Heaven in my Mouth

If you like coconut, this is the recipe for you.

Coconut Meringues

2 egg whites
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/3 Cup shredded coconut

Preheat oven to 325. Lightly grease a cookie sheet.

In a medium bowl mix egg whites and vanilla with electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add sugar, about a tablespoon at a time. Mix until stiff peaks form. (I had the problem of ALL the "batter" stiffening in the beater) Fold in coconut. (And by fold, I guess they didn't mean turn on high and forget about it while you check the gnocchi. Made it pretty runny!)

Drop batter onto cookie sheet using rounded teaspoon (It says 2 inches apart, but I ignored that). Bake for 20 minutes or until tops are brown. Makes about 30 cookies, unless you really like the batter and can only fit 28 cookies on the sheet. Then you eat the batter straight off the spatula and try not to get weak in the knees.

I can't even explain how good this batter is. If you like fluffy meringue-like gooiness full of coconut, then beware! The cookies might not end up baked. Even with my batter turning out runny, the cookies came out almost caramelized and are almost dangerous to have in the house. I'm trying to limit myself to 3 a day. (I'm actually hoping D eats them all this weekend when I'm gone.) *Wipes drool off desk*

Piss on the non-processed food week. I like pre-packaged cookies (actually organic cookie buttons!). And naturally I got a craving for faux cheese chips this week (and I luckily had baked cheddar & sour cream in my cupboard!). Still enjoying my fruit & yogurt mess at bedtime.

Speaking of bedtime. Last night right after supper (dishes were still everywhere) we lied down in bed. Slept until 8:40. Got up, had a smoke and a snack, went back to bed. Took a little bit to fall back asleep, but I think I was sawing logs again by 11. Yay for lots of sleep! I could have just slept right through at 8:40, but was concerned that I'd either A) wake up at 5am (and what the hell would i do at 5am?) or B) wake up a 9pm and not get back to sleep until 3.

Obviously I didn't get any exercise last night either. Tonight is questionable. My shin splint is a bit better, but still hurts when my foot is flat. Problem is, if I take tonight off of anything too, that will mean no exercise until at least Sunday. Minus some potential shop-walking-around on the weekend. Do I care? Not overly :D Perhaps I should. I'm still annoyed that I haven't done the 5Ks I mapped out. I'm doing a 5K fundraising run/walk in May (2 actually...but I think one is 6K) I want to watch my time go down! The "road race" at the end of May will be done with my runner friend and I've told her we're going to run the whole darn thing. I have to be ready so she doesn't end up having to drag my breathless ass to the hospital for an oxygen tank! Our fake spring has given way to cold winds and threats of rain/snow. I just want some sun. I don't think I'll have any trouble once the sun shines through, but right now I don't want to layer up or go to the gym. Turns out I'm not a fan of the gym (that's pronounced g-eye-m for those who don't know)

H2O and back to work time!