Feels Like A Holiday

it is 5:00 p.m. in the holy city of safed.  the house is clean, the cheesecake and tiramisu are in the fridge and the lasagna is cooling off.  i had some chocolate coffee liquid leftover from the tiramisu and i turned it into mini 'mud' cakes, muffin size; by adding a couple of eggs, two cups of oat flour, a large banana and a hand full of frozen cherries.  it does have some low alcohol wine and sugar in it.  i am already feeling its effects.

i broke my nightly 14 hour fast by tasting the tiramisu at every step and the cheesecake. i had a couple of spoonsful of sugared whipped cream and about 4 mini raviolis.   i just has a mini mud cake.  oh my goodness!  after a year without sugar and chocolate, i am flying high.  i am not going to partake of any cake tomorrow.  i might have some pasta but i am not doing cakes.

i am waiting anxiously for the kids to arrive.  i think i accomplished what i wanted to do today.  i have been at it since early morning.  i just placed sprigs of rosemary and myrtle around the house.  it definitely looks and smells like shavout.  i'm sure by tomorrow everything will be dry and wilted but for now i can enjoy them.

i tried to make pancakes with the leftover tiramisu chocolate coffee mixture but they failed terribly.  i was going to toss it all when i decided to make muffins out of it.  i added a greek yogurt and it worked and they are fine.  all is well with the world for a moment. happy holiday! and Shabbat shalom!