So I just love to bake...actually mix ingredients together. I'll call it my therapy. I just start my mixer and begin throwing in all sorts of ingredients together. Since I don't like to follow recipes, I am never certain how it will turn out but while it's stirring...the stress just leaves. Yesterday was one of those days that I needed 'therapy'. I have a lot on my mind, lots to work through and some important decisions to make so I started to 'mix and pray'. I know it sounds so crazy but it really helps me.
Let me tell you what I made...Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream Cake!!!
I made a graham crust (1 cup graham crumbs, 1/4 melted margarine, and lil bit of sugar) and pressed it into a 9X9 pan and placed it in the freezer.
And then, I turned on my mixer, a Kitchen Aid standing one( LOVE IT!!!). I put about 8 cups of vanilla ice cream into the therapy machine and watched it stir into a smooth soft serve. Yum-O... right there! But then, I added about 1 1/4 cups of low fat smooth peanut butter. It was looking like it needed something...hmmm... so I opened a bag of PC Chocolate Chips(I keep this brand on hand as my friend and her family cannot eat milk products and these chips do not contain milk...oddly enough). Instead of milk, they contain a higher amount of wax...YUM-O!!! (kidding)I decided to melt about a half cup worth of these chocolate chips and as my mixer was swirling, I poured in this melted goodness. As the chocolate hit the cold ice cream, it would freeze so there were lots of chunks of chocolate amongst the peanut butter ice cream...Absolutely DE-LISH!!!I poured this ice cream mixture into the 9X9 pan, melting more chocolate chips to garnish the top of the cake before placing it into the freezer.
We tried it at bed snack though it wasn't quite cold enough...it was AMAZING!!!!
Another part of my therapy has been running. I'm just getting into this running thing. I have many friends and a hubby that runs and a treadmill that calls my name, each time I throw in another load of laundry. So after my first therapy session, I visited my second session, gritting and screaming. But I'll have to say, focusing on God, His will for me and concentrating on praying has been so healing. I just need to learn to listen and wait for His answer and until then, more prayer sessions.
5 comments:
your first therapy session sounds fun (especially if it includes taste-testing).
the second therapy session...yeah, not so much!! :)
peace to you, my friend.
That sounds very very yummy.
I am waiting to move up there and I want to start running every morning before my husband leaves for work... (and thus with no children) It sounds like such a nice peaceful quiet way to start my day.
I guess we'll see if I actually make it happen or not!! :)
I want to register as a taste tester! Can you send me the paperwork to get started?! Your therapy sounds DE-LISH!
Running?! Are you my long lost sister?! I LOVE running! My treadmill hates me because I take my anger and stress out on her!
so sorry to inform you that I, in fact, ate my therapy!!! now i need therapy for that.
andrea- 2nd session isn't fun.it's more of a have to/guilted to
larissa- maybe we can walk together?
sara(h)-teehee!paperwork is in the mail...and just so you know,i have a love/hate relationship with 'her' too... since when do treadmills have genders...you made me laugh
Well, your kind of therapy sounds like what everyone could use. A good decadent dessert and some exercise on the side. I hope that your sessions are fruitful and that you receive the guidance that you seek. In the meantime keep baking and running!
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