Today, I am putting on my game face and mentally preparing for the week ahead. I’ve signed up to participate in ‘Eating Down the Fridge‘, a week-long effort to eat only from you fridge, pantry and dark corners of your cupboards. The event is hosted by Kim O’Donnel from the Washington Post’s A Mighty Appetite food blog. If you’re interested in participating, I believe today is the last day to sign up.

Since I typically go to the grocery store several times each week, it will be a shock to my system. I guess it means I’ll have more time in my day for Twittering though (the challenge will be tweeted using hashtag #EDFsum – so feel free to follow along).

Yesterday, I sipped on a cup of lukewarm coffee and pondered the upcoming challenge. I wasn’t in the mood for coffee and hadn’t finish my morning pot as normal. Instead of being wasteful and throwing it out, I considered how I could give the coffee new life with existing pantry ingredients.

After considering a few possibilities, I decided to keep it simple and explore making mocha popsicles, a perfect refreshing treat for our recent heat wave.
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