As a parent, you typically have two moods which directly impact the way you view your kids. First one, you’re pretty free, you feel like you could cuddle or play with your kid: in this case, they’re super cute. Second one, you’re really busy doing whatever it is you’re doing: here, they’re a pain in the ass. That pretty much sums up my relationship with both my kids for the better part of 7 years now.
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Happy Easter, everyone! Wow, I don’t even know where to begin with this post. I could just ignore all the crazy that’s going on and be like hey guys, how cute are these meringue kisses?? Or I could open the floodgates to all the thoughts I have about this situation – from the actual disease, to the number infected and number of deaths, our economy, our hospitality and arts friends, to the essential workers and frontline staff who put everything on the line every single day, to isolation and home schooling and our collective loss of sanity, to cancelled birthday parties and much anticipated holidays, to goddamn virtual funerals and new babies who can’t be cuddled, to heart break and tears and hope and unity and for once in history, we as one are all in the same boat, all battling the same enemy.
I don’t know if you want me to open those floodgates.
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This is going to be too much info for y’all non-parents but for parents, this is everyday, even dinner, conversation: Sofi does not poop regularly. When they say that once you have kids, you obsess over their shitting and eating, they were not kidding. But as you know, Sofi has that eating side sorted (see #sofieatingface) so it’s just the former I have to worry about.
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Something for you to ponder if you have waaaaay too much time on your hands: I made these yesterday and christened them matcha brownies. Yes – brownies – but someone pointed out that actually, are these not blondies? Because, they’re not brown? But wait, they aren’t blonde either, technically, so are they actually greenies? Hmm. I don’t know. To-mah-to, to-may-to. Anyway, I don’t care what you call them, they’re still delicious.
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So. I have this amazing brownie recipe. It’s been tried and tested literally dozens of times and makes the moistest, fudgiest brownies, and every single person I’ve made it for has raved about it. The recipe uses good quality dark chocolate (Lindt or Green & Black, at a minimum) and I’ve always believed that the beautiful chocolate is what made it so deliciously rich.
And then the other day, my friend tells me that she’s made a super rich, super fudgey brownie using just cocoa powder? Say what??
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Note: if you’re here just for the recipe, scroll down to the very end, I won’t be offended, I promise. This post is pretty much going to have nothing to do with Christmas or cookies, and definitely nothing to do with Christmas cookies. I’m just going to talk about myself for many many paragraphs, mainly because well, this is my blog, right? So I don’t really need a reason.