Tongue cancer and cooking for the family

Since I had surgery for tongue cancer I find that I'm still able to cook for my family without tasting. Kinda like Beethoven being able to play music even though he lost his hearing. 

I can look at, smell is ohh so important to me and I just remember how much of each ingredient after cooking for 50 plus years. It amazes me.  The families happy and I can still do what I love; cooking for my family.

I'm looking forward to eventually being able to eat it soon.

Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts

A trip to Juliette's home in Savannah yesterday was very nice.  Most of the furnishing actually belonged to the family and the house is top notch. It was a great day trip.  She was a very accomplished artist and there are many fantastic pieces that she painted and sculpted in the residence.  Any Girl Scout or former Scout will be totally enthralled 

Pumpkin Spice Latte-the HOT thing-recipe. OMG. So much better than coffee shop PSL

It's that time of the year for the amazing Pumpkin Spice Latte but you don't have to hand over $5.50 for one at Starbucks or Dunkin Donots.  If you are one that misses it when the season is over now you can have it all year round. You won't have to worry that the coffee shop is going to be out of the base either. 

If anyone had ever told me I would pay that for a doctored cup of coffee I would have thought they were out of their mind but I have and I do probably like the rest of you have. 

Well I didn't feel like getting dressed, driving to town to get my fix so I made this with sweet potato baby food and the items below.  Don't be AFRAID of the sweet potato baby food. You REALLY can't tell the difference and it is FANTASTIC and you don't have waste like you do with whole can of pumpkin.

If you have a can of pumpkin purée open even better but why waste a whole can for 2.5 Tablespoons and I think it tastes the same. Let me know what you think 

This makes two just bring to simmer and enjoy with your significant other 

Here's the recipe 

4 Tablespoons Turbanado sugar or brown sugar or regular sugar. I like the first two 

2.5 tablespoons sweet potato purée or pumpkin purée 

1/4 tablespoon of each 

Nutmeg fresh grated

Ginger

Cinnamon

2 1/4 cups milk of your choice 

1 tablespoon vanilla 

1/4 cup espresso or strong strong coffee