[borrowed s’more idea] my daughter’s friend, erica, has been trying her hand at cooking creatively - we’ve cooked together a few times and i’ve taught her some of my dishes/methods - but the other day, she truly impressed me with an idea that i believe is definitely “outside-the-baks creative!”

realizing that they didn’t have graham crackers when they set out to make s’mores, erica said they came up with the idea to use m&m/chocolate chip cookies in place of the graham crackers - duh! so creative! - so simple! - so smart!  and i say, “you go, girl! i’m SO PROUD!” (while i wipe a tear and sigh...)

after all, we must admit that most people would have either dashed off to the grocery store to get the missing ingredient, or said, “oh well, guess we can’t make s’mores tonight” but i seriously question how many of us would have considered the alternatives in the pantry? 

of course, it got me thinking of all the other cookie combinations that could also be amazing sweet gooey yumminess ...hmmm!

because it matters,

jayne