I woke up this morning and my hair looked like this:
The result of falling asleep on wet hair. All those gorgeous waves that my hair will never hold in real life will be gone the second I hit them with a brush. Not exactly appropriate for a day at the office, but if I were going to the beach I would be all set.
Lest you think I always fall out of bed with beach-ready tousled hair, usually I look like this in the morning:
what? this is what i look like before coffee.
Given that I woke up with the first one, I’m taking it as a sign that this Friday is going to rock.
On to the Friday Five!
Life is just a bowl of….
cherries!
Told you I was cherry mad right now. I have a ton of them hanging out in my freezer right now, so I wanted to look for interesting ways to use them. I know many of you won’t have the experience of picking boat-loads of cherries this summer, so everything on my list of things to do with cherries can be done with frozen ones from the store.
Of course, you could always just make tons of cherry lime granita. So far that’s working for me! Ok, here’s five things I want to do with frozen cherries. Click the photos below for links. Here we go!
cherry-cubes
This totally isn’t my photo, but I did put some of my cherries in ice-cube trays and made ice cubes. Everyone who comes over to our house gets a glass of sparkling water with cherry ice cubes. It’s very fancy. Unlike above, if you choose to make cherry ice cubes I would highly recommend you stem them and pit them first. It looks cool to have your stems attached, yes, but having stems in your glass when you’re trying to enjoy a tasty beverage isn’t fun. And give your guests a break and take the pits out. No one wants to break a tooth on a harmless-looking cherry floating innocently in their glass.
frozen cherry mojitos
Um, yes! This recipe is very similar to my granita, but slushier and boozier. Both are a win for a hot summer day in my book.
almost instant cherry frozen yogurt – gluten free!
I want to make this so badly it’s not even funny. Four ingredients, all healthy enough that I could legitimately eat this for breakfast and not feel bad, and ready in less than a minute? I’m sold.
Fresh berries with sugar and cream has been a guilty pleasure for years. So when I saw this simple dessert with frozen cherries, coconut milk, and dark chocolate my mouth began to water. Apparently the coconut milk freezes on the cherries and makes a texture like ice cream. I’m going to the store tonight to pick up some dark chocolate.
cherry vanilla pops
No matter how hard I looked, this Pinterest dessert didn’t have a link to a how-to. However, the concept seems is simple enough. Vanilla pudding, greek yogurt, frozen cherries, Trader Joes Tart Cherry Juice. Blend in a blender, pour into molds. Yum!
Do you know any ways to use frozen cherries I should try?
Bigger in Real Life 
So . . . at first I thought to myself, “She is trying to torture me, that fiend!” All that gorgeous, effortlessly tousled hair. LOL. Then I scrolled down. I almost spit coffee. Truly, though, if that was amy dog, I would love him. Probably more than my other dogs, actually.
Have a fabulous weekend, beautiful lady!
~ Cara
I know! I had to pick that dog, it was just too funny! It’s got a face only a true dog-lover would love.
But I still think I could rock a pretty awesome Sinead O’Connor. 😉
Agreed.