Well, I've kind of been going on about my birthday for several days now, but I just can't help it. I absolutely love birthdays, they only come to you once a year, and you should celebrate every one, because it marks another great year of your life! Birthdays are very special, and everyone deserves a little special treatment on their birthday. I certainly felt spoiled yesterday! I had an awesome day, with a whole lot of food to celebrate. I cannot remember the last time I ate that much, or I guess just that much junk and sweets in particular.
My day started with a normal healthy breakfast. Followed by a few homemade chocolate peanut butter cups a dear friend made for me because I made her a batch of chocolate fudge for her birthday. Her batch made twenty-five, but I did share (a few of them). I munched on those all throughout the day. Another great friend of mine made a nice batch of iced sugar cookies. This friend actually has the same birthday as me. We shared those cookies too, but after sharing, there were three cookies left, so we each had a second than she gave me the final one! I then attempted to eat a normal lunch, which was not easy with a belly full of sweets. For supper I went out to eat with my family. Don't you just love it when restaurants let you eat free on your birthday? I had a panzerotti and a garden salad (I needed something healthy of course). I also had chocolate milk. And for dessert, we split one of those cookie skillets I mentioned in a previous post. And we also had my awesome birthday cake when we got home.
Well, you know the saying "You only live once". I have replaced that with "You only turn (insert age here) once". On your birthday, you certainly deserve some treats!
PHOTO CREDIT:"happy_birthday1.png" http://simplyizzy.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/happy-birthday-to-me-simply-izzy/ .Simply Izzy, n.d. Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
Yesterday I went to one of my favorite restaurants for lunch. Since that is
the restaurant I visit the most often, I am quite familiar with the menu, and
have already tried many of the items on the menu. I had a delicious panzerotti
for lunch, which is basically an enclosed pizza. This is a pizza restaurant, and
actually it is my favorite pizza aside from homemade. I wanted a little something different, so I opted for the panzerotti. Of course the
panzerotti was delicious, with a perfect sauce, a nice crust, and an excellent
filling (you can choose your filling ingredients). However, the restaurant
recently introduced a new dessert, and that is what I was looking forward to the most. For awhile now, this restaurant has always had a dessert called the "Brownie Skillet", which I thought was one of the best dessert inventions ever. Basically, you take a chocolate brownie, cook it on a skillet, then top it with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce. It gets delivered to the table, right on the skillet, piping hot. Sounds simple, but it is so genius. Now they have come up with a new creation: a cookie skillet. It is a giant (and I mean GIANT) chocolate chip and chunk cookie, the biggest I have ever seen, cooked on a skillet, then topped with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce. It is absolute heaven. And totally worth it (it's actually very reasonably priced in my opinion). The only complaint I have, is I would have preferred no whipped cream (not a huge fan), and double (or triple) the chocolate sauce (a huge chocolate fan). Other than that though, it was absolutely delicious, and I would definitely get it again. The menu states it as being "Delightfully Craveable" and the caption sums it all up very nicely, "Where have you been all my life?" Who knows, I might even try making it at home myself some day, and experiment with different kinds of cookies! Also: this divine dessert is waaaayy better than it looks. I don't think any picture could ever do it enough justice. You will just have to experience it for yourself!
PHOTO CREDIT:"PD2012_Web Dessert Menu (1)" http://www.pizzadelight.com/5-desserts-menu.html.Pizza Delight, n.d. Tuesday, May 22, 2012.
