Nice start to the morning... got an email from the salon confirming my appointment for Saturday, saying they're looking forward to seeing me and that they have a private room reserved for us from 9-11 am! It's a really trans-friendly place so it's not a concern about the other patrons, but it's just nice to be able to do all this without the distractions of the rest of the salon!
Really, REALLY looking forward to it! Oh and my wife has already made a lunch reservation for us afterwards at a place not too far from the salon that we like... so that's nice too!
So... emboldened by all that, I have decided this morning to take another shot at my personal white whale.
As many of you know, I create healthy recipes that I have used in my weight loss. I try to tweak items that we enjoy and just reduce calories, bump up protein and/or fiber, etc... where possible, without sacrificing taste. I've had some pretty big hits, and some big misses... but normally I can sort things out given a few shots.
Except one.
I've made countless varieties of muffins. And they're really good. But the one I cannot crack is the Pina Colada muffin. Cannot get it to work. Too wet, too dry, no taste, etc etc... a Pina Colada muffin has a very specific taste/texture in my mind, and I can't hit it.
Most muffins, the recipe will say something like "Black Forest Muffin (Ver 4.0)". The most recent Pina Colada FAILURE says "Pina Colada Muffin (Ver 11.0)."
Well this morning - Ver 12.0 is coming!
Do I think I've cracked it? Hmmmm. I had a really optimistic period around Versions 5-9, but I must admit I got a little down and Versions 10 and 11 were doomed before they started. But I feel optimism welling up again for this one.
The macros look solid (they always do, though)... so it'll just come down to how it bakes and eats.
Will report back at some point.