Rocky Road Brownies

Rocky Road Brownies

Ingredients
Makes 16
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces, plus more for pan
1 bag (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1 cup miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped nuts, such as cashews, pecans, or walnuts


Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 8-inch-square baking pan. Line bottom with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides; butter paper.

In a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of simmering water, combine butter and 1 cup chocolate chips. Heat, stirring occasionally, just until melted, 3 to 5 minutes.

Remove mixture from heat; stir in sugars and salt, then eggs, and finally flour, stirring just until combined. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs attached, 30 to 35 minutes.

Remove from oven, and sprinkle with remaining chocolate chips, then marshmallows and nuts. Bake until chocolate is shiny and marshmallows are puffed, about 5 minutes. Cool completely in pan. Using paper overhang, lift cake onto a work surface; cut into 16 squares.


Helpful Hint
To prevent toppings from sinking into the batter, sprinkle them on after brownies are baked. An extra 5 minutes in the oven melts the topping together for easy slicing.

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What's My Motivation?

What's My Motivation? It's time for me to hit the reset button on my weight loss. I have sort of fallen off the wagon the past week month months and I would like to be proactive in getting right back on--for good!

Seems like I did much better when I had motivators in past. But seeing how I met those and they have passed, I seem to be lacking the drive and motivation now.

For the time being, here are my main motivators:

1. Get back to being comfortable in the new clothes I bought for the summer
2. Size 6 (least 8) Jeans for fall/winter
3. Running a 5K in November.
4. Flexibility.
5. Normal BMI
6. Get rid of the stubborn stomach fat





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Wedding Anniversary Milestone

 

 

This year is a wedding milestone for the Mr and I - 20 years!

Oh My! Where has the time gone? I can not believe it has been that long.

To the handsome and gracious Mr. thanks for the first 20 years now onto 20 plus more (hopefully)  with you, strengthening our love and commitment to one another.

I thank God every day for the blessing that you are.

Just Me
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1.1.13 New Year

I am adjust this post on a blog I read today. Below is the post :

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When setting goals, there are a few things that we need to look at and really dissect in order to create SMART GOALS to achieve. They are as follows:

Specific

The first term stresses the need for a specific goal over and against a more general one. This means the goal is clear and to the point. “I want to read 1 new book a month” Notice how it is not generalized as “I want to read more.”

Measurable

The second term stresses the need for concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of the goal. The thought behind this is that if a goal is not measurable, it is not possible to know if I am making progress toward successful completion. For example our goal may be to eat more “clean” or follow a Paleo diet more strictly. How are we going to do this? Lets start with recording what we eat in a food journal on a daily basis. This way we can see where we stand at the end of each day.

Attainable

The third term stresses the importance of goals that are realistic and attainable. I would love to have a 400-pound bench press by the end of next year but is it going to happen given my current 1RM right now? Chances are slim. We need to make sure that our goals are not too far out of reach, I like to dream big but a more realistic goal would be achieve a bench press of 350 pounds.

Relevant

The fourth term stresses the importance of choosing goals that matter. Max’s goal to eat 5 power bars in 5 minutes may be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, and Time-Bound, but lacks Relevance. Set a goal that really lights a fire under you’re ass, something that you will feel proud of accomplishing, not sick to you’re stomach.

Time-bound

The fifth term stresses the importance of grounding goals within a time frame, giving them a target date. A commitment to a deadline helps you stay more focused on the task at hand. “I will lose 10 pounds by June 1st.” By giving yourself a specific date to achieve this goal, you will take the necessary steps in order to achieve this by then or even before.

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Now I am adjust this. RED new part.

I gave up long ago with the "New Year's Resolutions" thing. I though this year I would go with a look back, forward, and make a TO DO LIST, you know things I would hope to accomplish 364 days from now.

Starting with look back

I am so grateful for this past year...

- for so much time with our son.
- for so much quality time with amazing family.
- for my mom being here.
- for the health insurance coverage we have to help off set some of all the bumps and bruises we had along the way.
- for the opportunity to be able to go on what little vacations (though baseball related) we did.
- for new friends.
- for good health.
- for the 40+ pounds I was able to leave behind
- Kicking my Soda Habit

Moving on to looking forward

Things that though might be silly I am really excited about in 2013...

- Celebrating twentieth year of marriage.
- Son turns 18.
- Son graduating High School.
- Reconnecting with friends.
- Two week Vacation (that is NOT sports related)
- Seeing old classmate I haven't seen in years.

Now the TO DO LIST

- Increase Water intake (by 16 oz. a day)
- continue on with the remaining weight loss (of at least 10 pounds By May 1, 2013)
- maintain the loss
- learn something new. (I haven't decided this one yet. I will update when I think of something.)
- Lower Cholesterol
- take more photos.(possibly a class or two.) (resume my #365 blog)
- read more books. (Read at least 1 book a month)
- complain less.
- spend more time with the husband. (Date night at least once a month)
- stop letting the small stuff over come me.

What about you?

What things are you looking forward to?

What's on your 2013 TO DO LIST??

 

 

Just Me
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