New! New! New!

I've lost 20, I've lost 20, hey hey hey, hey hey hey!

Woohoo! Today is a par-tay in my body (minus the party food and sodas.) I've officially hit the 20 pound mark for my weight loss. THANK YOU RAPID FAT LOSS HANDBOOK!  That was after a free meal last night too. I've officially decided that the body is the most incredible science experiment set before mankind. And I think it's fantastic!  So what is so new about that? My body! It feels and looks new, and I intend to keep that feeling going with another 20 lbs, and then maybe another 20 lbs. I'm talking long term goals here, so no pressure. But before I head out for the State Central Committee quarterly meeting for the Libertarian Party of Virginia (<---visit our crappy, old website here), I wanted to share one more thing...

Did ya notice anything else new? Maybe on the actual blog itself? No? Well, I got a new banner courtesy of my completely talented artist and friend Ashley.  She is a local painter, jewelry maker, henna artist, graphic design artist, campfire attendee extraordinare, and everything in between. She has helped me several times gratis, but this time I did compensate her. I suggested bug repellent that I make, she suggested sweets. Never wanting to give up a chance to get my kitchen messy with desserts, I fulfilled her request. With this...

(Image from http://yummyluv.blogspot.com/2011/01/recipe-for-sexcess.html)

Let's just say that this turned into full on bowl licking and forced me to take the week's second free meal.  It was worth it.  

This peanut butter chocolate cream cheese pie was something I discovered on Pinterest, and I had NO idea the raciness of the blog it came from. Yummyluv.blogspot.com is cah-razy, and not for the faint of heart, so if you can't take some down and dirty sexy stories, don't read it. This woman tells ALL!  I'll post the recipe here anyway to save your virgin eyes. She calls it the Perfect Couple Pie, because it's like chocolate and peanut butter are food soul mates.  hehe  (Edit: In typical fashion for myself, I didn't read the directions, and mixed in the entire tub of cool whip when I made it, so I didn't divide it, or have an extra cool whip layer, but it was still fantastic!) Have at it!

The Perfect Couple Pie

1 chocolate graham cracker crust
1 cup peanut butter
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, room temperature
1 tub (12 ounces) Cool Whip, divided
1 jar (11.75 ounces) hot fudge topping, divided
½ cup sugar

For the topping:
2 tablespoons hot fudge
2 tablespoons peanut butter

• In large bowl, beat peanut butter, cream cheese, and sugar until creamy (this takes a while, but does happen, don't get too antsy and give up too soon!) Fold in 3 cups Cool Whip. Spoon mixture into crust and smooth to edges.

• Remove 2 tablespoons hot fudge from jar and reserve in zip-loc plastic baggie for later. Heat remaining hot fudge according to package directions. Spread on top of peanut butter layer. Refrigerate pie until serving time (make sure it is fully refrigerated, or else it is too runny.)

• At serving time, carefully spread remaining Cool Whip on top of pie.  (I left this step out and just mixed in all the cool whip when I made it...)

• Knead hot fudge in baggie with hands; cut tiny hole in corner of baggie and pipe over pie. Repeat with 2 tablespoons peanut butter and pipe on pie in opposite direction.  

So, last night while attending Relay for Life I got this text, "Holy hell this is good". Success FTW! Thank you, Ashley for your work. I love and appreciate it, almost as much as I love our campfire time. Thanks again, you rock!