July 6, 2012
Good Morning!
And how are you on this beautiful Friday morning? Hungry? What's for breakfast? (Okay, I'm sure from the title of this post you've used your impeccable deductive reasoning skills to figure it out... but here's how I got to this point.)
*wakes up*
*hums to self*
*saunters downstairs*
"Hiya Daddy! Was fer breffas?" (I always ask the nearest parental what's for breakfast... even though I always make my own breakfast... maybe I'm just hoping someday they'll answer with something like, "Pancakes!" or "Muffins!" or "Flan!" Okay, really, I had to eat flan for breakfast once.)
"Not much, we're out of milk."
No. Milk.
What?!?!?
That eliminates the possibility of cupcakes AND cereal!!! Oh no!
You know it's bad when you can't even eat cereal for breakfast.
This morning presented a similar challenge to last night's dinner dilemma.
Inspired by the title of this recipe, I created my own faster, more simple version. I'm sure someday his might be worth a try, but really, these are much easier and totally delicious. And if you're anything like me, you don't often think about food until you're hungry and want something to eat NOW!
19.6.2013 UPDATE: So um... I'm very sad I didn't finish this blog when I remembered exactly what I did to make them. I thought I had it written down somewhere, but as of now, can't seem to find it. I guess I'll just have to make them again! I'm reasonably certain, I used a Jiffy Corn Muffin box mix... and added sour cream instead of milk. But I also added some portion (Tablespoon?) of lemon juice.
CONCLUSION:
These were totally delicious!!! The lemon juice or sour cream, does something really interesting to the texture... they were almost creamy. It was awesome. I've been meaning to make them again for some time now... So I guess I'll have to try an replicate what I did before, and fill y'all in on it.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Finish blogs while you're writing them!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Fake Fried Rice
I wish I could say, "I love Asian food!"
... but I can't, for a couple of big reasons...
1. I've never actually been to anywhere in Asia, so I'm pretty sure I've never had anything terribly authentic.
2. I've only ever had "Chinese" food. You know, like cheap take-out (mind you, some of it has been kind of tasty, even if it isn't anything close to the real thing.)
Yet, one of my favorite things to make (and eat) is something inspired by what I know about Asian foodstuff (rice, ginger, veggies, noodles, sesame, eggs, etc).
Without further ado, I give you, Lauren's Fake Fried Rice.
Which usually looks something like this:
Here's what you'll need:
1 box Rice-a-Roni (any flavor you like)
celery (as much of it as you'd like... I like lots, I've used up to 6 stalks for a single serving)
peppers or other vegetables of your choosing... water chestnuts or peas... whatever you have really
fresh/powdered ginger and garlic (minced/chopped to your preference)
soy sauce (to taste)
sesame oil (to taste) and/or sesame seeds
peanuts or cashews optional
eggs (as many as you'd like)
Asian inspired sauce or marinade as you like (optional)
The first thing I do is prepare the rice-a-roni according to the box directions (If you're good at multitasking, you can start to prepare or cook the other vegetables while you're browning the rice. If you aren't good at multitasking, you should probably wait until the water starts boiling and you turn it down to simmer, and then veggie prep.)
Next, I fry up the veggies and garlic and ginger (in sesame oil or butter [the butter crisps them, which is nice])
When the veggies are done enough for you, I dump them onto a plate or back on to the cutting board, so I can cook the eggs in the same pan.
Scramble the eggs. When the eggs are nearly done, I toss back in the veggies to keep everything warm. (If the rice isn't done, turn off the stove or remove from heat until it is.)
When the rice is done, scoop as much rice as you'd like into the egg/veggie mix.
Return the pan to heat, and mix everything together, adding the soy sauce or other sauce or seasonings you like.
I did this after I got home from work tonight, and the whole thing only took me about 20 minutes or so make up. It was fabulous. I was only cooking for myself, but it would only have added about 5-10 minutes to cook for my whole family. (Maybe more if I'd had to wash the big frying pan... which still has bacon grease in it...)
... but I can't, for a couple of big reasons...
1. I've never actually been to anywhere in Asia, so I'm pretty sure I've never had anything terribly authentic.
2. I've only ever had "Chinese" food. You know, like cheap take-out (mind you, some of it has been kind of tasty, even if it isn't anything close to the real thing.)
Yet, one of my favorite things to make (and eat) is something inspired by what I know about Asian foodstuff (rice, ginger, veggies, noodles, sesame, eggs, etc).
Without further ado, I give you, Lauren's Fake Fried Rice.
Which usually looks something like this:
Here's what you'll need:
1 box Rice-a-Roni (any flavor you like)
celery (as much of it as you'd like... I like lots, I've used up to 6 stalks for a single serving)
peppers or other vegetables of your choosing... water chestnuts or peas... whatever you have really
fresh/powdered ginger and garlic (minced/chopped to your preference)
soy sauce (to taste)
sesame oil (to taste) and/or sesame seeds
peanuts or cashews optional
eggs (as many as you'd like)
Asian inspired sauce or marinade as you like (optional)
The first thing I do is prepare the rice-a-roni according to the box directions (If you're good at multitasking, you can start to prepare or cook the other vegetables while you're browning the rice. If you aren't good at multitasking, you should probably wait until the water starts boiling and you turn it down to simmer, and then veggie prep.)
Next, I fry up the veggies and garlic and ginger (in sesame oil or butter [the butter crisps them, which is nice])
When the veggies are done enough for you, I dump them onto a plate or back on to the cutting board, so I can cook the eggs in the same pan.
Scramble the eggs. When the eggs are nearly done, I toss back in the veggies to keep everything warm. (If the rice isn't done, turn off the stove or remove from heat until it is.)
When the rice is done, scoop as much rice as you'd like into the egg/veggie mix.
Return the pan to heat, and mix everything together, adding the soy sauce or other sauce or seasonings you like.
I did this after I got home from work tonight, and the whole thing only took me about 20 minutes or so make up. It was fabulous. I was only cooking for myself, but it would only have added about 5-10 minutes to cook for my whole family. (Maybe more if I'd had to wash the big frying pan... which still has bacon grease in it...)
BBC 100 Books
So I've seen this list bounce around on a few different sites. It claims the BBC said the average person has only read six of the books on this list. So, like any responsible person, I Googled it. The only thing from the BBC about the list is this page. Which says, "In April 2003 the BBC's Big Read began the search for the nation's
best-loved novel, and we asked you to nominate your favourite books."
This is VERY different than the average person only having read 6 of the 100 books. So don't feel all special when you've read a quarter or more of the list. Because this is a collective "Favorites" list... which means quite the opposite of "average reader has never read" list. Just saying.
In other news... I've always thought this was a good place to start making myself literate and familiar with popular culture. So for your browsing enjoyment, I've included the list below, with books I've read crossed out. Hopefully one day, all of them will be that way. (I'll include completion dates if I know them.)
Happy Reading!
Key:
Read prior to 10 Jan. 2013 (Total: 14.5 read)
* Watched the movie! (I know it doesn't count, but makes me want to read the books!)
1.The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien *
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen *
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams *
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling * (within days of its release, I'm sure!)
6.To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee * (Age 14)
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne *
8. 1984, George Orwell
9.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis *
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë *
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15.The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger (Age 15 or 16)
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame *
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22.Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, JK Rowling * (Age 10)
23.Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, JK Rowling *(Age 10)
24.Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, JK Rowling *(Age 10)
25.The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien (Age 13)
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll *
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens *
35.Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl *
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery *
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44.The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas * (Age 15 or 16)
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh *
46.Animal Farm, George Orwell
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens *
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett *
52.Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck *
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy *
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56.The BFG, Roald Dahl
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70.Lord Of The Flies, William Golding * (Age 15 or 16)
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl *
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar *
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons *
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot *
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
This is VERY different than the average person only having read 6 of the 100 books. So don't feel all special when you've read a quarter or more of the list. Because this is a collective "Favorites" list... which means quite the opposite of "average reader has never read" list. Just saying.
In other news... I've always thought this was a good place to start making myself literate and familiar with popular culture. So for your browsing enjoyment, I've included the list below, with books I've read crossed out. Hopefully one day, all of them will be that way. (I'll include completion dates if I know them.)
Happy Reading!
Key:
* Watched the movie! (I know it doesn't count, but makes me want to read the books!)
1.
2. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen *
3. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams *
5.
6.
7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne *
8. 1984, George Orwell
9.
10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë *
11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
12. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
13. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks
14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
15.
16. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame *
17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
18. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
19. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres
20. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
21. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
22.
23.
24.
25.
26. Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy
27. Middlemarch, George Eliot
28. A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving
29. The Grapes Of Wrath, John Steinbeck
30. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Lewis Carroll *
31. The Story Of Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson
32. One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
33. The Pillars Of The Earth, Ken Follett
34. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens *
35.
36. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
37. A Town Like Alice, Nevil Shute
38. Persuasion, Jane Austen
39. Dune, Frank Herbert
40. Emma, Jane Austen
41. Anne Of Green Gables, LM Montgomery *
42. Watership Down, Richard Adams
43. The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
44.
45. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh *
46.
47. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens *
48. Far From The Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
49. Goodnight Mister Tom, Michelle Magorian
50. The Shell Seekers, Rosamunde Pilcher
51. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett *
52.
53. The Stand, Stephen King
54. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy *
55. A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth
56.
57. Swallows And Amazons, Arthur Ransome
58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
59. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
60. Crime And Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
61. Noughts And Crosses, Malorie Blackman
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
63. A Tale Of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
64. The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCollough
65. Mort, Terry Pratchett
66. The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton
67. The Magus, John Fowles
68. Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
69. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett
70.
71. Perfume, Patrick Süskind
72. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Robert Tressell
73. Night Watch, Terry Pratchett
74. Matilda, Roald Dahl *
75. Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding
76. The Secret History, Donna Tartt
77. The Woman In White, Wilkie Collins
78. Ulysses, James Joyce
79. Bleak House, Charles Dickens
80. Double Act, Jacqueline Wilson
81. The Twits, Roald Dahl
82. I Capture The Castle, Dodie Smith
83. Holes, Louis Sachar *
84. Gormenghast, Mervyn Peake
85. The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
86. Vicky Angel, Jacqueline Wilson
87. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
88. Cold Comfort Farm, Stella Gibbons *
89. Magician, Raymond E Feist
90. On The Road, Jack Kerouac
91. The Godfather, Mario Puzo
92. The Clan Of The Cave Bear, Jean M Auel
93. The Colour Of Magic, Terry Pratchett
94. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
95. Katherine, Anya Seton
96. Kane And Abel, Jeffrey Archer
97. Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
98. Girls In Love, Jacqueline Wilson
99. The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot *
100. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
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