Two of my favorite flavors unite again in this delicious ice cream pie. Chocolate and coconut! I love coconut. It reminds me of the beach. I immediately begin fantasies of my toes in the sand. The ocean waves crashing. A good book in my hand. Oops. I’m dreaming again. Wake up, Mel! Wake up!…
The ONE and ONLY
The One. There’s this great person in my life. One who I want to spend time with. One who I want to do fun things with. One I want to laugh with. One I want to talk to. One I want to have deep conversation with. One I want to do projects with. One I…
Reasons Why I Work Out | Part 2
In my post last week I started a 2 part post on why I work out. You can the part 1 of 2 here: https://gatherforbread.com/reasons-why-i-work-out-part-1/ I decided to write this out simply because I’ve never taken the time to do it. I’m been working out faithfully for 8 years. But never sat down and wrote…
Cheese Stuffed Banana Peppers
Cheese stuffed banana peppers. Bacon wrapped peppers are stuffed with cheddar and cream cheeses are the perfect appetizers for picnics, the big game and parties. Oh. My. Goodness. These stuffed peppers are amazing. If you’ve never been a pepper fan, please reconsider. I am not a huge pepper lover. But these things are amazing. They…
Reasons Why I Work Out | Part 1
Work Out. Exercise. Running. Cardio. To some of you it’s fun. To others, torture. To some of you it’s an obligation. To others, it’s a commitment. To others of you it made be on your to-do list that you never get to. To others, it’s just a way to get the scale numbers down. What…
Cucumber Salad with Greek Yogurt
A beautiful simple cucumber salad using the bounty of your garden. Dressed with a simple light dressing made with Greek Yogurt. I’ve got cucumbers coming out of my garden like crazy! Last year I ended up with only enough to get us through the summer. Not enough to jar up for the winter. I…
Life is Hard. Decisions can be Harder.
When life is tough usually there are decisions to make. Hard decisions. Tiring decisions. Decisions where you have no idea how to choose the better option. I developed poison ivy or sumac over the weekend. It hits me hard. Swelling. Itching. Burning. It got my face this time. I woke on Sunday and poured my…