Jennifer

Ahh well I am still fighing this cold/ackiness/sore throat….what ever it is! And the fact that George is visiting (George, Tom, it is all the same…hehe) is REALLY not helping. I cancelled my time with 2 of my clients today.  On top of this, the car would not start today (-50 with the windchill, -37 without it !!! Still -37. Yep beyond a deep freeze!) so David stayed home. He can do over 80% of his work from home… NICE. So it is a day of R&R. I got a nice massage *grins* (muscles EVERYWHERE are KILLING ME!) and then decided that tea, soup and oranges can only heal ya so much. So I broke out a cook book and semi-quickly made some fat-free brownies. Of course I messed with the recipe to make it my own. I feel so tried from making them I think I need a nap before I try them! When you are this out of it from illness, yet still able to function, I find it is best to really take things slow otherwise you might almost put a wrong ingredient in like, garlic powder….NO !!! Luckily I was aware enough not stop myself. Ahhh the things we do when we have a craving. Had to put the brownie in for 15 minutes longer then it said (?- could be that halfing the Splenda requires me to increase the time …?)

I am not saying this was a great idea, but it sure as heck was not a bad one.

The recipe that I tampered with is found on p. 58 of the recipe book called Secrets of Fat-Free Baking by Sandra Woodruff.

Brownies are not finished, but I will post the recipe if they are good….lol. I just realized that I used 1/3 c. sugar and Splenda, instead of a 1/2 each. This was not planned. Oops… Will this teach me to not cook when I am half out of it, likely not! LOL

Worst case… I have to throw them out, best case, they are a great treat that are not addictive…hehe.

And just moving around from one room to another was activity today.

Just another note on this brownie thing…. I feel very good when I make sure that I get a little fat and protein with my simple sugars. This is something I have learned and had success with. Learned this from the Sugar Solution. My attempt to remind myself that treats do not have to be sending me into emotional chaos or sugar spikes.

Hope life is treating you well. *hugs*

The Recipe: Well it would have been good, not great, but good, but I should not have over mixed the ingredients and cooked them so long. Long story short: May be best to stay away from the kitchen when sick. But the corner store was just so far away…lol And… not good enough to have another one. They are in the trash….lmao.