Hi Reader!

This week it's been rainy, blustery and I slept right through a National Weather System alert telling me to seek an inner room because of a tornado watch (warning? alert?). I started taking magnesium glycinate (the dreams!). I made noodles with peanut sauce (I used this recipe from Ina Garten for the peanut dressing) for Chinese New Year 🧧 and I'm super excited that my cousin is coming to town and we're having a long boozy lunch on Friday. I dug out my old copy of 1984 and started re-reading it with a friend. Oh, and rewatching Succession (HBO). It's so funny. And so good. And I missed so much the first time around. I have been on a bit of a shopping bender and grabbed this warm running jacket (it's perfect and I'm wearing it right now (in black)), these shoes (in cosmic grey/stardust), these leggings (in floral polka red) and I've been chatting with google gemini too much about supplements (now I'm on quercetin and taking zinc). So, there's that.

All of this is to say, my productivity has been, ah, low. Last year I read that we don't have to be 100% all of the time and I reckon I have taken this as my new life's mission. I'm not even sure I'm at 50% but I'm still doing and recipe testing and making sure I'm chipping away at something on the to-do list every day.

This is where baking things with frozen berries comes into play. You can make something bright and cheerful and easy and cozy and delicious with minimal effort.

For this particular recipe, if you use frozen berries, there’s no need to defrost. Be sure to add an additional 1 tablespoon (8 g) of corn starch if using frozen fruit. You might also need to add an extra five minutes or so to the bake time.

As always leave any questions in the comment section below the recipe. Bots descended on my website in late January and into early February, which is why you'll see a Cloudflare 'verify you're human' box if you go to leave a comment. It might also show up on another page when you hit submit. This is to keep bots out of my comments and away from my website. They're mostly gone now (it was an assault🤖), but we'll keep the Cloudflare verify up for a few more weeks, I believe.

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