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give it that cheesecake flavor

Happy almost summer! I took my summer vacation a little early and just got back from a gorgeous week-long cruise to Alaska. I can’t wait to share with you all, but before I do that I wanted to post the last thing I made before I left on my trip: this berry tart with cheesecake pastry cream. It was meant as a Memorial Day dessert, but I think it’ll serve just as well to celebrate the start of summer.

The idea for this tart, which is a bit of hybrid of a traditional cheesecake and a Parisian fruit tart filled with pastry cream, came from my parents’ visit. My mom loves cheesecake, and I wanted to make a lighter version that didn’t need baking in the oven. The inspiration struck to make a fruit tart, but with cream cheese added to the filling to give it that cheesecake flavor. How did this experiment pan out?

The filling for this tart is a traditional pastry cream made with milk, butter, and vanilla, with cream cheese folded in at the end. It’s noticeably thicker and richer than a regular pastry cream, and has the satisfying tang of cream cheese which sets off fresh berries beautifully. Like many pastry creams, it’s soft and more fluid when just made, and sets to a firmer consistency after refrigeration. So if you’re looking for a denser, more cheesecake-like texture, you can leave this tart in a refrigerator overnight. Once brought to room temperature, it will become softer and more creamy.

I originally tried out a press-in cookie crust, but in the end I found I preferred a sturdier pate brisee tart crust: since the pastry cream is softer than a baked cheesecake, having a more robust crust worked better as a contrast. I also spread a layer of fresh strawberry coulis on the bottom, since I can’t resist strawberry season. However, it did make it considerably trickier to pour in the cheesecake pastry cream without mixing the two components together. If you omit the strawberry coulis, it’s much easier to pour in the pastry cream and spread it around. Use my lessons learned and combine the different parts of this tart as you will!

I knew exactly where to start

So as many of you may know, I've been attempting to have less gluten in my life for a few months now. Of course, I'm not entirely gluten free (mostly because I don't personally need to be), but I do have family members that are gluten intolerant and/or diabetic and have the need to eat less gluten for one reason or another YOOX hk.

Gluten seems to be one of those things that most of us have in our everyday diet, but isn't something that the body necessarily needs. There are no nutrients in gluten, however gluten can be found in most of the whole grain items out there that are good for you. So long story short, you don't want to start a fully gluten free lifestyle until you've spoken to a medical doctor about it and learned the ins and outs of what all it entails.

A long while back I made these wonderful muffins that happened to be gluten free; which wasn't exactly what I was trying to accomplish, just a happy accident! So, when I decided to make some fruity breakfast muffins this week for my little one, I knew exactly where to start.

My daughter is extremely picky about her food. She won't eat oatmeal in it's traditional form, so muffins are about the only option I have available when attempting to get some wholesome fiber in her. Bright colors are also a selling point, but I was trying to avoid sprinkles and add some fruity flavor. So, I went with Fruity Pebbles cereal since it happens to be gluten free Disney jobs.

In an honest moment, I feel I should tell you all that this was the first time my 4 year old (nearly 5 year old) has ever had this fruity cereal. I try to avoid giving her sugary things as much as possible since we've got diabetes on both sides of her family. But, I figured since I was adding them in to a rather healthy breakfast treat, I'd let her indulge just a bit!

I packed in the strawberries and oatmeal and ta-da! A rather guilt free and gluten free breakfast muffin that is sure to put a smile on anyone's face. I mean... how could someone not smile with seeing a rainbow that also happens to be edible Scalable Enterprise Server?

small mozzarella balls anyway

I never saw them so small before. I don't need to say that they immediately disappeared inside my basket while food shopping. True, I have been searching the mozzarella section of every supermarket I go to the past months, looking for the mozzarella ciliegine to no avail. They are the size of cherry tomatoes.

At the supermarket once, as I was in my usual hunt for these mozzarella, a man was also rummaging through every stack I went through until we both realized that we were looking for the same thing. He was clutching a grocery list that his wife apparently gave him. I wondered, what if there was only one package? From the impatient expression on his face, he would have put up a fight in taking away the mozzarella from my clutches. Never mind my violent thoughts. There were no small mozzarella balls anyway hong kong tour.

On rare moments when I am not in a frenzied state in the supermarket, I can't help noticing that it's quite a common sight to see men walking up and down the aisles holding a grocery list in one hand and a telephone in the other. They either look desperate or exasperatedly gesticulating on the telephone speaking with obviously, the author of the list they are reading. I felt guilty because I am one of the frequent authors of these lists too. Having seen the other side, I pictured my poor husband going through his own paper squinting at my indecipherable handwriting. I am considerate though when I write the things to buy because I group together the ones that can be found in one section. I can't imagine the frustration of the other men when they find tomatoes at the beginning of the list then it jumps to tissue paper then milk, then veggies again. It should be like treasure hunting without any treasure at the end wine offer .

Faced with the perline di mozzarella, I didn't need to work so much on my imagination on how to prepare them. They are beautiful and inspiring. I felt like making some sort of basil sauce instead of putting whole leaves. Ok, the truth of the matter is, I needed an excuse to try out my new Jamie Oliver granite mortar & pestle. I am a big fan of that guy. I applaud his decisiveness in his campaign for change in school dinners. He has guts and determination in making his food revolution come to a successs. He gained my respect on that. We need to eat healthier food and it's never too late to start now electric gear motor 12v.

All kids are stinkers now and then

Earlier this week, I shared a sugar cookie recipe made with Greek Yogurt. Here is yet another Greek yogurt recipe for you…

I’m a part of a mom’s group at my church. We meet once a month, and the purpose of the group is to encourage each other as we navigate through this huge, daunting task we call motherhood. We compare experiences we have with our kids, like who’s baby has what teeth at what age, and how so-and-so managed to potty-train her almost two-year old, and how much screen time do you think is too much Barolo?

Even though there is all this comparison going on, we work really hard to keep the culture of our group open to differences without judgement. When our kids act like stinkers, we extend grace to each other and recognize that these are not defining moments vacuum bag.

All kids are stinkers now and then, right?

It’s really comforting to be surrounded by other women who understand what your daily life looks like. Other women who know that despite our best efforts, some toddlers just really want to play in the toilet!

We also take turns bringing breakfast to share with each other. I love this part because I get to try out so many great new recipes all in one place. This month I brought banana bread and tried subbing Greek yogurt for the sour cream my usual recipe calls for. Total success– this is the banana bread recipe I grew up on and I could not detect any difference whatsoever.

I actually made two batches to bring– one with nuts, and one with chocolate chips. I noted the changes in recipe below stainless steel tea travel mug.

緣分的相遇

若不是再次親身的投入，哪里知道這樣從前被自己不看好的生活裏，卻出現了讓自己從來都不敢想像的劇情，想著從前，終於明白了原來自己錯過了太多太多了；當一切已不是當初稚嫩的模樣，用音樂來舒緩自己每日的緊張和煩悶情緒，抑或是自己的開心與失落；遠離了校園裏的醉生夢死，世界其實沒那麼簡單，也並沒有那麼多的溫柔，似乎很平淡，似乎有很牽強。
總是會在自己的世界裏沉浸很久，而忽略了其實旁人對你根本不在意；總是喜歡給自己很高的位置，而忘記了其實你沒那麼好；當忘記了自己真實的身份的時候，其實一切，都只是自己的臆想而已；還記得多年以前自己的文字裏，表達了自己對自己思維的困惑和無解，在有幸福和歡快的歲月裏，似乎忘記了什麼是成長，什麼是承擔，什麼是一個人，什麼是幸福；而當那一年的季節，所給的一切毫無徵兆撲面而來的時候，再也無法控制住自己的思緒了，波平如鏡的一切，被突如其來的誰，打得粉碎，而同時也獲得了從未有過的情緒。
坐在這裏看著窗外的世界，熟練的溫習著一些題目，看著螢幕裏的答案，似乎有些彷徨和無奈，沒有一個人的答案或者思緒是和自己一樣的，直到左邊傳來了一陣唏噓聲，看著螢幕的時候，發現了一個驚天的秘密，而我以後的一切，都被這個秘密所困擾和牽絆了，好似風花雪月的純白寧靜，在裏面讓你自己去尋找著最浪漫的童話故事主角。
那一年，獨自走過了一個季節的時間，沒有太多的矯揉造作，一切都順著自己的生活腳印而行走著，在一個路口的駐留，本想著讓自己選擇好方向在行走，可是卻偏偏被上帝所賜予的緣分所打破；從那一刻起，我的生活充滿著太多的歡笑與祝福，充斥著太多不堪入目的情緒和糾結，而從前的很多時候，我一直都不太相信緣分這個帶著運氣性質的詞語，僅僅有兩次，第一次，是當自己的內心世界被自己所有的情緒所控制卻依然收不回來的時候，那一年，自己還只是一個校園裏的所謂的佼佼者，但是踏出了校園，卻不得不再次對自己進行更加深刻的定位；而這一次，我更加對緣分這個東西產生了膜拜了，若不是再次的親身經歷，永遠不知道有些東西，在逐漸隨著時間的推移而發生著悄無聲息的變化，無論是好，還是壞。
就這樣，在緣分的叮囑下，在虛擬的世界裏就這樣毫無徵兆的相遇，就這樣相遇了，就這樣熟悉了，慢慢的，發現仿佛是在和另外一個自己對話，而有慢慢的，我們不知道有多少次在相同的地點，相同的時間裏，分毫不差的脫口而出同樣的問題、同樣的語句，好像連語氣的側重點都分毫不差，而更讓自己可笑和幸福的是，我居然，不知不覺的無法逃離一切了，不自覺的翹起了嘴角，慶倖命運給了我這樣的美好的她，本就不想與世俗有太多觸碰的我，更加戀上了這樣一種很奇妙的感覺了，有了她的存在，就算是再如何寒冷的季節，好像都無法將我困住，就算是再如何陰霾的天氣，都無法影響到自己的心情，就這樣悄無聲息的，走進了她的心房，漸漸的被她的一切深深的吸引，忽然間的思緒告訴我：她便是我苦苦尋找了許久的另一半，於是又緊閉著雙眼，享受著這上帝賜予我的一切，被她的可愛所牽絆了；被她的才華所吸引了；被她的溫柔和強悍所深深的困住了，而愛，或許最初始的狀態，便是這樣的吧。就這樣，彼此已經成為了最重要的部分了。

愛情的創傷

愛情不風流，因為它極認真。正因為此，愛情始終面臨著失敗的危險，如果失敗又會留下很深的創傷，這創傷甚至可能終身不愈。熱戀者把自己全身心投入對方並被對方充滿，一旦愛情結束，就往往有一種被掏空的感覺。風流韻事卻無所謂真正的成功或失敗，投入甚少，所以退出也甚易。

愛情不風流，因為它其實是很謙卑的。"愛就是奉獻"--如果除去這句話可能具有的說教意味，便的確是真理，準確地揭示了愛這種情感的本質。愛是一種奉獻的激情，愛一個人，就會遏制不住地想為她（他）做些什麼，想使她快樂，而且是絕對不求回報的。愛者的快樂就在這奉獻之中，在他所創造的被愛者的快樂之中。最明顯的例子是父母對幼仔的愛，推而廣之，一切真愛均應如此。可以用這個標準去衡量男女之戀中真愛所占的比重，剩下的就只是情欲罷了如新nuskin產品。

愛情不風流，因為它需要一份格外的細緻。愛是一種瞭解的渴望，愛一個人，就會不由自主地想瞭解她的一切，把她所經歷和感受的一切當作最珍貴的財富接受過來，精心保護。如果你和一個異性發生了很親密的關係，但你並沒有這種瞭解的渴望，那麼，我敢斷定你並不愛她，你們之間只是又一段風流因緣罷了。

愛情不風流，因為它雖甜猶苦，使人銷魂也令人斷腸，同時是天堂和地獄。正如紀伯倫所說--

"愛雖給你加冠，它也要把你釘在十字架上。它雖栽培你，它也刈剪你。

"它雖升到你的最高處，撫惜你在日中顫動的枝葉。它也要降到你的根下，搖動你的根柢的一切關節，使之歸土。"

所以，內心不嚴肅的人，內心太嚴肅而又被這嚴肅嚇住的人，自私的人，懦弱的人，玩世不恭的人，飽經風霜的人，在愛情面前紛紛逃跑了如新nuskin產品。

所以，在這人際關係日趨功利化、表面化的時代，真正的愛情似乎越來越稀少了。有人憤激地問我："這年頭，你可聽說某某戀愛了，某某又失戀了？"我一想，果然少了，甚至帶有浪漫色彩的風流韻事也不多見了。在兩性交往中，人們好像是越來越講究實際，也越來越瀟灑了。

也許現代人真是活得太累了，所以不願再給自己加上愛情的重負，而寧願把兩性關係保留為一個輕鬆娛樂的園地。也許現代人真是看得太透了，所以不願再徒勞地經受愛情的折磨，而寧願不動感情地面對異性世界。然而，逃避愛情不會是現代人精神生活空虛的一個徵兆嗎？愛情原是靈肉兩方面的相悅，而在普遍的物欲躁動中，人們尚且無暇關注自己的靈魂，又怎能懷著珍愛的情意去發現和欣賞另一顆靈魂呢？

可是，儘管真正的愛情確實可能讓人付出撕心裂肺的代價，卻也會使人得到刻骨銘心的收穫。逃避愛情的代價更大。就像一萬部豔情小說也不能填補《紅樓夢》的殘缺一樣，一萬件風流韻事也不能填補愛情的空白。如果男人和女人之間不再信任和關心彼此的靈魂，肉體徒然親近，靈魂終是陌生，他們就真正成了大地上無家可歸的孤魂了。如果亞當和夏娃互相不再有真情甚至不再指望真情，他們才是真正被逐出了伊甸園如新nuskin產品。

愛情不風流，因為風流不過爾爾，愛情無價。

雪花

你那裏下雪了嗎

面對寒冷你怕不怕

可有爐火溫暖你的手

可有微笑填滿你的家

這個城市的天氣變法無常，這幾天天氣格外的冷。天下起了2011的第一場雪。第一場雪下的很小，地面上跟本就看不到雪花，只有花壇裏和屋頂上倒是有點白白的積雪。但是，這場雪卻不同。

你那裏下雪了嗎？紛紛揚揚的雪花裏，是誰和誰在一起嬉戲？銀色的裝扮，又映襯了誰和誰的笑意？冰瑩的雪花，她消融了誰和誰的心語？
撿拾起灑落在雪中的記憶，悄悄的擱置在潔白的情愫裏。恬淡的飄舞、纏綿了誰和誰的思緒，剔透的靈性、放飛了誰和誰的頑皮，夢中的囈語、迷亂了誰和誰的寫意。

呃，你這妖嬈的雪。

是的，雪不但妖嬈且韻味兒無比，它的聖潔和俏麗，她的靈動和飄逸，她的輕盈和禪意，沒有什麼可以比。呃，莫看她那輕盈的步履，還有她那飄逸的韻律，悄無聲息卻驚天動地，轉動了豈止是那一季。

你那裏今天下雪了嗎？今天我們這裏下雪了，孤零零的我站在雪地裏看著這雪花漫天飛舞，思緒也隨之氾濫……

片片潔白的雪花落下，如無數個美夢在蒼茫中破碎，又如無數個希望在空中升騰。雪落無聲，天與地一片的蒼茫。

今天的雪一直在下，大街上一片潔白。片片雪花如精靈般在空中飛舞，沒有方向，亦沒有目標，自由地飛翔著。

雪是美的，雪是純潔的。而今我的心卻是碎的，我的心在流淌著鮮紅的血。等到哪天，血流盡了，我便亦如這雪花飛舞起來，無聲無消的消失在這蒼茫的天際之間……

在這樣的一個下雪的天氣，我在想著一個人，一個給我兩年溫暖的人，而今……

雪花片片飄落下來，心隨著它下沉著。遠方的你好嗎？今天的你也和我一樣的感覺到了冷嗎？冷的我心都生疼。漸漸地感覺到心被活活地凍碎了！碎在地上，如這片片雪花，我想揀起來像孩子拼積木一般地重新拼湊起來，然後裝回去；可是，碎了的心可以放回去嗎？即使是放回去了，還可以和原來一樣嗎？

不，不可能一樣，所以我亦沒有了這放回去的勇氣，只能看著這來來往往的人在我的心的碎片上任意踐踏。聽著這一個個腳步聲聲，我的身如刀割；可是，我卻沒有辦法阻止這一切……

站在這片白茫茫中，我輕輕地問自己：我在等待什麼？在等她嗎？等著她回來把我的心重新裝回去嗎？可能嗎？如果可能，那麼我的希望就不會如這春夏秋冬般的輪回、輪回……空、空、空醫療用品！

雪一直再下，不大不小，不緊不慢。仿佛要把這個污穢的世界給染成潔白，又仿佛是要讓我們每個人如它般剖析。不管是為了什麼，我都喜歡雪，喜歡下雪，喜歡下雪的感覺。

我喜歡下雪，我還記得你也喜歡下雪，猶記得去年江南好不容易下了一場雪，而你就像個小孩，欣喜，獨自一個人在花園裏玩雪，甚至還摔跤了。喜歡看著雪花片片落地的感覺，喜歡看著它們自由自在的漫天飄揚；我還喜歡用我的雙手來迎接這雪花的飄落，讓手心感受那份冰涼；我更喜歡雪後的景色，一片的潔白，真的很美！

雖然我知道，我所喜歡的這份美麗是那麼的短暫，但是，這種短暫的美麗足以讓我久久的回味隱適美……

你那裏下雪了嗎？此時的你快樂嗎？此刻的你也在將遠方的我想起嗎？不管你此刻是否想起了我，我都想說：此刻的我想你了，真的想你，想的是那麼的真、那麼的深。心，因為想你而泛起了柔柔的痛……

雖然我們相隔太遠，但是思念卻不會因為距離而減退半分，記憶劃過這個冷冷的冬，與你做一世的纏綿香港搬屋……

大海

出了學校南門就是一片海，去過好多次，都是白天，沒有什麼特別的感覺。我開始漸漸懷疑古往今來無數人們對大海強烈的感懷。我心底隱隱冒出一個想法：大海就是一個大的湖泊，沒有什麼神奇的。突然的，我開始害怕我這個想法：在什麼場合說，都是一件冒天下之大不韙的事。

後來，或許我輕狂的想法惹怒了海神，她安排我在一個月夜走近大海，從此，我為她的魅力所折服。

夏日的一個傍晚，太陽已經落山，烈日烘烤後的土地開始慢慢向外散發熱量。四野裏變得寂靜，噪了一天的蠶兒此刻也靜下來了，只有草下的甲蟲用它堅硬的甲殼敲著土地，發出有韻的聲響“平平仄仄平”，似乎在輕吟一首五言。海岸邊上是排白漆的護欄，油漆大塊的脫落掉，露出紅色的鐵銹，斑斑駁駁，如同一幅上古的畫：汲水的井、抽穗的苗、勞作的農夫都在裏面，記錄著時間的流逝，生命的更替。

穿過白色小圓石子鋪成的小道，下了青石臺階，就是海邊了。大海安靜極了，如同一只熟睡但不打鼾的獅子，只有那一排排細浪起伏著，是她微弱的呼吸。海水是深藍的，藍的安靜、藍的坦然，好像自古如是，將來還如是，塵世的風風雨雨都不曾影響她的心境，她依舊是靜靜的藍，藍藍的靜。她似深山裏不曾涉世少女安靜深藍的眸子，但不全是，哪個少女有如此平靜、安然；似歷盡風雨的智者的心境：閑看雲卷雲舒，靜觀花謝花開，亦不全是，不曾有一位智者如此坦然，深沉。我開始為她那種特有的顏色而肅然起敬，這安靜、坦然的藍，這世界上獨一無二的藍，無可比擬的藍。從遙遠的洪荒走進連綿的綠野，從饑渴的年代走入愛的漩流，這藍是廣淼的空間，永恆的時間慢慢沉澱出的色彩，是大海靈魂深處折射出的顏色。

月亮升上來了，是一輪滿月，皎潔而又光亮。月光靜靜地撒下來，不，是滿滿的鋪下來，好似無比輕盈的羅紗輕輕地罩在外面，如妝後的新娘，拖著薄薄的裙，溫柔、可愛，又端莊。這時海水擁著月光，月光籠著海水，水與月相互交融，幻化出柔美的光線，在波浪搖動中跳躍著、翻騰著，如一曲輕靈歡快的恰恰。

夏夜月下，佇立海邊，海風習習，此刻除了讓想像如脫韁的駿馬無邊的馳騁，我別無選擇……。

“海上升明月，天涯共此時”。海上的明月是一首詩，月下的海則是一幅畫，自古，濃濃的眷戀和相思就彌漫於這詩畫之間。十餘年的學海生涯，如今就要畫上一個句號，我將要告別我可愛的大學，離開我至愛的戀人。想起這裏熟悉的一切即將離我遠去，我們在這裏朝夕相處的點點滴滴將成回憶，我不禁蕭然淚下。“但願人長久，千裏共嬋娟。”有情人自此天各一方，濃濃的思念無期無盡，此恨恐怕只有明月知，我們那時所共有的除此一輪皓月，還有什麼啊！遂念大海之無窮無盡，你我只是滄海一粟；感大海之永恆千古，你我此生只是須臾一歎，就此彈指之須臾，奈何聚少分多唉。有情人眷屬今生，問天下眾生，白頭偕老者能有幾人與？忽感“天下最浪漫的事，是和你一起慢慢變老”此語萬真啊！

月下的海，少了晨光裏的鮮豔和晚霞裏的嬌柔，而多了一種夜色裏的素靜和冷媚。如果海上有仙子，必是在這樣月色如水的晚上才會現身，曳著月光的長裙，飛翔在煙色浩淼的瀲瀲波光間。

月光氾濫，海上空靜、渺遠，此刻會有蛟人上岸，對月流珠？