touché. 

Lately, I've been rather lazy when it comes to this blog. This one isn't that different. Enjoy the pictures, folks. 

Extra Cream = Make whip cream and freeze dollops! 

Shredded BBQ Chicken.

Trip!

My brother's birthday card :) 

Mom made Boklava for Courtney's Bridal Shower. 

Yay for salads :) 

Smoothie:
Chocolate Soy Milk
Frozen Fruit
Ice Cubes
Plain Yogurt
=100 calorie delish snack. 

Chocolate Chip Cookie dough Cupcakes
(With a ball of cookie dough hidden inside!)

With the Cookie Dough Frosting

Cause of my happiness this week!

Warm Spinach Salad with Chicken Breast and Garbanzo Beans drizzled with Raspberry Vinaigrette. 

Frozen Fruit  + Plain yogurt = Raspberry Yogurt!

Can't wait to frost these puppies tomorrow. 

A cupcake (or two) a day...

'Twas a big cupcake week. 

60 made. 60 sold. 60 pounds later...

What do you make when you run out of red food coloring?
Blue Velvet!

Blue Velvet

I made my own raisin bran with non-sugarfied raisins and non-brand name bran cereal.
I swear it's better.
And definitely cheaper. 

Made my own caramel for caramel frosting!

Lemon!

Chocolate Peppermint!

The only kind of shots I'll go near. 

Chocolate with Caramel!

Happy October  : D

Meet Kim.
Kim has the strangest strainer I have ever seen.

 Tilapia Filet with Minced Garlic
served with Green and Red Peppers

 R.I.P Blender.
I used you every day. I loved you dearly.
Just days before you cracked I made this lovely chocolate strawberry milkshake smoothie.

Thank goodness for stocked canned food.
I hadn't been to the store in two weeks!

 Put random things together? Everything I had left?

Garlic CousCous served with black beans and corn

Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

Not as impressed as I thought I would be. Don't think it's a keeper.

 Snickerdoodles :)
















Yay for cooking with friends!

Philip took me to the store and then helped me make
Chicken and Dumplings
for the first time ever!

We also had sauteed spinach and tomatoes.

Yummy :)

I went overboard when I was buying buttermilk this week.
Good thing it freezes really well.
In the meantime I decided to invite three of my hungry friends over to try out a new recipe of buttermilk pancakes.

Served with small packets of syrup that are supposed to go with some version of frozen waffles.

Notice this is the only picture I could capture. They went pretty fast.

Chicken Noodle Soup for the rest of the week!

-water
-chicken breast
-bay leaf, pepper, salt, rosemary
-carrots
-celery
-mushrooms
-uncooked pasta

Cooking a lot = a lot of dishes

This is the third load of the day.

More soup!
Chicken Chili
with:
mushrooms
corn
green beans
spinach
chicken
white beans
seasoning packet

Muffins!
These were to use up more buttermilk and are really tasty.
I'll be eating them for breakfast for a while. Stashed some in the freezer.



Click this for the recipe!

My craziness with food is rubbing off on my dear brother. 

Look at what he's doing back home!

He seems to have gotten my photography skills too. ;) JK bear.
This is an asian recipe he found online with chicken, garlic, snap peas, etc. 

This is a wrap he made up for lunch one day.
He mixed taco seasoning with mayonnaise and used that a tasty sauce to compliment cheese, turkey, and salsa.

 Ladies, he's smart too. 

Love you Ryan. 

¿Qué hay en su cocina?

TGIF. 

Sick all week. Fridge is empty. A few failed attempts at new cooking ideas. 

Regardless, exciting/good week. Love my life! 

I ran out of juice, but was attempting to drink 8 oz every hour. Mom's Doctor's orders. 

Got tired of water, tried to gag down some grass water green tea. 

However, with a fresh (leftover) squeezed lemon, and chilled for a while.... the grass water actually was pretty tasty.

Esta semana estado estudiando español para mucho. Por ejemplo, 

 vocabulario

También etiquetados todo en mi casa.

Most of the week I resorted to prepackaged meals. Actually really good, and nice to have the leftovers available. 

 Can I just say that Muffins are scrumptious?

Don't get me wrong, I love my cupcakes, but I don't fly with the whole notion that muffins are retarded cupcakes. 

We're all equal in this kitchen. 

First recipe from my new cookbook :) 

Cinnamon muffins with dried (cherry flavored) craisins. 

Popsicles are also fun. 

Mine were made with orange juice, cranberry juice, pineapple juice, and the one in the front is a chocolate pudding pop. 

Favorite of the week. 

Turkey Chili. Tasty. 

Ravioli with tomato sauce. 

Another easy/I'm sick dinner.

And cupcakes, of course. 

Cookies 'n Cream. 

Complete with an oreo on the bottom, chunks of oreo in the cupcake, one on top, and crumbs in the frosting and sprinkled on top. 

Would it be ironic if my cupcake business eventually paid for my liposuction? 

Just Wondering.