Frugal In Florida

*This is a repost from last Valentine's Day and I'm so excited to be making this AGAIN this week!* I've been working out this week and hope to God I can stand and stir for as long as I need to when making this as my arms are like JELLY ... 9 Rounds is the place I've been after work. 30 minutes, full on cardio/muscle confusion with bags, dumbbells, kettlebells and medicine balls. I have a love hate relationship with the place but for 30 minutes I am huffing, puffing, sweating and hyperventilating ... and I feel great! It's actually motivating me to be more conscientious in EVERYTHING I do, from my water intake to food intake to what I'm doing during my "down time".  I boxed about 5, 6 years ago and loved it then and was in the best shape of my life and have not been able to find another place that had a great workout like that ... this place is FINALLY it! For those of you who are giving reasons for NOT working out (I'm one of them), just go. Do ...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day? I was joking around with the kids and friends on Sunday morning as everyone had a Valentine's Day hangover from chocolate, wine and love ;-) ... thankfully that holiday only comes around once a year, right!! Any way. I had this recipe tagged in my cookbook since Christmas morning ... and then I got the weekly email update from Michelle and said, heck, I should try this ... so I rooted around in my chocolate stash and had exactly 6 1.2 ounce bars of bittersweet 72% cocoa bars ... score! That made everything I needed available in house which made me decide that I needed to make it right then and there!! The original recipe is in the cookbook ... and also on the website. And of course, as always, I modified to suit my needs and what we had on hand! It was a little time consuming in the beginning ... I stirred and stirred and stirred for 45 minutes til my sauce was thick ... uggg. I was worried about heating the mixtu...

Hubby got this from one of the girls he worked with a few years back and it's always been a standby quick treat ... takes a little thought a head of time just to make sure you take the cream cheese out ahead of time! It's really fluffy, not dense like some. And can be made lighter IF you believe in reduced fat items. You also could replace the sugar with Splenda, again, IF you believe in that stuff :-) Being that Princess was a Birthday Girl and I wasn't really quite prepared for her to have friends over, I opted to make this since I had all the ingredients on hand and it doesn't take long once the cream cheese is soft. So pretty damn easy ... and all you need is the following: 1 8oz cream cheese (I use the tub, not the block), room temp (can use lowfat, no fat, whatever) 1/2 cup sugar (or Splenda) 1/2 cup sour cream (can use no fat, low fat, whatever) 1 tsp vanilla 2 cups of cool whip or store brand non dairy topping, thawed (low fat, no fat, whatever!)...