Halva/Halava/Halwa

My obsession with this cream-of-wheat based sweet pudding started a few months ago. I finally tried the vegetarian lunch served by the Hare Krishnas on campus (a UF tradition, and I was a bad student to not try it until my 8th year on campus). Their food is not only delicious and karma-free, but a great wallet friendly lunch when I forget to pack one for myself. And, it's just a great atmosphere... all those happy people serving/eating vegetarian lunches on the plaza. Anywho...

I searched and searched for a recipe to make my own sweet treat. Mistakenly made a sesame tahini fudge-like something or other first, and then found the cream of wheat based one and fell.in.love. And, here's where I admit that I am bad little blogger and have NO IDEA where I found the recipe. I wrote it down on a piece of note paper, and couldn't find it when I tried to search for it again. I adapted it a little anyways, and if I do find the original recipe I will be sure to give credit where it is due. Here it is for you to enjoy!

Weekend with friends

Bobby and I spent the Memorial Day long weekend in south Florida - visiting his family, and one of my best friends. It all culminated with the Race for the Pineapple 5K. I walked the entire 3.1 (no jogging at all... a first for me). So I now have a personal best for a walked 5K - 42:20.

I also was able to visit a dear friend of mine, one of my mommy-to-be friends, and we enjoyed catching up, eating delicious food, and some crafting projects! We also hung out with these lovely girls:

Such cuties!

I gave E her mommy-to-be present: (Same slipper pattern from a previous blog post)

And we worked on the decorations for another friend's baby shower:

A "flower bouquet" made from baby onesies, socks, washcloths, etc. 

The flowers were inspired by a google search for baby shower gifts. I've had a few requests for "how tos", but I didn't take any pictures at the time. I'll try to put together a post soon.