Yesterday was a bit of a stressful day. Not just for me, but it definitely felt like the entire circle of friends around me had an elevated stress day. It wasn’t good. But you know me with particularly hard days, that usually means that I end up baking something. That “something” this time was cupcakes, Triple Chocolate Cupcakes to be exact. It started with Trish musing about chocolate cake and morphed from there. So, in essence, it’s all Trish’s fault. 😛 For now, though, enjoy the cupcakes: dark chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate buttercream frosting and a drizzle of chocolate ganache. While it didn’t make the day less stressful, I was in a better state after making them.
It seems that every where you go, you’re overrun with rhubarb this time of year around here. Apparently it’s been a bumper crop and people are practically giving it away. So here is a new recipe to use some of your harvest. I know that the berry accompaniment tends to be strawberries, but I thought that I would change it up with raspberries. And ginger. Love ginger.
GORP, as one theory goes, is “good old raisins and peanuts”. Well, this GORP ain’t no regular stuff then because this trail mix is chock full of tropical fruit and nuts. I’m a big fan of trail mix and almost always make it myself. I do a lot of road trips in the summer, and it’s better than having to stop for junk food. The dried mango is particularly yummy. All the fruit and nuts are from Trader Joes, because they have the best!
So, have you guys noticed that I seem to buy random ingredients and then kind of after the fact, think to make something with them? Yep, I have a pantry full of weirdness. And in today’s edition of “what does the CSPS Girl have up her sleeve”, I present my lunch: Charred Sweet Potatoes with Chile-Infused Honey. A few weeks ago, I was in some kitchen specialty shop and they had Mike’s Hot Honey (can he found here and on Amazon also. I had no idea what to do with it when I bought it, but I am guessing that it would go well on pretty much anything where you want that whole sweet and spicy thing: chicken, ribs, stir fry and apparently sweet potatoes. The honey is *really spicy* so keep that in mind (or mellow it out with a bit of regular honey.
I found out a few hours ago that today is National Chocolate Chip Day. This is not to be confused with National Chocolate Chip COOKIE day, but just the chip itself. Well, you know what happens when I find out about these things? Well, of course I had to dig out some chocolate chips and make something. These are just your average Toll House “Back of the Package” type of cookies, but I did have a blend of three types of chocolate chips to make them a little more unique. As Cookie Monster would say Nom Nom Nom Nom!