Sweets for your sweets

Well we have made the turn into what I call the last half of winter.  Here in upstate NY winter seems to drag on and on and by the time we get into February and March I think most of us have really had enough.  Unfortunately we can sometimes get snow all the way up until to Mother's Day and I have lived through that several times since moving back up here.  By the way the picture to the left is of our coconut monster cookies.  Which I just baked and of course I had to eat one.  They are delicious!

Enough though on the winter blues and blahs.....lets get into a Valentine's Day Spirit!  My daughter and I were searching through our makeshift baking cookbook and really were not finding the inspiration that we wanted for our Valentine's Day cookies that we would like to bake for our weekly selection at La Vie Boheme Bistro. So we have made up our own recipe to get into the spirit..... with of course a red and white theme.  We have appropriately named them RED & WHITES.....a twist of cranberry, white chocolate and nuts.

Now let me digress a little here and tell you what La Vie Boheme Bistro is...... .it is a wonderful family run bistro/coffee house that resides in our downtown business district here in Oneida, NY.
You may think to yourself that the City name of Oneida sounds familiar...well it should since we have the Oneida Silver factory here....this is where the silverware that you use on a daily basis probably came from, but that is another topic completely.  So back to La Vie Bohem Bistro.   It is a place that you can go and have a sandwich...which I really enjoy their chicken salad with cranberries and almonds...they also have homemade soups and salads that they offer daily.... and we can't forget homemade desserts including you know who FOOTIE'S GOODIES!  The coffee is always fresh and for you tea lovers they have a great selection as well.  They offer free WIFI and you will catch me there at least once a week doing some work on the netbook while having lunch.

On friday nights La Vie Boheme Bistro has an OPEN MIC NIGHT....so now you are officially invited to grab the family and your instruments, singing voices, poetry, comedy stand up routine or anything else you can think of and come join us from 6pm to 10 pm every Friday Night.  You will see yours truly there with daughter and friends in tow and we can't forget our Fabulous Cookies for Sale!

So as my post title anounced without further interruptions "SWEETS FOR YOUR SWEETS"

Here is our cookie menu we are Baking Fresh for tonights La Vie Boheme Open Mic appearance:

Red & Whites ( cranberries, white chocolate, macadamia nut)

Coconut Monster Cookies ( m&m's, peanutbutter, chocolate chips, coconut)

Blue & Whites ( blueberries, white chocolate, macadamia nut)

Double Chocolate Expresso (chocolate, expresso, walnut)

If the Red & Whites are a hit tonight we will include them in our list of regulars. 
If you would like to just buy half a dozen or a dozen to go we always have to go bags while selling at La Vie Boheme.  You can also buy our cookies at The Market @ Oneida Commons here in Oneida, NY. Again find the link to the right for the Market's Website.

If you are a local and are not quite sure you want to come down to La Vie Boheme Bistro you can watch OPEN MIC NIGHT by going to their website and clicking on their LIVE STREAM, yes folks you can see and hear everthing that is going on live! Their link is on the right side of this blog. Check it out!

My daughter and her friend think they want to try and sing tonight.....I hope I can keep it together.  I have heard them singing around the house and I am not so sure that they will make it through a whole song without completely cracking themselves up, but what can you do they are only 12 years old.  Got to give them credit for wanting to try in front of an audience.  This ought to be good tonight!  Wish us all luck and thanks for reading my ever so long post.

OH AND I WANT TO SAY HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO MY SWEET!