Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Tamar hosted the June Book Club. The book was an oldie - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. I remember reading it when I was twelve and thinking it was pretty racy. Talking about menstroo-ation and bras and kissing! I'll save the original version for Pippa - not the texting, modern version.

Tamar made delicious vegan tacos and seriously good vegan chocolate chip cookies. Recipe below. It was an intimate group - me, Dana and Suzy. We got to talk about all sorts of crazy online dating, the challenges of cohabitation and babies. We covered a lot.

Ingredients:

1-1/4 cup almond flour (I like Bob's Red Mill blanched the best)

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/4 cup coconut oil (plus some for greasing cookie sheet)

1/4 cup maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla extract 

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350, grease cookie sheet.

Mix flour, salt and baking soda in one bowl. 

Mix coconut oil, maple syrup and vanilla in another bowl. Combine dry with wet, then add choc chips. Mix and form into balls. Bake for about 10 minutes.