipe Card will be attached below tonight! I have to run to teach prenatal yoga. :) 

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing dads! 

Vacation before the plunge into my new life

What a perfect time for reflection on life and all the sudden changes. I'm driving back from a wonderful family vacation where we went to my "little" cousin's wedding and then to Yosemite National Park. It was a fantastic and memorable trip. I have not had a vacation for a long while, so the timing was serendipitous!

 

I got the job, the new car and helped find a great girl to fill my nanny position! It all was swift and felt fated. The job came fast - I was hired in exactly a weeks span from finding out I was a candidate. My bosses are friendly, fun and knowledgeable. That alone is reassuring as I'm nervous to jump into a brand new career that I know little about. They did mail me a heavy employee manual - it came in a box, not an envelope! I start next Monday, and I am excited for this new chapter. Stability, regular schedule and benefits will be so welcome after a few years of juggling many jobs and sporadic scheduling. Plus my new car feels so grown up as if it is metaphorically driving me straight into this first page of adulthood.

Vacation was a cleansing of the palate, a breathe of fresh air and space to process and prepare. Life gave me an interlude complete with bonding with family and uniting with nature and the greater picture. How wonderful when it's a time I could be consumed with myself amidst the change, the wreck, the excitement. I'm reminded again of what is truly valuable. If all was suddenly shed away, I'd still have the unshakeable ties and love from my dear ones, the beauty of the natural world and breath that sustains. Grateful is not strong enough of a concept to reflect my internal state - neither is awed, humbled - it's so much more. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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