Cupid and Dia de Amor y Amistad

In our culture, we have what we call Dia de Amor y Amistad (Day of Love and Friendship). It's an excuse for me to do something a little different.....make treats to share and celebrate amistad (friendship).

 

I got some really fresh strawberries, at the local market.

 

 

I went ahead and got some butterscotch chips, to decorate the beautiful strawberries.

 

 

Of course, it just does not feel right without the traditional chocolate but I wanted something different for the chocolate so butterscotch it was. The melting began.

 

 

I wanted some different toppings too so I grabbed some Macadamia nuts and put them in a zip-lock bag.

 

I took a rolling pin and crushed them in the zip-lock bag.

 

For those that followed me on My Real Life Mi Vida Real, you may have seen that one of my last posts on that blog was my practicing cracking walnuts. I found the perfect reason to use them. 

 

I put those in a zip-lock bag and crushed them too. One can never have too many toppings for a girl's treat, I mean for Cupid treats.

 

It was time to start dipping and it all came together so perfectly. Melted chocolate and then butterscotch, or butterscotch then chocolate....just to shake it up a bit.

 

Later, I wanted to try making some squiggles, so I did......just for fun because obviously, I was not going for perfection. I mean strawberries and chocolate are already perfect so you cannot really mess that combination up.

 

 

I wanted to make them a bit nutty, so I did.

 

My 2.14, or Dia de Amor y Amistad, is not real until it includes some red velvet.

 

No difficult recipe or from scratch anything required. Duncan Hines has a little box and a genius added some magical stuff that results in pretty close to perfect red velvet. I added the icing for the cheating on the diet friends, and for the extra love of course. 

 

All the other days I diet, or I mean live the better life style.........but not on 2.14. I added some crushed nuts, just like so.

 

Good crushed walnuts and macadamia nuts.

 

I boxed some of it up and all I need now is Cupid and some diet cheating friends to celebrate Dia de Amor y Amistad with some good American tradition.

 

Come on Cupid, your treats await and bring some pretty flowers to make it look good.

 

Feliz Dia de Amor y Amistad!