These days we all have stress in our lives at some time or another. It’s unavoidable. Family challenges, busy schedules, health issues, work stress.
Even good things can cause stress, like in our case. We are going through the happy but stressful journey of building a house. If that’s all we were doing, it might not be so bad, but then, add our jobs to that. I love my job, I love the people I work with, but I have a fair amount of responsibility in my job, and sometimes it’s stressful. We all have different ways of handling our stress. Mike goes outside and works it off. It always helps to get outside and play, be active, or go to the gym. But, there are times that I tend to try eat it away. OK, not the best thing…sometimes it just leads to more stress, but sometimes it soothes.
Today the house building was manageable. But the work…let’s just say that when I got home I wasn’t sure if I needed to sit down to a huge plate of home-made biscuits and sausage gravy (ohhhh, I wanted that so bad, talk about comfort!), or a pitcher of Bloody Marys (ohhhh, I wanted that so bad too!).
But, being sensible, I didn’t have either one. What I did have is one of my favorite all time things, caffeine and sugar (I know, I know).
Espresso Sorbet. It was my dinner and it absolutely hit the spot. I’m a happy camper now. I’ll be awake all night, but I’ll be happy. And the stress of the day is all gone.
Espresso Sorbet
Espresso Sorbet
In a bowl, combine the ground coffee and brown sugar. Add boiling water and mix. Let steep until water has cooled, then strain out coffee grounds. Pour the mixture into a shallow pan or dish, and freeze for at least 3 hours.
A deeper container will take longer to freeze through. When the sorbet is nearly frozen (still scoopable), serve into tall chilled glasses or a bowl and top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cocoa.
So easy, so good. I’m not necessarily recommending that you have it for dinner, or late in the evening. But if you are a coffee addict like me (Dawn, this is for you), you must try it.
How do you handle your inevitable stress?
That looks tasty! I’m a “salt, fat and alcohol” kinda gal myself.
And what is the difference between cathedral and vaulted? We had a cabin with a gothic arch which was gorgeous.
PS. Husband was in Hoover, Alabama for 5 weeks, and quite honestly, he didn’t find a lot to do.
Meadowlark, we learned (almost the hard way) that Cathedral is sloped, Vaulted is ‘raised, could have any shape or number of sides’. Yikes, glad we figured that out. We like both, but our room isn’t big enough square foot-wise for what we almost got.
Yeah…Hoover isn’t real exciting
. We’re in Huntsville, at least there’s the Space and Rocket Center to visit.
Yum! Sorry to have vanished. I’ve been cooking, cleaning, and entertaining all week because my aunt and uncle were visiting.
I’m finally getting around to visiting blogs!!
Blessings!
Lacy
Lacy, I was wondering about you this week, glad to see you back.
How do I handle stress? Sometimes I have to get out of the house for a while…usually leads to shopping…usually at a discount store. And if I find a treasure for a great deal…stress GONE! Sometimes I need to work, too…cleaning inside or pulling weeds outside works well. Sometimes I need to bury my head in a pillow and sleep. Much of the time I eat, too
Caffeine definitely helps, so thanks for the recipe!
Dawn, I definitely do the ‘bury my head in a pillow and sleep’ mechanism too.
I love discount store shopping. We’ve found some great places since we’ve been building for ‘house things’. We got a front door for less than half of our budgeted amount at Surplus Warehouse…never knew the place existed before.
Hope your family is all doing well in Louisanna.