Just a Casual Saturday

Lately, my knees have really been bugging me. I could probably write a whole post detailing why I believe this is the case, and what I plan to do to make it better. However, I will save that for another day. I only bring this up to explain why instead of joining some friends for a five hour hike in the mountains yesterday, I instead chose to stay home and take it easy. Of course, sitting alone all day is not my favourite activity, so I decided to invite some of my other girlfriends over to mine for an afternoon of baking. And bake we did. The oven was on from 11:30 in the morning until 5 in the evening…not exactly environmentally friendly, but I can assure you there was something in there at all times. After we cooked some incredible Spanish omelettes for “brunch,” we moved on to cookies, cupcakes, and chocolate covered strawberries. The cupcakes and chocolate covered strawberries were our own inventions – we combined our knowledge and experience together to make the most delicious things possible. As for the chocolate chip cookies, I stuck to what has recently been my favourite recipe that you can check out here. Sugar overdose, anyone?

Beginning of the end (of my healthy diet, that is).

Chocolate chip cookies.

Maddy's gluten-free banana cupcakes, complete with homemade strawberry frosting.

My lovely lady friends...baking extraordinaires!

Lisa wasn't sure what to bring to the barbecue we were going to that evening...luckily we had bought a kilo of strawberries that morning, which inspired this!