Hey. How you doin? Been a while...

Like the title says, it's been a while. Work has been extremely busy, which has left me too tired to either post or bake. I also went here

Oh Toronto. The place I hate to love and love to hate. I lived there for about a year for grad school (yup, I'm educated...I think) and lived just around the corner from where this picture was taken. This is the ice rink at Christie Pits Park and I just love the view of Canadians ice skating with the CN Tower in the background. It broke my heart that I wasn't able to walk along this stretch of road at night when all the lights are lit up. There's nothing quite like it.

Anyways, what the fuck have I baked? Well this post is somewhat of a deviation from the norm; I made Chex Mix. Not my usual sugary offering, but Chex Mix is delicious and does involve using the oven. It counts. I swear.

This is my boyfriend's mom's recipe and stems from the archaic 1950's era when butter and salt were the staples of the American diet. That's changed, right? Right? There are a lack of photos in this post due to the same friend who comes over all the time. Here is proof of his existence.

Someone like that in your home would most certainly distract you. I'm just sayin. Now back to the Chex Mix.

This is an extremely easy recipe and results in an excessively salty snack. Suffice it to say, I love the shit. There is a LOT of butter, Worcestershire Sauce, Seasoning Salt, salted peanuts, AND pretzels. This stuff is seriously heart clogging and I'm sure it's correlated with the rates of heart disease amongst baby boomers. So let's keep those numbers up and keep winning!

So there you have the mix of Chex or Chex Mix (hahahaha!!!!!! yeah!) alongside its buttery, salty harlot. In a large roasting pan, you get the cereal and pretzels all mixed up (hahaha) and then pour the butter-salt-sauce over it. Use the spatula and do your best to coat as much of the mixture as possible. Then put it in the over and stir thoroughly every 15 minutes for 45 minutes. In the end you'll have this

A delicious, salty, nutty treat that everyone will love. This batch lasted less than one day and I invite you to take note of the paper towels needed to soak up the excess butter fat that oozes itself down to the bottom, leaving the nastiest, tastiest bits to be eaten last. Enjoy!