I am sorry I have been on a bit of a baking and sweet kick the past two weeks. I blame my husband. If he wasn’t such a willing test-taster and his fellow school teachers didn’t eat all the treats I send to school with him, I probably wouldn’t make as much. Hmmm…. Maybe that’s not entirely true. I love a good cookie or cake or brownie every now and again, but I don’t love the feeling of guilt afterwards. Since I do bake, I know how much sugar, butter, milk, eggs, etc. go into each little bite of heaven. Don’t get me wrong. Those things do indeed make dessert worthwhile. But when you are trying to eat balanced and already packing on some additional baby-related pounds, you sometimes worry about these things. With every bite of a sweet I take, I can hear my copy of What to Expect When You’re Expecting opening its pages like a mouth (just like the Care of Magical Creatures books from Harry Potter) and shouting at me, “Empty calories! Spend your extra calories on something that is GOOD for you!” So, I came up with my own twisted solution. Every now and then …

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