Ⓢ Suzette Roberts

// Recent Reads, Loves, and Sunny Winter Days

A sun-kissed bunch from the market two weeks ago and I couldn't have been happier for the delight of some winter sunshine, 'high heat red alert thermometer' popping up on my dashboard. Apricity. While so many, and then some, have been contemplating, navigating, re-contemplating and/ re-navigating a dry January and now February, I've been doing the same with my caffeine intake for a 'calm brain', switching to weekday decaf a.m. espresso or drip-coffee, and caffeine-free afternoon mini diet-pep pick-me-up...

// Valentine Scoop Favourites

And I'm not at all surprized with Wild Amarena Cherry and Lindt's Refreshing Classic Milk Chocolate as our top two Valentine favourites. Ours too! :) These days we all want simple flavourful pleasures right in the cozy comforts of home. Left to right, top to bottom...

 

...  Wild Amarena Cherry Gelato

...  Lindt's Refreshing Classic Milk Chocolate Ice Cream

...  Espresso Cheesecake Ice Cream

...  Vanilla Bean Ice Cream (with Fresh Strawberry Sauce)

...  Pistachio Nut Ice Cream

...  Menthe Française - French Mint Ice Cream

 

 

// Ice Cream for Breakfast Day!

Go right ahead and enjoy a fruity breakfast scoop, or two. It's going to be an early spring!!! Happy Ice Cream for Breakfast Day! » Blood Orange Ice Cream ...

// tree.fm

What a lovely way to greet February! Welcome to tree.fm, where "people around the world recorded the sounds of their forests allowing us to escape into nature and unwind wherever we are, for a few, or more..." I started listening during lunch last week and love the quieter soothing notes: birds, insects, and of course streams.

 

 

// Cherry Almond {Rest Well} Smoothie

Cherries are well-known for helping with restful and deeper sleep with being a natural source of melatonin, the chemical that manages our body's internal clock and regulates sleep. Over the years we've enjoyed them in my Roasted Summer Cherries Ice Cream and also with my dairy-free Cherry-Vanilla Sorbet. With the end of January and February being our coldest time of the year (deep-freeze) experienced, I'm signing us all up for a delicious Winter Cherry Almond {Rest Even Better} Smoothie. Recipe after the jump...