Bento egg *FAIL*

I have had these molds for years.  Because let's be honest- wouldn't you rather eat a hard boiled egg that was shaped like a bunny?  I thought so.

Lemon Cranberry Scones

This recipe is RETARDED delicious.

Zzzzz

Energy slump.  Hopefully it comes back so that I don't waste my going-on-6-days egg whites.

Also, I made some lemon curd, but didn't like it.  It was unbearably sweet.  Maybe it's supposed to be?  I don't know- I've never tasted it.  Also also, something about the consistency made me queasy.  I think it's all the lemon zest- I wonder if it is lemon zest or little bits of cooked egg.  And for some reason that makes me squick.

4 days from macaron attempt #1.

Because it takes 4 days to "age" the egg whites.  *DUH*

Bread with your soups!

So now that I know we will be eating soup for weeks, I figured I'd throw my husband a bone and make some bread to dip or eat along with all of this soup.  Because we're eating it.  No mercy. I have a little experience making my own bread.  I have been using a recipe for honey-wheat bread, but this "light wheat" recipe is much awesomer in my opinion.  I had to halve it, though, because that lady was crazycakes. I took A LOT of pictures, and plan to explain each step.  Forgive my wordiness, but it's for people confounded by homemade bread.  It's really not so bad.  There is very little hands-on time.... mostly just waiting.  PERFECT for those of us with short attention spans or those of us with little kids that need to be redirected every 15 minutes.

Brain expulsion

My brain is a jumble.  Let me clear it.

While I don't feel bad that I hate my cat, I feel bad admitting that I hate my cat.

I haven't got this kiln to work yet.  And until I get it to work, I don't want to start any new pieces for fear of them sitting around for an undetermined amount of time in a fragile greenware state.

I want to play roller derby.  I want more tattoos.  I want to have a tea party.  I want a rose garden.  I want to move.  I want to travel.  I want to know if my hair is turning gray yet.  I want to enjoy cooking & eating healthfully.  I want to not gag on cold salads.  I want some friends again.

I need to remind myself that I should have plenty of time to make most of these things happen, but I just do not work that way.  All these things circle me and scream at me.

Last, but not least, I wholly endorse the Springpad app/website.  It is very helpful when you have an insane amount of important things you want to remember to do.  Like make alien terrariums.

Frozen Rainbow Chiffon Cake

This cake blows my mind.  Want.  And thank you for typing this out, someone else.  :)

Perpetually Engaged: frozen rainbow chiffon cake

Freaking amazing baked pasta casserole. Freaking CHEAP, too.

Did you ever think you would read "amazing" and "pasta" and "casserole" in the same sentence?  Well.  Welcome to my playground.

I can't take credit for the original recipe, but as I modified the crap out of it, I will anyway.  Here are the ingredients:

AMAZING HOMEMADE BREAD

Wow!  So I turned my back on Steve the Bread Guy.  Sorry, Steve.  Nothing personal.  I had a bookmarked bread recipe on allrecipes.com, and set out making it.  Of course, I failed to read the bit about the recipe being make for a breadmaker, but that's generally how I roll.

Cooking with ramen

Really?  Yes.  And let's be honest.... don't you secretly WANT an excuse to buy a huge case of ramen?  I know I always do.  Hell, I watched my husband eat a pack of uncooked ramen noodles last week.  Sure, I was a bit appalled, but the fact remains that I'm the one that supplied them.
And you know what?  It's CHEAP.  Soooooo cheap.  The noodles themselves aren't in league with the devil... it's the seasoning packet that you have to shield your soul from.
So here's the ingredients:

We've got:

• 2 tbsp olive or sesame oil
• 1 onion cut in half then into long thin slivers
• 1 carrot, thinly sliced
• 2 c slivered cabbage
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 3 packages oriental flavor ramen noodle packages
• 1 c bite-size broccoli florets
• 1 c water
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 1/2 t grated fresh ginger
• Sprinkle of sesame seeds

Wheatish Bread, Take II

I did it!!  It happened!!!  And then I ripped the loaf all up getting it out of the pan.  Ah well.  They can't all be winners, can they?

Same Steve the Bread Guy recipe.  Well, sort of- I used 3 cups of white flour, and 3.5 c of whole wheat flour.  

I had my *game face* on this time.  No playing around.  Here's the pictures:

Baked Falafel Balls!

Baked falafel balls!  I still had a couple of cans of chick peas, and I was craving falafel, so I gave this recipe a whirl.  Lemme link you the recipes:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/jeanies-falafel/detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/tzatziki-ii/detail.aspx

I love allrecipes.com.  

They were a *little* dry, but I did bake them and not deep-fry them as suggested.

Maybe you don't mind working with scalding oil & then cleaning it up... and more power to you!  I wanted no part of it.  Not that I thought this at the time, but a wandering, ball-throwing toddler would be an excellent reason to never deep-fry.

Wheat bread....will you be mine?

Another week.  Another bread attempt.
Another YouTube video recipe.
No, I don't learn.