my addiction.... to hollandaise sauce

I admit it... I am addicted to hollandaise sauce. In fact my husband blames this addiction for all the gall bladder issues I had while pregnant with Pickle. Okay, so I did eat at least one fried egg a day SMOTHERED in the stuff during my last trimester- it was high in protein!.

But I no longer have a gall bladder, so we should be okay, right? :)

So today I was watching food network (LOVE it), and they were talking about how hollandaise sauce is just egg yolks, butter, and lemon juice. WAIT.....what?!? Pretty sure those powdered sauce mixes I buy at the store (yes I admit it) contain way more than that.
So I went online and browsed some recipes and decided I NEEDED to make some hollandaise sauce. I had 6 egg yolks left over from making cupcakes, so even though most recipes called for 3 or 4, I used 6.
Here was my recipe:

6 egg yolks
juice from one large lemon (I didn't measure it- sorry!)
dash of smoked paprika
dash of coarse sea salt
dash of pepper
1 cup butter

In a blender combine egg yolks, lemon juice and seasonings and blend on high until frothy. (about a minute)

Melt butter and pour into blender slowly while mixing. (Drizzle in through the hole in the lid.... DO NOT remove complete lid while blending on high- it won't be pretty!

Continue to blend until butter is fully incorporated!

It's just that easy! And delicious! And so unhealthy.... but delicious!

When they grow up....

I was nursing Pumpkin the other day and overheard this conversation between the other 2 children:

Pickle: "When I grow up I'm going to be a teacher, and a doctor, and.... I want to be everything!" - she really does want to be everything, from a mommy to a teacher, a librarian, doctor, and a blue car. Yup. She doesn't want to drive a blue car, she wants to BE a blue car. I can't judge, when I was her age I wanted to be a horse when I grew up. But back to my story....

She turned to her brother, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
His answer was less ambitious, "a man."
Pickle: "You can't be JUST a man!"
Peanut: "Yes! I be man!"
Pickle: "But what KIND of man? A fireman? A mailman? A driver man?"
Peanut: "A GUMPY man!"
Pickle: "Mooooooooom! He said he's going to be a GRUMPY man when he grows up!"

At least it's a totally achievable goal!