breathe and bake.

breakfast-1/3 cup fat free yogurt, blob peanut butter, 1/2 banana (180 cals?)

biggest freakin lunch eva- spinach salad. consisting of.....lots of spinach, 6 cucumber slices, 3 baby carrots, handful of dates, handful of feta, balsamic vinaigrette and a sprinkle of EVOO. 1/2 apple. i'm thinking......300 calories.

Mostly good calories, though.

I am SO freakin full. I'm downing my vinegar water so I won't feel so bloated.

I'm making the peach/nectarine tart tonight. I'm pumped.

and that was it. and it was delicious. I had probably , over the course of the night....two pieces. Small. That made about 8 pieces. With the chocolate, I'd average 200 calories a piece. It was seriously the most buttery, flaky, sweet, lush, beautiful tart ever.

Crust:

1 1/2 cups flower

1 tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt

11 tbsp butter (i used margarine), cold, in pieces

1 egg yolk

3 tbsp milk

Filling:

2 nectarines, peeled, cored, sliced

2 peaches, peeled, cored, sliced

1/2-3/4 cups sugar

1 tbsp+1 tsp cornstarch

line springform pan (or whatever you want, some sort of baking sheet, i found the springform to be easiest) with parchment paper.

mix together dry for crust. with a mixer on low speed, gradually add in butter. will get crumbly. add in yolk and milk. beat on low for about 20 or so seconds. continue mixing with your hands, form into a ball. wrap in plastic wrap. refrigerate for at least 20 minutes (i did for about 3 hours. can be up to 3 days).

unwrap, let it become room temperature.

mix together fruit slices with sugar, carefully and gradually. add in cornstarch, mix.

put dough on parchment paper in form pan, flatten (i used my hands) for a thin middle and bring the excess dough to the edges. beat the egg and brush it on the crust. sprinkle sugar over. add in fruit mixture. bring excess dough on the edges to form a barrier and fold over the edges. brush egg mixture on this part of dough. sprinkle with sugar.

bake at 350 for about 40 minutes, or until golden brown.

i also melted chocolate and drizzled it on it.

and then last night, i had and ungodly amount of popcorn.