WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ IN THE HOUSE:
Tonight: Valentine’s Day treats? Yes, please! Tonight is hearts and love themed. (However, you want that to look)
Next Week: Will we be able to announce a new Board Rep for our league by next week???
Other NEWS: Oakville Curling Club BOARD REPRESENTATIVE OPPORTUNITY:
Be the next WNW League Board Representative at our club. This is my last plea!
The applications are pouring in!! Not really - please let me know if this is something you could see yourself doing.
Not interested in continuing the Newsletter? I will stay on and keep it going (if you want me to). You just have to give me the pertinent information! :)
Don't miss this opportunity to make change (if you want to). It's a great and easy role to play. You go to OCC board meetings and I have taken it upon myself to second all motions that I agree with. It's that easy! Let me (or Evelyn) know if you are interested.
Even More NEWS: Do you or someone you know not receive this newsletter? Email us so we can try and figure it out!
JOKE OF THE WEEK:
Do you have a date for Valentine’s Day?
Yes, February 14th.
STUFF THAT MAKES US CURL BETTER:
RECIPES AROUND THE RINGS:
Healthy Date Brownies Bites (Flourless + No Sugar Added)
These flourless date brownie bites are chewy, chocolatey and made with no added sugar. The sweetness comes from nature's candy, the dates!
- Servings: 24
- Prep time: 5 Minutes
- Cook time: 12 Minutes
- Total time: 17 Minutes
EQUIPMENT
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silicone mini muffin tray
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food processor
INGREDIENTS
- 10 medium Medjool dates, pitted
- 1/3 cup (80 ml) milk
- 1/2 cup (130 g) all natural peanut butter
- 1 large egg
- 5 tbs cacao powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- pinch salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup (45 g) mini chocolate chips, (optional)
- flakey sea salt, (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350℉. Spray mini muffin tray with oil.
- In a food processor, pulse together the dates and milk until mostly broken down and incorporated.
- Next, add in the peanut butter, cacao powder, baking soda, salt, egg, vanilla extract and pulse together until smooth and combined. The mixture will be very sticky, so I recommend using a mini cookie scooper.
- Transfer the batter to the mini muffin slots. You can top each bite with optional mini chocolate chips. Press them down gently with your finger tips.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until toothpick comes out mostly clean. Allow to set in the pan for 20 minutes then remove.
GAMES, BOOKS, MOVIES & SHOWS:
A House of Dynamite
If you knew an intercontinental ballistic missile was heading somewhere in middle America, potentially carrying a nuclear warhead, you'd probably hope that the US government and military would be on top of the situation. At the very least, you'd expect them to know who launched the strike, from where, and how to intercept it. In A House of Dynamite, the most terrifying thing is how much might not be known in such a nightmarish scenario, and how the very systems we think will protect us from nuclear war might not be up to the job. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and featuring a powerhouse cast including Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Tracy Letts, and Anthony Ramos, this triptych explores the same nightmarish 18 minutes after an unidentified missile is detected from three different perspectives, each chapter likely filling you with mounting existential dread. The film that pissed off the Pentagon, this political thriller is absolutely not for the faint-hearted.