Leg is doing better, definitely recovering, but this is a long haul. I have begun “walking”, as in limping around the house. Trying not to use the crutches, that’s learning to walk in a way that seems unnecessary. I just need to trust my doc that says that I can put my weight on my foot!

Meanwhile, in between working on the jewelry collection and learning to walk I have a bit of time to try interesting and easy recipes. Here’s a good one. Watch out - it’s addictive!

Before I start you should know that I am a winger when it comes to cooking and baking. I really wing it. I change this, that, add a bit of this, that and the other thing, and somehow it all woks out. Point being, the quantities are approximate, so feel free to wing it too.

Corn Flakes chocolate clusters

Ingredients:
6 cups corn flakes
1 pack unsweetened chocolate (I used Bakers 8 oz pack from Safeway)
1 bag butterscotch morsels ( about 11 oz)
1/2 cup peanut butter (or more, if you want a strong peanuty flavor)
2 TBSP Agave Nectar (optional, you can also use a bit of sugar but you might not need it. Try and see)

What to do:
in a very large microwave safe bowl put the chocolate, the butterscotch morsels and heat in the microwave for a min. Take out, add the peanut butter, stir with a spoon and heat again for a min, then take out and stir with a spoon. Keep doing this until it’s all melted and nicely mixed together. DON’T leave it in for more than a minute at a time! It could burn your chocolate!

Once all melted mix in the Agave Nectar and then corn flakes. Try to do this fairly quickly because the chocolate gets hard. No need to rush like crazy, but don’t go watching your favorite TV show in between either.

On an oiled cookie sheet (you can also used wax paper on a cookie sheet) spoon clusters of the corn flakes mix at a size that you want. Last time I made my clusters too big. I think that one spoon full per cluster is a good size, because the chocolate gets very hard once in the fridge.

That’s it. Put in the fridge, wait half an hour and YUM! How’s that for easy?

Variations:
Add coconut flakes, almonds, walnut pieces…. Raisins or other dried fruits… Use you imagination… Let me know if you come up with a really good combo!

Keren

One of my favorite series of all times is the Outlander Series by Diana Gabaldon. It’s just so good that I keep going back to it. I must have read or listened to the whole thing 3 or 4 times

Not to spoil anything, I’ll tell you a bit. The story begins with a young woman, Claire, who just finished her duty as a nurse in the British army during WWII. She gets back together with her husband, Frank, who served as British officer in the war. The year is 1945 and they haven’t seen each other for years. They go on vacation to the Scottish Highlands where Claire hikes up a hill and finds a stone circle that throws her back into the 18th century… That’s where she meets Jamie, the true love of her life…

Is that awesome or what?! This story is just fantastic. Love, war, time travel… Can’t beat that!

As I said I just keep going back to it. There’s no other book that I feel like that about. Whenever things get hard I go back to it - It’s hard to feel too sorry for yourself when Claire and Jamie are going through such hardships, even if you have a broken foot!

I’ve listened to it when working with tight deadlines to finish jewelry collections for runway shows, trade shows, press etc. Listening to Outlander kept my mind off how hard it is to work till 4 am, I’d want to keep working just to hear what happens! Also when traveling on flights on road trips - I almost didn’t want the trip to be over!

So exciting, the new book is coming out soon - can’t wait! And those of you that are hearing about this for the first time - I envy you! You’re in for a real treat!

Here are the books from Amazon in chronological order.

Enjoy!

Keren

The newest one-

The rest of the series: