You get busy and forget about everything except sleep and work. Or that's how it's been lately. First the blogging stopped, then the time I spend on Facebook, and now worst of all, the cooking.
I have been living off of nothing but pasta and the cafeteria food at work. I know, that's life you gotta deal with it. Oh well. So sorry about not posting blogs, I'm going to try and be better at it. Well, I mean, how can I update you on all my cooking exploits when there are none to talk about since all I eat is just pasta, macaroni and cheese, hot pockets, and tv dinners. Those are some thrilling meals right there. But hey, it's what's cheap.
Oh and the other half of my time that I'm not working or sleeping, is spent talking to the love of my life. And since no one really reads this blog anyway this is where I get all lovey dovey about the amazing boyfriend I have and how I can not wait to see him again. He is the guy I am going to marry, I have no doubts about that at all. These couple months have already been hard, and the next couple will too, but the thing is, a couple months is nothing compared to eternity. I can not wait for that day though, when it officially becomes eternity. Which hopefully is next April. I just gotta wait for him to ask until then :D
Yours until the cookie crumbles
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Cheap Eats
I love the cheap mainland prices. Have I said that before?
I was in shock upon finding a 38 cent box of mac and cheese.
No more cup noodles for me this summer!
At first I didn't have much money, so I got said 38 cent box of mac and cheese, hot pockets, bread, eggs, you know, the basics. Which of course in my book also includes stuff to make cookies, the chocolate ones in particular :)
Oh. I made some green chili stew this week too, go check out the post on that to see how I made it :) It's awesome to make a huge pot of it and then when you get home at two in the morning from work each night, to just warm it up and eat.
Then again, I haven't been too hungry coming home from work. They like to feed me there, that's what they say my job is. Since I've been there I've been able to have mushroom risotto, duck with an orange sauce, mashed potatoes, countless truffles and chocolates, and the best of all, soufflé. This would be the reason right now that I can't bring myself to eat anything else right now. They gave me an entire chocolate one, and plus some of the vanilla one.
5 diamonds indeed.
Did I mention they let me take home any extra bread every night? From olive loafs, to whole grain, to herb brioche.
Speaking of the herb brioche. I made a grilled cream cheese sandwich the other day with it. It was fantastic. That's all I got to say.
And another thing I like to make. As my family calls it, humpty dumpty eggs.
Here's what you need:
Slices of bread
One egg per slice of bread
Butter
Round cookie cutter (or whatever other shape you want)
Frying Pan
Flipper thing...you know what I'm talking about :P
1. Use the cookie cutter to cut out the middle of the slice of bread
2. Heat up the frying pan and melt a little butter on it (just to keep the eggs from sticking)
3. Place the bread with the center missing in the pan, and then crack the egg into the middle of the hole.
4. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on the egg if you like.
5. When most of the egg white has turned solid, so however it is that you like your eggs over easy, flip it over
6. It will only take about 30 seconds to finish cooking, then take it out of the pan
7. Butter and fry the piece of bread that was taken out of the center. You can use this to dip into the center of your over easy egg :)
And that's it!
It's really easy and it's a great midnight snack too :)
Yours 'till the cookie crumbles!
I was in shock upon finding a 38 cent box of mac and cheese.
No more cup noodles for me this summer!
At first I didn't have much money, so I got said 38 cent box of mac and cheese, hot pockets, bread, eggs, you know, the basics. Which of course in my book also includes stuff to make cookies, the chocolate ones in particular :)
Oh. I made some green chili stew this week too, go check out the post on that to see how I made it :) It's awesome to make a huge pot of it and then when you get home at two in the morning from work each night, to just warm it up and eat.
Then again, I haven't been too hungry coming home from work. They like to feed me there, that's what they say my job is. Since I've been there I've been able to have mushroom risotto, duck with an orange sauce, mashed potatoes, countless truffles and chocolates, and the best of all, soufflé. This would be the reason right now that I can't bring myself to eat anything else right now. They gave me an entire chocolate one, and plus some of the vanilla one.
5 diamonds indeed.
Did I mention they let me take home any extra bread every night? From olive loafs, to whole grain, to herb brioche.
Speaking of the herb brioche. I made a grilled cream cheese sandwich the other day with it. It was fantastic. That's all I got to say.
And another thing I like to make. As my family calls it, humpty dumpty eggs.
Here's what you need:
Slices of bread
One egg per slice of bread
Butter
Round cookie cutter (or whatever other shape you want)
Frying Pan
Flipper thing...you know what I'm talking about :P
1. Use the cookie cutter to cut out the middle of the slice of bread
2. Heat up the frying pan and melt a little butter on it (just to keep the eggs from sticking)
3. Place the bread with the center missing in the pan, and then crack the egg into the middle of the hole.
4. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on the egg if you like.
5. When most of the egg white has turned solid, so however it is that you like your eggs over easy, flip it over
6. It will only take about 30 seconds to finish cooking, then take it out of the pan
7. Butter and fry the piece of bread that was taken out of the center. You can use this to dip into the center of your over easy egg :)
And that's it!
It's really easy and it's a great midnight snack too :)
Yours 'till the cookie crumbles!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Disney World!
So I am now at Disney World!
Let me give you a couple basics really fast. I found out I am working at Victoria and Albert's at the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. Apparently it's the most expensive place you can eat on Disney property. Over $100 a person. Yeah. I can only hope I get to eat the food there, nothing like getting a gourmet meal every night for free :D
Now onto the most important place. The kitchen in my apartment. I have my own kitchen. Well I share it with 5 other girls, but that's better than sharing it with 200.
I went shopping at Wal-Mart. I feel like I was in a gold mine. I got so many groceries for sooooo cheap compared to Hawaii. I got bread for 88 cents a loaf. Milk for $2.50 a gallon. A pound of butter for just over $1. And vanilla extract for only $1.50. Oh there are so many other things to list that I got. I'm in heaven. There are no words to describe how much I miss all the cheap food.
Then again it's absolutely nothing compared to how much I miss my guy.
Okay back on topic. So what am I eating these first couple days?
Just grilled cheese and cereal. The cheapest things I can think of right now because I have basically no money until I get paid.
Though one of the best deals for college students I would have to say are the hamburger helper/ banquet, they are usually by the pasta area. $3 for a box to feed 5 people. Or one really hungry person like how I usually am. Or make it and save some for later. Which is what I am currently baking
The oven timer is calling my name!
Yours until the cookie crumbles.
Let me give you a couple basics really fast. I found out I am working at Victoria and Albert's at the Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. Apparently it's the most expensive place you can eat on Disney property. Over $100 a person. Yeah. I can only hope I get to eat the food there, nothing like getting a gourmet meal every night for free :D
Now onto the most important place. The kitchen in my apartment. I have my own kitchen. Well I share it with 5 other girls, but that's better than sharing it with 200.
I went shopping at Wal-Mart. I feel like I was in a gold mine. I got so many groceries for sooooo cheap compared to Hawaii. I got bread for 88 cents a loaf. Milk for $2.50 a gallon. A pound of butter for just over $1. And vanilla extract for only $1.50. Oh there are so many other things to list that I got. I'm in heaven. There are no words to describe how much I miss all the cheap food.
Then again it's absolutely nothing compared to how much I miss my guy.
Okay back on topic. So what am I eating these first couple days?
Just grilled cheese and cereal. The cheapest things I can think of right now because I have basically no money until I get paid.
Though one of the best deals for college students I would have to say are the hamburger helper/ banquet, they are usually by the pasta area. $3 for a box to feed 5 people. Or one really hungry person like how I usually am. Or make it and save some for later. Which is what I am currently baking
The oven timer is calling my name!
Yours until the cookie crumbles.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Aloha
Aloha Hawaii, it's about time for me to pack up and get off this island in the middle of no where.
I don't want to leave though, like people say, it's paradise.
I can't wait to actually cook for myself all the time though. Amazingness right there.
But its not as exciting when you are leaving your boy behind.
I'll miss him. Last night was never a moment I will never forget. Banana Bread and Cold Play. What a combination.
Magical things seriously do come out of cooking. Not just in food.
I can't wait to be at Disney to cook more. And to finally be able to update my blog a lot more often than I have been :)
Yours till the cookie crumbles.
I don't want to leave though, like people say, it's paradise.
I can't wait to actually cook for myself all the time though. Amazingness right there.
But its not as exciting when you are leaving your boy behind.
I'll miss him. Last night was never a moment I will never forget. Banana Bread and Cold Play. What a combination.
Magical things seriously do come out of cooking. Not just in food.
I can't wait to be at Disney to cook more. And to finally be able to update my blog a lot more often than I have been :)
Yours till the cookie crumbles.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Sorry
So sorry for not having put up a new post in a while. It is finals week though, I currently have just 3 more hours left of this nonsense and I'll be free.
Well. And there's this guy. Who is pretty dang amazing. So he kind of has been taking up some of my time too :)
When I get to Disney, then there will be more posts, wayyy more :) Just another week before I'm home.
Though I don't want to leave him. He's waiting for me though :)
Yours till the cookie crumbles.
Well. And there's this guy. Who is pretty dang amazing. So he kind of has been taking up some of my time too :)
When I get to Disney, then there will be more posts, wayyy more :) Just another week before I'm home.
Though I don't want to leave him. He's waiting for me though :)
Yours till the cookie crumbles.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
I love my friends
So life in general is pretty dang amazing. I'm switching my major from Hospitality and Tourism Management to Elementary and Special Education. I couldn't be happier about this :) I love kids and I love the idea of teaching!
Oh and then I get a break from school for a whole 4 months! I will be doing an internship at Disney World. Which of course means I will be back on the mainland. And I will have my own apartment, with a full kitchen, all to myself! Well most of it that is, I'll be sharing with with a few others. Way better than an entire dorm full. And you know what else that means? More cooking for me! I will have to make all my food myself, and, it's a million times cheaper.
Here's a list at some of the things I'm tired of prices being high.
A small box of life cereal : $7.75
A block of cream cheese: $3.79
A dozen eggs : $4.00
A gallon of milk: $7.00-$9.00
A gallon of Chocolate Milk: $10.00-$12.00
Yep. It's pretty ridiculous. But then again, I live in Hawaii for the time being, and the thought of that is priceless (before thinking about food that is).
One other thing before I leave to go talk to my advisor about changing my major. I have this amazing friend and next door neighbor named Lucy. She has a fantastic blog found here. The reason why I tell you this? Not only like I said, she's amazing, but I feel special. She blogged about me and it makes me feel special. And hereis a link to the specific blog about me that makes me smile every time I read it.
I'll post another recipe sometime this week hopefully :)
Yours till the cookie crumbles.
Oh and then I get a break from school for a whole 4 months! I will be doing an internship at Disney World. Which of course means I will be back on the mainland. And I will have my own apartment, with a full kitchen, all to myself! Well most of it that is, I'll be sharing with with a few others. Way better than an entire dorm full. And you know what else that means? More cooking for me! I will have to make all my food myself, and, it's a million times cheaper.
Here's a list at some of the things I'm tired of prices being high.
A small box of life cereal : $7.75
A block of cream cheese: $3.79
A dozen eggs : $4.00
A gallon of milk: $7.00-$9.00
A gallon of Chocolate Milk: $10.00-$12.00
Yep. It's pretty ridiculous. But then again, I live in Hawaii for the time being, and the thought of that is priceless (before thinking about food that is).
One other thing before I leave to go talk to my advisor about changing my major. I have this amazing friend and next door neighbor named Lucy. She has a fantastic blog found here. The reason why I tell you this? Not only like I said, she's amazing, but I feel special. She blogged about me and it makes me feel special. And hereis a link to the specific blog about me that makes me smile every time I read it.
I'll post another recipe sometime this week hopefully :)
Yours till the cookie crumbles.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Happy Days
So I have been in a really weird mood lately. I have been crazy happy for some reason the past few days.
I'm trying to debate this source of happiness but I'm not sure.
Now most likely you are not fantastically happy like me at the moment, and in that case, chocolate will solve the answer to everything.
I found this recipe on another blog for these cookies. And I have to say. They are the most fantastic chocolate cookies in the entire world. I can make 3 batches of these at once and have them be gone within the day.
1 3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1 1/4 cup sugar plus add 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Mix together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl, set aside
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat and cool slightly
Add 1 1/4 cups sugar, stir until smooth
Whisk in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla
Stir the soft butter mixture into the flour/cocoa mixture until combined
Wrap the mixture in saran wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours
Shape dough into even sized balls (usually about 1 1/2 inches wide)
Roll balls in sugar. Bake 12 minutes at 350 degrees
And there ya go, you really need to make them. You won't know what happened to you after tasting one of these.
Yours till the cookie crumbles
I'm trying to debate this source of happiness but I'm not sure.
Now most likely you are not fantastically happy like me at the moment, and in that case, chocolate will solve the answer to everything.
I found this recipe on another blog for these cookies. And I have to say. They are the most fantastic chocolate cookies in the entire world. I can make 3 batches of these at once and have them be gone within the day.
1 3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1 1/4 cup sugar plus add 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Mix together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl, set aside
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium low heat and cool slightly
Add 1 1/4 cups sugar, stir until smooth
Whisk in eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla
Stir the soft butter mixture into the flour/cocoa mixture until combined
Wrap the mixture in saran wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours
Shape dough into even sized balls (usually about 1 1/2 inches wide)
Roll balls in sugar. Bake 12 minutes at 350 degrees
And there ya go, you really need to make them. You won't know what happened to you after tasting one of these.
Yours till the cookie crumbles
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