I visited Mama Susanna’s with my family.  They showed us to a table in the back and the first things I noticed were the nice Italian decorations.  A lot of things reminded me of a vineyard and things about wine making.  It was really beautiful.  They brought us some bread and it was very, very warm and soft.  It was soft on the in and crunchy on the out.  I ordered the Gnocchi Sorrento and it was amazingly tasty and it had a very tasty pesto sauce. They dish was very warm for a very long time.  It came with a house salad. I also ordered Garlic Cheese Bread. The house salad had a lot, but not too much balsamic vinaigrette and it was really leafy.  I loved it.  The garlic cheese bread was very cheesy and not too garlic-y.  My dad ordered the Penne Al Salmon. I am not a big fan of smoked salmon but it was sort of tasty.  Mom ordered Tortellini Pomodoro y Pesto. It had good cheese and very good sauce. That was my favorite thing we ordered!  My brother loved the cheese pizza and I loved it too. The cheese had really good flavor.  For dessert we tried the tiramisu. It was very, very, creamy and flavorful.  It had a nice coffee flavor.  The spumoni was flavorful and colorful.  I really loved the cherry flavor.  The service was good. The waitress was quick to bring our food and very kind.  I took a photo with mamma Susanna.  Its a great place for kids and families to enjoy their food together.

I have been a Girl Scout for 5 years which I am very proud of.  I am now a Junior Girl Scout.

I made brownies using my favorite kind of Girl Scout cookies, Carmel Delites. To see the recipe, go to the Bulletin Board and click on Natalie’s Fox 40 Blog Posts.

As I said my favorite kind are Carmel Delites.  They are vanilla cookies with coconut shavings and carmel with cocoa drizzle on top.  My second favorite are Thin Mints.  They are a little bit pepperminty and taste very chocolatey.  I think they are the most popular Girl Scout cookie.  Lemonades are also very delicious. They are my mother’s favorite.  They are shortbread with a tangy lemony, yellow icing on the bottom and on the top it looks like a sliced lemon.  My brother’s favorite are peanut butter patties. Its a vanilla cookie with some peanut butter on top with chocolate all around the outside.  The Thanks-a-lots have the word ‘thank you’ on them in all different languages.  They are shortbread with fudge on the bottom.  They are crunchy and tasty!   I think the Shortbreads are the cookie that started it all.  They are in the shape of the Girl Scout logo and they are a buttery shortbread cookie.  The Peanut Butter Sandwiches are crunchy oatmeal cookies with creamy peanut butter in the middle.  Yum.  The Daisy Go Rounds are a cinnamon-y cookie in the shape of a daisy.  The come with 5 100 calorie packs in a box.  I love Girl Scout cookies!  I hope you love them too!

You can see video of me making Brownies in the Fox 40 studio under the Videos tab.