Old friends and brownies!

On Saturday night, my good friend Marianne invited me and our other high school girlfriends that are left living in the Twin Cities area over for dinner. Due to all of our crazy schedules, only Kelly and I were able to make it and we had a great time! Marianne and I met on the first day of 1st grade when we wore matching outfits - a pink skirt and a pink and white striped top. Which means (as she just informed me) that we have been friends for OVER 20 YEARS. Wow!

Marianne and Kelly


Marianne even busted out the china for the occasion! Delicious meal - apricot cashew chicken over couscous and roasted asparagus that reminded me of the delicious asparagus at Sample Room!

Now on to my contribution. I had previously promised to bring dessert, and of course had grand plans to make something elaborate. As you saw in the previous post, I went to the zoo on Saturday and was completely wiped out. For a long while I contemplated just buying one of those half cheesecakes/pies/cakes at Kowalski's and calling it a day. Then it was an internal battle of what was more of a pain - going out and buying something, or just making something at home that was fairly easy. I had recently starred this recipe for classic brownies (claiming to be the best I'll ever eat, no less!) from Sing for Your Supper. When I realized I had all the ingredients at home, I figured it was fate :)

These were VERY easy and really WERE the best brownies ever! Yum! I just had another one and they are still great. If you are a brownie fan, definitely try this recipe.

At Marianne's right after cutting


Today out of the fridge! Still lookin good :)