Thin Mint Showdown

Listen to this song while you read this post.

This is my new thing.

I loved the music-inspired dishes that I dished about in a recent blog post (tee hee) so I'm applying that brilliant idea to my little ole blog here.

Enjoy This Is the Kit.

OK, but really this is about the Thin Mint Showdown.

Inspired by Beyond the Plate's link to Free Range Cookies, I decided to give Gluten-free Thin Mints a try.

And it was perfect timing, as our three boxes of the Girl Scout version arrived the same day (from one of Woody's co-workers). 

[So, I didn't use their gluten-free flour recipe.

I have my own (from here) that I use for my regular flour substitute.]

The girl scout recipe is filled with sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean oil and other less than terrific ingredients for your beautiful bods. 

The gluten-free version has very little sugar and lots of organic, wholesome, dark chocolate, brown rice flower, a little salt, a little (baking) soda, an egg, and a dusting of powdered sugar to roll out the dough. 

(Girl scout to the left...g-free to the right.)

I made Woody a super big one:)

What did OM think?

They both gave me thumbs up.

In full disclosure: O voted for girl scouts, M voted for my version.

Give 'em a try!
They're d'lish!!!!

watch out Roger...

Owen's serve is coming along nicely.

He really loves his class and it's extra nice because there are only two other kids in the class so they get a lot of instruction (compared to Maya's soccer class with 12 kids)

Way to go O!

8:14 P.M.

This is what me -n- My did Thursday night @ 8:14...

little round-up of interesting-ness out there in the world wide web

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

I love this movie.

So much.

It's on my birthday wish list. 

So when I read this really great post it made me super happy. (Although, not to be rude, but duh. Of course that's what makes the movie so fantastic).

[You have to press play and listen to this while you read the rest of the post. 
Really, you have to. It will make you happy.]

I think the whole music-inspired dishes idea is so super great. Love it. 
I'm making these next and totally getting my Bee Gee's on.




Heather Ross, stop it. 
I can't take anymore uber-achieving craftiness.
Really. 
Enough.


These are the BEST valentine's I've ever seen.
Totally awesome D!


This interview on Fresh Air was fantastic.


These are the luckiest kids ever.
How excellent.


And, my favorite (mini) performance from the Grammy's...

my valentine...

I love him so.

happy valentine's day.

 (their V-Day loot: thanks G'ma Ging & G'pa Bark)

We made these valentine's again...

Owen's class grew quite a bit this year plus we had to make one for the Principal, PE Teacher, Music Teacher, Librarian, Janitor, Secretary, and School Counselor (we think. we asked O who Mr. Diehl was on the list of people to write the valentine's for and O said he was someone that helped kids when they were crying. we asked him if he'd ever talked with Mr. Diehl and he said yes. one time Mr. Diehl commented to him that his hummus [for lunch] looked good.) :)

I also made heart-shaped chocolate-cherry muffins.

They rule.

 (maya was very excited about how tasty these turned out and was proclaiming that she wanted these for her birthday cupcakes)

Wishing you a day filled with loads of love and sweet, chocolate-y goodness!