Dear Pinkberry, Salted Caramel is Nasty

Morning Bloggies! I cant wait to share with you the great night I had last night. Little note before I do so however, I am a bad bad blogger and forgot to take pictures the entire night. Don't scold me :(

Do you ever have those nights that if you take a step back and reflect you think to yourself, "DAMN, this is bomb!"? Well that is the kind of night I had.  Not because I did anything particularly fantastic, no skydiving was involved, no roller-coasters were ridden (I have never been on a roller-coaster- be tea dubs), but the night was fantastic because I was in great company!

After work I went went to the tailor (gotta be my swim suit tailored for the big weekend coming up!) and then trekked my way down to Chelsea to meet up with Lane and Dana for an amazing dinner.  After perusing Anthropologie for a hot second (if I could I would buy everything in that store- but I resisted this time!), we went into Chelsea Market and had a deliciously intimate little triple dinner date! We went to Green Table which is an adorable restaurant that specializes in local, organic and seasonal dishes.  We all enjoyed some adult beverages and then dominated the menu!  Lane got Oysters (sea food is not jam but more power to her) and an amazing pasta dish that involved parsley, peas and ham.  I devoured a dish very similar to my asparagus, egg and feta creation that also included a little bit of bacon, and Dana enjoyed a house salad that had strawberries in it! No matter how full we were, we knew one more thing had to be done before the end of the night-this..

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If I could, I would eat Pinkberry 24 hours a day. I would have an IV injecting Pinkberry into my veins if that was an option. 

Now for the big guns! When walking to Pinkberry we ran into... ready for it.. drum roll please... my 7th grade boyfriend!  Yup 7th grade.  I haven't seen him in 10 years. It was so nice to catch up and he actually came with us to Pinkberry.  He tried their new Salted Caramel flavor.  Usually, if I HAD to starfabulously rate Pinkberry, I would give at a Rating that looks like this:

Yup, that is 50. Five O.  That is how strongly I feel about Pinkberry.  However, John's Pinkberry, that Salted Caramel with Oreos combo, deserved a Star Fabulous Rating of this: 

at very, very best. It was too sweet to eat even a mini of and the "salted" idea, burned my mouth :(.

That's ok, I will stick with my one true love, Original with Raspberries and Blueberries.  

If it ain't broke don't try and fix it!

Hope everyone has a great day!

Asparagus, Eggs, Peeps and Chocolate? Not as gross a combo as it sounds!

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Last night after work I went shopping at Gap with some gals and was quite successful!  Being the smart lady that I am I changed directly into my gym clothes in the Gap changing room so I had NO excuse not to make my way to the treadmill!

On my walk to the gym, Lisa gave me the best surprise ever!  A chocolate covered peep!!  Pretty much when it comes to melting, dipping, and refrigerating chocolate, Lisa is your girl.  I could not have been more excited since peeps are one of my favs by themselves.  The idea of having them dipped in the amazing chocolate that Lisa used for her delicious Lisa's Easter Chocolates was exciting enough that I almost devoured it right there on the street corner.

Luckily I showed willpower and trekked my butt (its 3 blocks, trek is an over statement) to the gym, got in a quick work out and then headed home to make some dinner. 

This isn't really a baking post although I will tell you how to make Lisa's amazing treats later so it definitely counts.  Before I get to that though, I just have to tell you about my dinner.  

While making a special treat for SOMEONE (s) birthday that's coming up I finally made this dish that I spotted on Gina's blog ages ago and was reminded of recently in the Power Foods cookbook (everyone should get this book it has great ideas and general nutritional information!).  

When I first saw the idea of combining Asparagus and Eggs on Gina's blog, I have to admit, I was pretty grossed out. I love asparagus. I love eggs.  The two together just did not make sense to me, except maybe in an egg white omelet. Never the less, I had one egg left and the carton was taking up a lot of room in the fridge so what the heck, I gave it a try.

I changed this up a smidge but this dish was UNREAL. 

Ingredients: 

10 asparagus spears (I used pre-cooked frozen spears from Trader Joes)

1 large eggs

2 tablespoons onions

1 tablespoon Feta cheese

Salt to taste

These steps are really easy. 

Steps:

1) Pam a large frying pan and place onions to saute on one end.

2) Place asparagus spears in a microwave safe bowl and microwave 

3) In the same pan as the onions (on the other part) cook an egg (over easy)

4) Remove Asparagus from Microwave and top with cooked onions and then cooked egg

5) Sprinkle Feta

6) Enjoy!

And if you are luck and have stellar friends like this girl, you get to have THIS for dessert:

Lisa said this is how you make this:

1) Melt chocolates (same chocolates as for Lisa's Easter Chocolates)

2) Stick a stick in the bottom of a peep

3) Cover with chocolate and sprinkles

4) Refrigerate

5) Be amazing and wrap them cutely for your friends

This combo was the best ever.  Now just wait until Sunday to see what delicious bday surprise was made!