#flowertherapy might be right up there with #water #flowertherapy might be right up there with #watertherapy.  Love passing the time in secret wildflower patches. As you do. 🌸
I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon was on the way home tonight, and my friend pulled over right away so I could grab a photo. That’s when someone really knows you! It was just too beautiful to resist. 🌙
Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛
Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged photo, but Lola just has ZERO boundaries and Clifford is exceptionally patient. 😂
I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s so good for you), so when I saw that a local patisserie has a smoked salmon croissant available (weekends only), I added it to my list of things to seek out. I popped into @chocolatinenj early on Mother’s Day and was rewarded with this deliciousness. Layers of soft flaky croissant dough, tender smoked salmon, light whipped cream, thinly sliced red and green onion slivers and dotted with capers… it was every bit as amazing as you’d imagine it would be. If you’re local, don’t sleep on this one. 😋
Weekend photos in review, the belated edition. 1/ Weekend photos in review, the belated edition.

1/ hit up a few yard sales and snagged this beautiful pasta dish from Italy with my favorite color for a buck, 2/ and one of these printer trays came home with me too, 3/ pre Mother’s Day celebrations with 30 local moms, 4/ finished the weekend supervising furniture assembly
Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd bir Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd birthday. Unfortunately she’s not here to celebrate because she died suddenly at age 49. I think of her often … every Mother’s Day because we spent most of them together since her husband worked weekends … when I discover a new food adventure (we once did a day long donut crawl) … when I’m sharing a special time with my kids knowing that her then-11 year old is growing up without her. Before she passed, I always appreciated every day, but since then, even more so. You never know what the next day can bring, so relish in the sunshine, surprise rainstorms, making wishes over railroad tracks and all the wonderful randomness life can throw your way. Don’t waste a single second, say yes, live on the outskirts of your comfort zone, laugh often, tell people you love them, give eight second hugs, and squeeze every ounce of joy you can out of life. Do it for the people who can’t. ✨
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Recipe: Cream Cheese Cookies

August 28, 2011 · Narrative

Cream Cheese Cookies - Waiting
With a state-wide emergency declared on New Jersey (as well as Connecticut, New York, Virginia and North Carolina off the top of my head), we have been housebound since mid-day Saturday.  I stocked up at the grocery store and we made Cheeseburger Soup (an old favorite), Chicken Fried Steak, mashed potatoes, OMG Fried Calamari, Buttermilk Pancakes, Four Ingredient Nutella Brownies, Meatloaf, steamers and Mexican Wedding Cookies.  Thank God the storm has passed.  Another day of being homebound and you’d have to roll me out of my front door.  I totally got rid of my recent “I feel like I haven’t cooked in ages” guilt.  Ten-fold.  Unfortunately since we were housebound, I took hardly any pictures.  I would say it’s because I was feeling lazy, but I also did four loads of the dishwasher and five loads of laundry.  Oh and worked on a flooded basement.  Lazy, but not so much.

So instead of a flood (no pun intended) of weekend photos, will a new recipe work just as well?  I made these cookies the other night when we had our completely Pinterest-inspired meal.  Mystic is quite funny on his (growing) list of what he doesn’t eat.  Well, I think it’s funny.  Whenever I mention it, and add something else to the list, he just rolls his eyes.  Which, of course, I ignore.  This is one reason why we work.  Methinks.  When we first started dating, he mentioned he doesn’t eat sour cream.  Or cream cheese.  Or yogurt.  It took me a second, and then I was all “hey, you don’t eat white foods?”  What?  What are you talking about? “Well, everything is white.  Coincidence or deliberate?” I have nothing against the color. “Ok, then.”  But then, I have come to find out that he doesn’t eat rice.  Or coconut.  Or oats.  Or eggs.  Um, yeah.  Totally no white food theme here, right?

Sometimes I make him try a bite of something even though it has one of his listed whites in it.  When I pulled these cookies out of the oven, I waited a few minutes for them to cool.  ‘Cause I’m good like that.  And then I broke one in half and put it in his mouth.  He shot me a look and then chewed and nodded.

“Do you like it?”

Yeah, what is it?

“Cream cheese cookies.”

He laughed.  And then minutes later, I caught him sneaking another one on his own.  You know, without being force-fed.

So it seems there is a tad bit of flexibility on the whole growing list of white foods he doesn’t like.  Thank goodness for that because I think it’s much easier to work with someone who just doesn’t eat vegetables.  Mystic’s list happens to be ingredients in a lot of stuff, and a bit more of a challenge.  But he’s a good sport and while I won’t make him eat the dreaded white item on its own, mostly because I’ve grown super fond of him and would like him to stick around, I’m happy to know that he will try it as part of a greater good.

Phew.

So.  These cookies?  Uber-simple to make.  With ingredients you likely have on hand.  Don’t you just love that?  They’re pretty soft on the inside with just the tiniest hint of cream cheese.

Delicate little things.  But good.  Just ask Mystic.

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Best Ever Cream Cheese Cookies
Recipe courtesy of The Girl Creative via Pinterest

1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter (room temperature)
3 oz. Regular Cream Cheese (room temperature)
1 1/2 Cups Confectioner’s Sugar
1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
1 Egg (room temperature)
1/2 Tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
1 3/4 Cups All – Purpose Flour
Heat your oven to 375 degrees and line your cookie sheets with parchment paper.  Place butter and cream cheese in your mixer bowl and beat for 1 minute.  Beat in the sugar and baking powder.  Add the egg and vanilla and ‘Beat Until Fluffy.’ Beat in the flour.  Chill for 30 minutes for drop/roll cookies, one hour for cut-out cookies.  Scoop by rounded teaspoon full and dredge drop cookies (roll balled cookies) in superfine sugar.  Bake for 7 minutes.  Cool for 1 minute on cookie sheet then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.  You’ll get no less than 2 dozen dropped or rolled cookies out of this dough. The yield on cut-outs will depend on how big the shapes are (baking time remains the same).

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Comments

  1. Claire says

    August 28, 2011 at 11:12 pm

    I feel like I’ve made a similar recipe before and they are good! Using powdered sugar really makes for a delicate cookie! As for the “I don’t eat that list,” sometimes I think people just don’t know. It also seems that most people can “handle” one of those foods as ingredients vs. being the main thing. Maybe so, maybe not!

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  2. Joanne says

    August 29, 2011 at 6:33 am

    I find this so amusing because when I think of picky eaters, I think of my dad…and I’m pretty sure he ONLY eats white food. (Except for coconut.) I can’t see how anyone COULDN’T like these though.

    Reply
  3. Sherry says

    August 29, 2011 at 9:53 am

    I would LOVE the recipe for cheeseburger soup. Would you share it?

    Reply
  4. Ramona says

    August 29, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Those look good!

    Reply
  5. jennifer @poirier says

    September 13, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    never heard of them before, but i’m definitely intrudged! they look really yummy!
    greetings from germany!

    Reply
  6. Naomi says

    February 20, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    Made these today for a tea party with my girls.

    Reply

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Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛

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#flowertherapy might be right up there with #water #flowertherapy might be right up there with #watertherapy.  Love passing the time in secret wildflower patches. As you do. 🌸
I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon I remarked how pretty that tiny sliver of the moon was on the way home tonight, and my friend pulled over right away so I could grab a photo. That’s when someone really knows you! It was just too beautiful to resist. 🌙
Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ C Weekend photos in review, old school style. ✨ 
Context: 1/ picture perfect weekend, 2/ threw together a quick meal w udon noodles, steak and broccoli, so good, 3/ the sun reflections on this painting struck me today, looked like a cross 4/ it takes all afternoon but nothing like Sunday Gravy, 5/ six months old, 6/ when he wants some serious zzzz’s, he covers his eye with his ears, the cutest, 7/ breakfast pastries at @coniglios
I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New I have plenty of reusable shopping bags since New Jersey banned the plastic ones last year. But when I spied this beauty for a buck, how could I resist? It just is so darn happy, which makes me happy. The little things aren’t so little. 💛
Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged Cheers to the weekend! This may look like a staged photo, but Lola just has ZERO boundaries and Clifford is exceptionally patient. 😂
I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s I’ve been on a smoked salmon kick lately (it’s so good for you), so when I saw that a local patisserie has a smoked salmon croissant available (weekends only), I added it to my list of things to seek out. I popped into @chocolatinenj early on Mother’s Day and was rewarded with this deliciousness. Layers of soft flaky croissant dough, tender smoked salmon, light whipped cream, thinly sliced red and green onion slivers and dotted with capers… it was every bit as amazing as you’d imagine it would be. If you’re local, don’t sleep on this one. 😋
Weekend photos in review, the belated edition. 1/ Weekend photos in review, the belated edition.

1/ hit up a few yard sales and snagged this beautiful pasta dish from Italy with my favorite color for a buck, 2/ and one of these printer trays came home with me too, 3/ pre Mother’s Day celebrations with 30 local moms, 4/ finished the weekend supervising furniture assembly
Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd bir Today would have been my friend Cathy’s 53rd birthday. Unfortunately she’s not here to celebrate because she died suddenly at age 49. I think of her often … every Mother’s Day because we spent most of them together since her husband worked weekends … when I discover a new food adventure (we once did a day long donut crawl) … when I’m sharing a special time with my kids knowing that her then-11 year old is growing up without her. Before she passed, I always appreciated every day, but since then, even more so. You never know what the next day can bring, so relish in the sunshine, surprise rainstorms, making wishes over railroad tracks and all the wonderful randomness life can throw your way. Don’t waste a single second, say yes, live on the outskirts of your comfort zone, laugh often, tell people you love them, give eight second hugs, and squeeze every ounce of joy you can out of life. Do it for the people who can’t. ✨

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