Has this become a really food-centric blog or what? Coincidently around the same time I stopped the diet blog? Hmmm.
I'm sad, yet relieved to report I've only put on 1.5 lbs. so far this holiday season. And if you saw the sheer volume of popcorn balls I've eaten you would be amazed at that low number.
December 26th cannot get here soon enough. Then it is broth and the occasional mung bean.
Rick and I made Crème brûlée tonight. I did the cooking part. He did the power tools part.
The last time I made Crème brûlée I was explaining to him that you need a special kitchen grade blow torch and he said he thought he had a blow torch in the garage that would do just fine. I got rather huffy with him about this.
Turns out he was right. His crusty old boy blow torch does the job perfectly. I would just catch my hair on fire if I had an expensive kitcheny one.
Now I really should be wrapping the last of my Christmas presents. I have half a dozen to go. I've run out of Christmas wrap and have resorted to using all-white wedding wrapping paper. I'm thinking everyone will just assume they are Christmas bells and turtle doves if they look closely.
Sometimes you just have to make do.
LOL… to the wrapping paper. I’m beginning to think all wrapping paper should be purchased in SOLID colors only, so with ribbon adjustments it can be used for any occasion. (That’s my plan.)
And should anyone question you, I think the Christmas Bells/Turtle Doves is darn brilliant!
Merry, Merry Christmas!
I would walk across hot coals for a good serving of creme brulee.
Popcorn balls are a very good source of fiber (I think) Just imagine all that fiber scrubbing your insides to a perfect sheen!
I’ve just taken the mind of Christmas eating today, diet when the fun stops (sometime after Jan.1) If I died tonight, I would NOT be saying…honey, I shouldn’t have had that cookie…
P.S. If there are not good things to eat in heaven…someone is going to be really, really mad.
I adore creme brulees 🙂
They look perfect!
I used to be a fancy pastry chef and my creme brulee torch comes from Sears Hardware! I wish I’d have thought of marketing chic little versions (for lots more money) before Williams-Sonoma and everyone else did!