Oh, yes I did.
February 6, 2010 | Filed Under Life Stuff, Perspective, Photos
And you thought I was crazy when I was feeding my family dessert for dinner…
I’ve reached new heights of the crazy.
We had dessert for breakfast.
For a few days time I had promised the kids I would make them the ice cream of their dreams. The kind that makes them drool when the memory comes flooding back in twenty-five years.
(It was a bucket of homemade peach ice cream on a hot heavy-aired New York night for me…)
Anyway, as I was whipping up this future drool worthy memory, I had a moment of brilliance and added in a couple of teaspoons instant coffee. Because I wanted coffee ice cream. But wait! Who in their right mind feeds their children coffee ice cream right before bed? Not this chickie.
I think children sleeping at night is a good thing. You?
Well, I had also promised Eve I would make her oatmeal raisin cookies for dessert. I even remembered to buy the raisins at the Commissary. Miracles still happen!
But then I forgot to make the cookies.
Can’t win ‘em all, I guess.
I don’t know about you, but to me it’s obvious, once you add all of these variables together, I had to feed my children dessert for breakfast.
I know some of you are cringing at the thought that there were no eggs on our breakfast table. No whole wheat toast. Where’s the fruit? The milk? The cereal?
Oh, but they were all there.
Eight eggs in the ice cream. Fresh store bought whole wheat flour in the cookies. Yummy, plump raisins studded the cookies. Great for growing bodies, coconut milk mixed with sinfully delicious heavy cream. Heavy rolled oats embodied the cookies.
As for the gobs of sugar usually in these desserts … it was agave syrup, my friends. I made the creamiest, most delicious coffee ice cream using agave syrup. Used it for the cookies too. Who knew! Not my kids.
They just thought I was the dreamiest, most beautiful, brilliant mommy that has ever walked the earth. Ice cream and cookies for breakfast? Who does that?
This chickie.
Because I think making memories is better than eating scrambled eggs and whole wheat toast every morning.
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18 Responses to “Oh, yes I did.”
Perfectly acceptable where I come from! Mine is that rare chocolate gravy and biscuits though,LOL! One of my most requested meals on major holidays.
My daughter would love it if I gave her cookies and ice cream for breakfast! You are one awesome chickie momma!
You rock Momma! You got room for one more? (well, technically two – but the baby’s only 4 weeks)
Would love the cookie recipe, mine is just so-so.
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oh YUM!!!! and I agree, making a great memory far outweighs the health benefits of eggs and whole wheat toast for one morning.
ice cream recipe, please?
and what is agave syrup? can it be substituted for sugar in anything?
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Oh wow, now I really need to try making homemade ice cream! This summer will be the summer, I think.
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sounds perfect to me
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Can you be my mommy?????
I was thinking the exact same thing–you’ve got eggs, oats…sounds like breakfast to me!
oh absolutely! memories are so important and your kids are gonna have more than a few. what a fun mommy you are! i would love to have the recipe for your ice cream! i’m looking into the agave syrup instead of sugar for some things. any advice??
I LOVE IT!!! We all know that you give your kids healthy foods. Whats the big deal about ice cream for breakfast every now and then. Sounds good to me!
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amen sister.
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Sounds wonderful! I’m sure my children would love it – maybe I’ll steal your idea one day
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Do you have room for one more? I’d really love a breakfast like that! Oh, and my kids would too, but shhh I won’t tell if you won’t.
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did you know there is an “International Ice Cream for Breakfast day”??? according to google it’s the first Saturday in February. I think you got it right. it’s the stuff that memories are made of. =)
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Sounds so yummy! And now I am hungry for oatmeal raisin cookies!
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So what time is breakfast???
I just started using the agave syrup in my tea instead of sugar or honey. Now I need to branch out. Do you use the same amount as sugar? Seems to me its sweeter.
And the whole “breakfast foods” thing??? I’ve never understood that. My favorite breakfast is a big fat bowl of homemade soup. Or homemade spaghetti sauce/pasta. Or homemade smothered steak….
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Why did I have to read this on a night when I’m specifically craving ice cream, and I have an empty freezer? Oh goodness
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I have let the kids have cookies for breakfast before. They loved it! Problem for us is we seem to have a blood sugar problem, or at least the kids and I do. So if we don’t eat well, we end up sick soon after. So, I have to pair stuff like that with some kind of protein, even if it’s just cheese. I envy people who can eat sweets without repercussions!
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I found the syrup at walmart by the breakfast syrup. Just an FYI
How about that recipe for the ice cream? I would love to try it!!!!