Yesterday night boyfriend said he wanted waffles for breakfast. I obliged and looked up a recipe, then went to bed and forgot about it, thinking he would too. BUT NO!!! This morning I was rudely awoken to "where are my waffles?!?"
So I pulled out my waffle iron that I've never used before (YAY!!) pulled up the same recipe and went to work. The only problem being that soon the boyfriend completely took over the process :( Not that I'm against having him cook, but I was making the waffles. Oh well, they turned out very good even though we ran out of buttermilk and substituted regular milk instead. They were light and fluffy and super tasty just like a waffle should be, topped with pure maple syrup. Plain and simple amazing!
I love breakfast on Sundays!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Oral Fixation, Intoxication, or Addiction?
Everyone knows I have a sweet tooth, it's obvious from my nickname, my love of baking, and baked goods. To get more to the point though on Sunday I saw a commercial for Milano cookies, I love Milano cookies and haven't had them in a while so of course a craving ensued. I jumped into the car with a friend and headed to the store to grab cookies and some beer of course. Outside of the store those sweet innocent girl scouts were advertising the last day to buy girl scout cookies. These girls seem like angels but in reality they're sirens singing their sweet song of cookies and luring you to your destruction. Their song was completely effective and I fell to my sugary death buying 6 boxes of Samoans. Then we continued our trek into the store where I bought three bags of Milanos. This wouldn't be a big deal if I possessed an ounce of self control, unfortunately when it comes to cookies I don't. Here comes the kicker, I later drove to my house and ate almost a whole bag of milanos without even realizing I was eating them, I had no idea until boyfriend pointed out the empty bag later that day. So this leads to my question, do I constantly munch on cookies because I have to have something in my mouth, because I'm high (haha...my mom suggested this, it's completely fictional), or because I have a cookie/sugar addiction?
I'm on the downhill side of the second day of my cookie free week challenge and it's not going so well. I was grouchy and shaky yesterday until I had some frozen yogurt. Today I've gotten over the shaky feeling but still feel somewhat grouchy and unmotivated. Overall I am not happy about my lack of sweets, but I guess I will appreciate the supposed health benefits of it.
Anyway, I will be updating on whether or not the cookie free week has succeeded or not and how my mood deals with the loss of sugar.
I'm on the downhill side of the second day of my cookie free week challenge and it's not going so well. I was grouchy and shaky yesterday until I had some frozen yogurt. Today I've gotten over the shaky feeling but still feel somewhat grouchy and unmotivated. Overall I am not happy about my lack of sweets, but I guess I will appreciate the supposed health benefits of it.
Anyway, I will be updating on whether or not the cookie free week has succeeded or not and how my mood deals with the loss of sugar.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Home Improv continued!
the horses needed a temporary home
Well as promised here are pictures of the ongoing home improvement at my casa!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Home Improvement
So yesterday instead of doing my paper proposal I decided to jump headfirst into some home improvement plans I've had for a while. For starters I have assembled a compost pile in my backyard. This is amazing because my backyard is a wreck of weeds, trash, stuffing (from small dog toys), and doggie poo. Well I dived in and pulled weeds, picked up trash and stuffing, and bagged as much poo as I could. I only did one corner of the yard and it took 3 hours. Afterwards I couldn't lift the bag of poo and trash so it's still sitting back there, waiting. But the yard looks better and the next warm spell to hit will have me back there at work again!
The other plan I've had in mind to attempt is to paint the inserts that line half of my living room. At this point they are the same bland beige as the rest of the walls. But not for long! Primer has been done, at least on most of it, since my arm got tired halfway through the longest section, and as soon as I get off work I will finish that primer and then go on to coat the walls a wonderful shade of green, green caper to be exact. It matches my couches.
I will be posting pictures of these developments soon, however my camera decided to die yesterday as I was taking the first picture so patience will have to ensue.
But either way, both should be fun projects, and hopefully the compost pile in the backyard will lead to a successful vegetable and herb garden (out of the reach of curious puppies of course).
The other plan I've had in mind to attempt is to paint the inserts that line half of my living room. At this point they are the same bland beige as the rest of the walls. But not for long! Primer has been done, at least on most of it, since my arm got tired halfway through the longest section, and as soon as I get off work I will finish that primer and then go on to coat the walls a wonderful shade of green, green caper to be exact. It matches my couches.
I will be posting pictures of these developments soon, however my camera decided to die yesterday as I was taking the first picture so patience will have to ensue.
But either way, both should be fun projects, and hopefully the compost pile in the backyard will lead to a successful vegetable and herb garden (out of the reach of curious puppies of course).
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Superbowl feast...more like superbowl sugar-induced coma
"The theme for the Super bowl party is smoked meat"
"What should Cami bake then?"
"She's never made anything bad so whatever she wants"
That's a whole lot of freedom on my part if you think about it. I can make whatever I want on the treat side of the Superbowl menu. I've started out big, a yellow cake giant cupcake that I intend to ice white and blue and draw a horseshoe on...am I a Colts fan, yes. Do I enjoy annoying Dan, yes. So this cake is a win win situation.
Of course I'll make Andes mint cookies and then chocolate sour cream cupcakes. The two new things I'll add to my menu will be my new favorite cheesecake and a Texas sheet cake whose recipe is so old it still calls for Oleo. For those of you who don't know what Oleo is, it's margarine, but it's the term used for margarine in sometime around the 60's I think.
Anyways hopefully I'll remember to take pictures of all these goodies, and if you happen to be invited to the superbowl party then you'll get to partake in them as well!
"What should Cami bake then?"
"She's never made anything bad so whatever she wants"
That's a whole lot of freedom on my part if you think about it. I can make whatever I want on the treat side of the Superbowl menu. I've started out big, a yellow cake giant cupcake that I intend to ice white and blue and draw a horseshoe on...am I a Colts fan, yes. Do I enjoy annoying Dan, yes. So this cake is a win win situation.
Of course I'll make Andes mint cookies and then chocolate sour cream cupcakes. The two new things I'll add to my menu will be my new favorite cheesecake and a Texas sheet cake whose recipe is so old it still calls for Oleo. For those of you who don't know what Oleo is, it's margarine, but it's the term used for margarine in sometime around the 60's I think.
Anyways hopefully I'll remember to take pictures of all these goodies, and if you happen to be invited to the superbowl party then you'll get to partake in them as well!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Cheesecake! oh wonderful cheesecake!
So the boyfriend was beggin for cheesecake, but more importantly he was begging for cheesecake for his grandfather's birthday party/everyone in his family who was born in January. Well, I can't remember ever having made a cheesecake before so I decided to practice first. I used a recipe from Alton Brown for a sourcream cheesecake. It came out amazing, but was missing some extra something to make it mine. So the boyfriend suggested adding orange zest and ginger. This turned out amazing!! We also decided to forgo the traditional graham cracker crust and instead made ours out of ginger snaps. Delicious!
Well here's about the recipe we used:
Crust:
38 ginger snaps, crushed but still with big chunks.
1 stick of butter, melted
Filling:
1 1/4c sour cream
20 oz cream cheese (2.5 packages)
1 c sugar
2 eggs
5 egg yolks
1/3 c heavy cream
1 tbs vanilla extract
1/2 tbs cinnamon
1/2 tbs nutmeg
1 tbs orange zest
1/2 tbs grated ginger
Preheat your oven to 300. Butter a springform pan or line a regular pan with parchment paper. Mix ginger snaps and butter til coated and spread evenly in bottom of pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 300 F. Lower oven temp to 250
In a stand mixer mix sour cream on low for about 30 seconds. Add cream cheese and sugar, mix on low until sugar is wet. Then turn up to medium and mix until smooth. In another bowl mix together eggs, cream, and vanilla. Pour this mixture slowly into mixer, scraping down bowl halfway through. Once this is smooth add the cinnamon and nutmeg. The mix should be speckled. Then add the orange zest and ginger and mix it well making sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl to get any bits that the paddle misses. Once the mixture is super smooth pour it into the pan with the crust. Put this pan into a larger pan. If you are using a springform surround it with foil to prevent leaks. Fill the larger pan with warm water just covering the crust line of the smaller pan. Place in oven and bake for 1 hour at 250 F. After an hour, turn off the oven and open the door for 1 minute. Then shut the oven door and leave in oven 1 more hour. Place in refridgerator for another 3-4 hours or overnight if you can.
That's all I did, but feel free to garnish with more gingersnaps or orange slices if you would like!
Well here's about the recipe we used:
Crust:
38 ginger snaps, crushed but still with big chunks.
1 stick of butter, melted
Filling:
1 1/4c sour cream
20 oz cream cheese (2.5 packages)
1 c sugar
2 eggs
5 egg yolks
1/3 c heavy cream
1 tbs vanilla extract
1/2 tbs cinnamon
1/2 tbs nutmeg
1 tbs orange zest
1/2 tbs grated ginger
Preheat your oven to 300. Butter a springform pan or line a regular pan with parchment paper. Mix ginger snaps and butter til coated and spread evenly in bottom of pan. Bake for 10 minutes at 300 F. Lower oven temp to 250
In a stand mixer mix sour cream on low for about 30 seconds. Add cream cheese and sugar, mix on low until sugar is wet. Then turn up to medium and mix until smooth. In another bowl mix together eggs, cream, and vanilla. Pour this mixture slowly into mixer, scraping down bowl halfway through. Once this is smooth add the cinnamon and nutmeg. The mix should be speckled. Then add the orange zest and ginger and mix it well making sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl to get any bits that the paddle misses. Once the mixture is super smooth pour it into the pan with the crust. Put this pan into a larger pan. If you are using a springform surround it with foil to prevent leaks. Fill the larger pan with warm water just covering the crust line of the smaller pan. Place in oven and bake for 1 hour at 250 F. After an hour, turn off the oven and open the door for 1 minute. Then shut the oven door and leave in oven 1 more hour. Place in refridgerator for another 3-4 hours or overnight if you can.
That's all I did, but feel free to garnish with more gingersnaps or orange slices if you would like!
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