The Easiest Berry Sauce

As previously mentioned, I love pancakes.  I also love berries.  I love fresh whipped cream.  In case you haven't figured it out yet, I love food.  

A couple of years ago, I figured out how to make the world's easiest berry sauce and have since been intermittently enjoying it over pancakes.  Here is the recipe if you can even call it that.  

Easy Berry Sauce

Berries - frozen or fresh, any variety or even a mix

Throw the berries into a small saucepan and put over medium heat.  Cook until soft and the juices run out of the berries.  Serve over pancakes, ice cream or whatever else your heart may desire.  

That's it.  Seriously.  Nothing else.  I love the combination of tart berries with sweet pancakes and freshly whipped cream.  I suppose that if you felt it was too tart, you could throw in a little sugar.  

I should have taken a picture before I ate most of my breakfast.  Oops.

Kira is definitely a huge fan. 

Too Skinny for the Skinny Jeans

So it isn't much of a secret that I've lost a lot of weight these past 4 months.  It feels wonderful!  I love being relatively skinny again and being able to wear some of my favorite clothes.  This past week I wore my skinniest pair of jeans for the first time in about a year!  I also went out and bought my first pair of real skinny jeans.  I'm officially only 5 years behind the style!

Before 

After

While I wouldn't be too disappointed if I happened to lose another pound or two, I thought I'd mark this occasion by posting some of my favorite things to eat when I'm feeling super skinny.  So if you happen to being feeling a little too skinny for your skinny pants, give one of these things a try!

1.  Pecan pie!  My favorite pie and it is almost Thanksgiving which always reminds me of it.  I have never actually made a pecan pie because pecans are ridiculously expensive and I'm scared I'd eat the entire thing by myself.  
2. Cheesecake.  I'd take just about any kind especially if it includes dark chocolate.  Just sayin. 
3. Talenti Sea Salt Caramel Gelato.  It is like eating butter.  So rich.  So salty.  So sweet.  So amazing.  One of the best date night treats around!
   
4. Fresh from the oven homemade bread slathered with butter.  I could seriously eat 1/2 loaf by  myself when it comes out of the oven.  I've been making this bread recipe recently.  
5. Pancakes!  Our normal breakfast in this house is oatmeal.  I like to make it a variety of ways.  We also eat a lot of homemade Greek yogurt, granola, and eggs.  My true love is pancakes.  I love them with fresh whipped cream.  They are also yummy when a fruit sauce.  To make a fruit sauce just dump some fresh or frozen berries in a small pan over medium high heat and wait until they turn into a lumpy sauce.  Much better than syrup! While I'm not super picky about my pancakes (though no mixes please), these are my two favorite pancake recipes: pumpkin pancakes and banana blueberry pancakes.  
6. Fruffy coffee!  I love occasionally splurging on super girly coffee. 
7. Finally, I leave you with one recently discovered savory item.  I don't know if it makes the favorite list yet because I've only had it once, but the recipe is definitely a keeper.  I'm hoping to make it again for the holidays.  Check out this butternut squash and cheddar bread pudding. We had it as a vegetarian main dish but it would also work great as a side or even for breakfast. 

What are your favorite indulgence foods?