Olive You

Again, posting while I'm hungry. I'm sitting here waiting for my husband to finish up work so that we can scurry off to get dinner and then go to the movies at The Arclight.

I'm feeling sick today (summer cold coming on), and for some reason I decided to Google "sick cookies" and in a round about way, I stumbled upon Jumbo Empanadas' site where I found this amazing recipe for Deep Fried Olives. Yup. Beautiful jumbo green olives stuffed with Maytag blue cheese, breaded and then deep fried. It sounds like heaven.

Reminds me a bit of this crazy green olive appetizers my parents used to make on special occasions (birthdays, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve). Basically, it's a Spanish olive surrounded by a cheesy dough and then baked. MMMMMMM...I need me some of those right about now.

Alas, maybe I'll satiate my hunger w/ a medium-rare burger from the Arclight Café. Y up, that should do it. Maybe that will cure my cold too.

Bon Weekend.

How cute are these????!!?!!?!

I just love these Farm Iced Mini Cookies from Williams-Sonoma. Can't you just taste their brightly-colored sugary goodness?

They somewhat remind me of Mother's Circus Animal Cookies. MMMMmmm.... I could really go for some of those right now. (I really need to NOT post when I'm hungry.)

[Added 08/07: My husband told me this last weekend that his ex-girlfriend's family used to manufacture the Mother's Circus Animal Cookies. Too bad they got rid of that factory.]