I love cooking for my family, but it’s nice to have an occasional break everything, even things I love. Like maybe once a year, when we go to family camp, stay in rustic cabins, and let the nice people there cook and clean up for us.
This is literally the only thing I made all week. It was a good week.
S’mores: Prepare a lakeside campfire with friends. Have a little girl roast a marshmallow on a stick for you. Sandwich between a graham cracker and a slab of chocolate. Take turns eating bites.
That looks stupid good…
Mmm, s’mores are the best! I want s’more right now…
Good for you, Emmy! :D xx
It was so, so good for me. :)
I always keep all the ingredients for s’mores on hand for when young guests come to visit and see our stone barbecue down by the lake.
You are brilliant. I bet that makes everyone’s day every time.
There are lots of smiles and sticky fingers that get washed in the lake.
Yay, family camp! Perfect week. My only issue here is with the chocolate. Can we get something a little darker down by that campfire? I need bitter to counteract that marshmallow sweet ;)
That sounds nice too, but when you’re not the cook those decisions are out of your hands! Totally worth it for just a few days a year–the rest of the time I do like to select my own fine chocolate. :)
and the greatest joy of family camp IS that someone else is doing all the cooking ;)
That sounds wonderful – a week of other kitchen ladies cooking for you. And everyone loves s’mores.
It was divine! And I do–they’re total junk, and I totally love them. :)
Sounds like a lovely week!
I love cooking and I love not cooking (which is also why I love leftovers…) : )
Exactly! I think people who don’t like leftovers must not be great cooks–if you don’t want to eat it twice it can’t be that good. :)
Agreed! Plus with certain foods, like Indian curries, the leftovers often taste even better than the first night’s meal since the spices really have time to hang out and mingle.
Ah, the memories of Girl Scout Camp… Lovely photo, Emmy.
Am I too old to go to Girl Scout Camp? I didn’t go to a camp like this as a kid but I sure like it now!
Done! Except for the sharing bites part. I don’t share s’mores. Great photo. Love the little hand in the background.
I love that little hand too. :)
We go a little crazy and use some delicious salted vegan dark chocolate and the vegan marshmallows. Oh s’mores. LOVE THEM.
Oh, wow. Wow. Can you tell me more about this salted vegan dark chocolate?
Oh, I forgot to mention, it also has almonds in it, which I won’t hold against it….
http://www.chocolove.com/almondsseasalt.htm
Their bars are my favorites, so many varieties and really affordable!
I LOVE those too–I never thought about the dark chocolate ones being vegan. :)
They’re not certified “vegan” but I just read labels. Traces of dairy or nuts just mean that they are processed on the same equipment. Which is cool with me :)
There’s also this little gem with chilies and cherries…..
http://www.chocolove.com/chilies.htm
Oh, yum. I usually get this one but I will have to try the chilie one! http://www.chocolove.com/cherries_almonds.htm :)
Oh man. I need chocolate….