Happy, But Sad

One of my favorite places to relax, eat a treat and talk with my family is Fruttia. I love their deicious  frozen yogurt and fresh fruit. When you hear frozen yogurt you may be thinking of that stuff at Sweet Tomatoes (that stuff isn’t frozen yogurt, no matter what they say.) No, this frozen yogurt has a tangy, yet sweet taste. And a lucky bonus, fresh fruit, which adds more flavor. I just can’t stop craving the delicious taste of frozen yogurt and to savor the creaminess melting in your mouth.

By now, your mouth must be watering, mine is just by writing this article. Brace yourselves. Fruttia closed down. Luckily, there are thousands of other places left like the Red Mango and Lunaberry. Of course there are other frozen treats too. My personal favorite is gelato, but that is a topic for another day. Farewell Fruttia! Toodloo!

Easter Pebbles

Alright, I know it’s May, but I’ve been having camera problems and just got access to these pictures. So you could call these Spring Eggs, aka, Spring Pebbles.

On Easter everyone met at my grandparents’ house to eat and celebrate. My family was bringing a fruit platter and we decided to add a homemade treat. So we looked on Martha Stewart’s website and found something. Dark chocolate coated in white chocolate (white chocolate was dyed blue) and was supposed to look like Easter eggs. The recipe looked pretty easy so we decided to try it.

The first step was to cut up the dark chocolate and melt it. Then we cooled it in the refrigerator. When that was done we were to shape the refrigerated chocolate into Easter eggs.The chocolate just started melting and looked like a bunch of globs. Finally, my mom had the idea where we would smush the chocolate between two plastic spoons. This gave us a pretty good egg shape. We dipped the eggs in the white chocolate and let them sit. The next morning, we took the eggs to my grand parents house. They didn’t look a thing like Easter eggs but like oddly shaped pebbles. They were delicious.

Meatballs? What Meatballs?

I’ve always had spaghetti with tomato sauce and nothing else. You may be thinking that I forgot the meatball part, but nope, I didn’t forget the meatballs. I never eat meatballs. It’s never come to mind that I needed meatballs and I don’t think I’ve ever really liked them. One day that changed. My friend was coming over and we decided to make meatballs.

My mom made the spaghetti and the sauce. It was fun making them. We got to put in tomato paste (I’ve always thought the little tomato paste jar was pretty cute) and the meat and all the other ingredients.

Then came the squishy and cold part. We would squish around the meat and shape it into little balls. We finished that step and put the meatballs in boiling water. Then we took them out and placed them in the spaghetti. Finally it was time to eat. Boy, was it good! It was plain, but appetizing and it gave me a full stomach. Then I decided that meatballs would have to become a necessity.