July 2010
1 post
new blog~ →
March 2010
2 posts
help!!
Hello kids,
So after a mini-hiatus, I am ready to start making some crazy food. And, I need your help.
I have decided, for the sake of this blog, I need to start making different food. These past few weeks, I have honestly been making the same sorts of food you have already seen. Therefore I haven’t been writing much.
I think with a creative jumpstart (with your suggestions) is really what I...
February 2010
4 posts
tomorrow is my dad's birthday!
Therefore I am cooking a huge dinner AND cake. Pictures and descriptions to come.
I just wanted you to know that I’m still at it. :)
xx
red velvet & more bread
hello kidlets! not much to say for this post.. plan on doing a lot of cooking this long weekend.
I have been keeping busy with a lot of baking. I am still sitting on the idea of going to NAIT and if i’m sittin’ on it… I might as well make some bread.
mmmm! I also tried for the first time… making red velvet cake and focaccia. I found the cake tasted really strange warm.. But after I added cream...
to bake, or not to bake...
hello kids.
A lot to update on! I have done so much baking in the past few days… I don’t even know what to do with myself.
As I said on twitter, I went to the NAIT (northern Alberta institute of technology) info session about their baking program. This is a program that my DAD took when he was young. Which I find super cool. I really wanted to look into it, and going to the...
must. stop. eating. cupcakes!
yes, I made MORE cupcakes. Why? Because they are small morsels of perfection. And also because I really wanted to make these chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing. I won’t post the recipe unless you kids ask me reaaaaaal nice like. Also because I’m writing this entry at work and don’t have the book in front of me.
The cake is perfectly light and moist. It’s a...
January 2010
20 posts
today's letter is: c! for chili and cupcakes.
hello kids.
So I have had a very excited past few days. Especially food-wise. my dear friend Elliott’s birthday was on Friday so Marilyn and I went all out and made her mother’s amazing top secret chocolate cupcakes and I made my first attempt at yummy chili.
I want to tell you kids how I prepared the chili so that you can make it for yourselves. It was sweet, and not too...
honey mustard roasted potatoes
I have decided that the Ina Garten cookbook I bought has got to be one of the greatest investments I have ever made. I know I’m honestly only 4 recipes deep, but gosh! Everything I have made from there has been so lovingly decadent and delicious. Including these little diddies. Unfortunately I made them on a whim, therefore no pictures. But I can describe their beauty in immense detail!
In...
coconut cake!
Behold, my oh-so-tasty Coconut Cake. Of course, the cakes were a little dense and heavy (probably from not using cake flour) which I will know for next time. Here are some more pictures!
That right there was definitely the epic cake fail of 2010. I had done everything so right, and then I didn’t grease the pan enough. Talk about a huge fail!
Besides all of that, it was quite...
hooray!
Thank you everyone for coping with me yesterday. I had a bit of a mild temper tantrum and after sleeping on it, I feel much better. Thank you to all of you that listened to me. I know a nice long photography session should get me out of my funk. And until then, I’ve stumbled upon something amazing.
Nick Frost, the English writer/actor, wrote on his Twitter page that he was making a...
a long day.
Sorry readers, nothing new to report.
I had long day at work and ate leftovers. No cooking was done. I am very disappointed that I didn’t even get a chance to make eggs or anything. I am definitely making dinner tomorrow night. I want to make mushroom pot pie, with like… onions, leeks, carrots. Jesus, What else?
Who knows. I promise to post some pictures. I feel funky. and not good...
i'm back!
sorry for my few day hiatus. lots of milling around and cooking has been done.
so far, in the last few days I have magically made the following: orange cranberry scones, aloo gobi, tandoori chicken (and tofu), curried vegetables, and butter chicken sauce.
Of course, I can’t really type out the recipies for all of these. But, if you request it, I shall deliver. The whole meal (minus the...
yesterday
nothing from yesterday, and I am sorry!
i posted something on my ipod through tumblr to explain that nothing happened yesterday.
and it didn’t show up. gaaahhh.
so this is a post explaining that. video for today is uploading.
x
baked creamy leeks and rice igloos
I have never eaten a leek before today. And, well, all I can say is… THEY ARE AMAZING. I love onions, so a big.. stalky onion would of course be tasty to me! Fun fact: The leek was somewhat considered a royal food in Rome. Since their emperor, Nero drank a quarter of leek soup each day. He believed it would enhance his singing voice. The Romans introduced it to other lands, but something...
potatoes
Sorry, not too much to post about today. Worked most of the day and have to get up early tomorrow. But, I had enough time before bed to wash and cut potatoes for my fam. I thought it would be fun to give you some potato facts and a delicious mashed potato recipe!
- During the Alaskan Klondike gold rush, (1897-1898) potatoes were practically worth their weight in gold. Potatoes were so valued for...
honey white bread and hangover breakfast
Just finished another slice of my Honey White Bread simply with some butter… I’m proud. It is mighty tasty. Here are some pictures of the dough and the finished product.
As for my Hangover Breakfast, You will need the following things:
2 eggs (any size) onion (here I used red onion, usually I just use what’s on hand and you can use as much as you want.) cheese (here I used...
tonight's gonna be a good night
Thank you to everyone who voted on my vlog for which book I should start…
I chose “My Life in France” by Julia Child. I am reading this book as research for my little questy blog. Afterwards I will be reading “Julie & Julia by Julie Powell. I cannot wait! I am a few pages into “My Life in France”. What can I say? J’adore!
I am going to make some...
man-a-whatti?
Having three days off in a row should be mandatory in Canada. You can get so much done! Aside from the tragedy of my washer breaking (thus halting my boisterous plan to do ALL of my laundry), I had a very productive 3 day weekend.
In that 3 days came more cookbook impulse shopping, and lot’s of cooking. I really wish I would have taken more pictures for you to see. But, really, I was just so...
let us define it
I thought a good start to this would be to define the term “domestic goddess”. At least, in my personal use of the term. I tried to find a definition online of the phrase, but to no avail only found the UrbanDictionary.com definition:
Domestic Goddess
home all day and doing a wonderful job of cooking, cleaning and child rearing (domestic goddess’s are usually MILF’s)
After reading...
“[a photographer’s life] is a life looking through a lens.”
– annie leibovitz
the idea
Here is my idea.
After much thought and speculation, I have come to a conclusion. I need to discover more passion in my life. I have many things that I feel passion towards. Things that I feel I should be more passionate about. Such as two very important things. Photography and Cooking.
I had an epiphany today while watching the film “Julie & Julia”. The stories that are...
“I am probably the only American I know in Paris who thinks shopping for food is...”
– Julia Child, as portrayed by Meryl Streep in the film “Julie & Julia”