Telling food stories, one kitchen at a time
These were originally named Chewy Pumpkin Cherry Breakfast Bars, but my roommate really wanted to name them Sunny Chewies, so we compromised with Sunny Pumpkin Cherry Bars. Sunny Chewies is less of a mouthful, so if you want to call them Sunny Chewies, that’s fine by me.
The thing is – when you’re naming a recipe that you created, you want to make sure the title relays all the goodstuffs in there. In this case, that includes:
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Can I choose a favorite month of 2015 NOW, or do I have to wait until the last day of December?
What the heck. I’m gonna choose one now and I choose November. I’m 1% hesitant because December is starting to look promising and also because February was a pretty darn good month too. So yeah, I’m gonna go ahead and choose November.
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You should see my blog brainstorms. I have pages and pages of ideas scribbles torn from legal pads and they are just floating around the house. And the scrap pages are different sizes, which drives me crazy. Some are from standard legal pads and some are from smaller notepads. For someone who is so Type A, you’d think I would find some way to keep my ideas together. I can organize my closet and my glove box and my calendar and my to-do list. But I can’t organize my brain. I just can’t.
See? I’m off topic already.
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First I’m going to tell you about the food. The excellent food. I love this recipe. But then… then I want to share an inspirational story about how I landed my exciting new freelance gig. So keep reading!
I had all these beets in my fridge last week and no good way to use them up. I love beets, but sometimes the cleaning and peeling and roasting and the messy pink liquid that stains your fingers and your countertops seems like a lot of trouble for a simple salad. And when I decide I’m hungry, I’m hungry RIGHT NOW. I don’t want to wait for the oven to preheat and then wait for the beets to slow roast.
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Helloooo friends! Happy, happy Monday! Happy Carrot-Pumpkin Bread with Cider Glaze Monday!
Why the good mood today? So many reasons:
Plus, Mondays I’ve declared my Blog Days. And on Blog Day Mondays I get to go to Camino Bakery after work, after a run, after a shower, and I get to order a spiced chai latte or a glass of red wine and I work on my blog for hours. It makes Monday a day worth looking forward to.
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Back to the food!
Well, almost… I just want to say how much I love you guys. I’d like to write an entire warm-fuzzy post about all you blog friends, but I’ll keep it short and sweet and just say that I have the best Internet friends and the best in-person friends a girl could ask for and since I’m fat and happy on all the love in my life this past weekend, let’s lean out a little with something green.
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Happy Monday!
I had a good weekend. Not to brag or anything. The week leading up to it was pretty quiet… The Bachelorette has ended and we didn’t make up another excuse for girl’s night. Summer has kind of slowed down and I didn’t make much of an effort to pick the pace back up again.
I expected the weekend to be the same. But then it was full of random, last-minute adventures, which is the best kind of weekend. You start off slow, with no real plans, and then everything you do seems fun and surprising and spontaneous. Like…
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Yesterday was Therapy Day.
Therapy Day usually includes a full eight hours of sleep, a cup of coffee on the porch, sometimes a homemade breakfast. (Mine did.) It can include lounging on a pool float and getting slightly crispy with some friends. (Mine did.) It may include evening drinks with the girls or with the guys or with the neighbors. (Mine did.)
And Therapy Day, for me, always includes baking.
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