Tentacled Monotony

I can haz sewing skillz?

Do I know how to sew? Nope.

Does that stop me from wanting this sewing machine? Nope.

WTF Hooligans?

Yes, people much smarter and tuned in than myself have discussed why the “youth” rioting in England should not be so surprising. But at the end of the day…. there are law-abiders and law-breakers.

Haunted by Snickerdoodles

I had to make them.
I HAD TO.

And then I had to give most of them away so I didn't eat all of them in 2 days. But what a sad, sad night it was when the snickerdoodles were all gone. :(

Poor/cheap/lazy woman's guide to Sangria

Put some sliced lemons & limes in the bottom of a glass. Bonus points for strawberries. Add a bit of sugar if you are feeling super fancy.

Shove as much ice as you possibly can into the glass.

Fill up the glass half-way with wine. WALK AWAY.

Wait until the wine is flush with the ice. At this point, drink it or add even MORE ice to re-top it off.

I did mention lazy, correct? Add impatient.

Also, if you are REALLY hard up, this works with just lemons. Or just ice and sugar.

NOTE: more fruit adds fanciness points, but subtracts poor & cheap & lazy points. Do with that what you will.

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.