Easily Amused

My interests are all over the place. I'm starting to wonder if this is actually a good or bad thing...

2010 Resolution Evaluation

Now that 2010 is drawing to a close and I'm thinking ahead to the next year's resolutions, I've dug up this year's and saw that I actually managed to keep most of them.

2010 Resolutions:

1. Join a gym. - CHECK

2. Actually go to the gym. - CHECK? Technically, I went to the gym for half the year, then canceled my membership and found other ways to be active. That counts, right?

3. Live it up!! - CHECK!!

Other goals tacked on during the course of the year:

4. 1 month, 1 trip (out of town)
jan - china, san fran
feb - dallas, san diego
mar - mexico cruise, vegas
apr - philly
may - vegas
jun - new zealand
jul - santa barbara, simi valley, alhambra
aug - pasadena, malibu, agoura hills
sep - cabo, big bear, san fran
oct - oc, long beach, nyc, philly
nov - anaheim
dec - china, mammoth

5. Run a half marathon, 10k, and 5k.

6. Reward self for following through on resolutions. - CHECK, CHECK, CHECK... I'm going to go ahead and cap myself on this for the rest of the year...

My favorite resolution to keep this year: LIVE IT UP!!!!

Basketball Boo-Boo

So, this weekend... some guy ran into my shoulder and dislocated his jaw.

We were playing pickup, I was posting up in the lane, he cut across to the ball and rammed full speed into my left shoulder. Oh, and I also fell and scraped both my knees and had the ball bounced off my head.

Eerily enough, today, I feel brand spankin new.

"Fly" - by Nicki Minaj (feat. Rihanna)

I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive
I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise
To fly
To fly

Coconut (no chocolate) Brownies

What would a brownie look like without the chocolate? Maybe that just means it turns into a big cookie, but I decided to find out by combining the following ingredients in a loaf tin.

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups flour
1/4 cup almond meal
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1 stick butter
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp coconut powder
1 tsp vanilla

* Mix all ingredients and bake in a loaf tin at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes. Turn off the oven and let sit for 5 minutes more. Cut into squares and serve. [Well... theoretically, you would cut into squares and serve. It's a different story if your concoction turns out to be one big gooey mess.]

The conclusion? Smells nice, tastes good, looks horrible. Turns out, a cookie recipe turned brownie is only a recipe for disaster.

Light and Fluffy Veggie Quiche

Here's another one of my homemade creations :)

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/3 cup almond meal
pinch of salt
1/4 cup water
1 tablespoon coconut powder
1/2 teaspoon raw cane sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 cups frozen vegetables
olive oil to cover the baking dish

* Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, almond meal, and salt. Add the water, coconut powder and sugar, and whisk until smooth. Beat in the egg and gently mix in the vegetables. Transfer mixture into a metal baking dish or loaf tin, and bake for 45 minutes. Cut into quarters and serve. Goes perfectly with breakfast sausages or bacon on Thanksgiving morning!

Happy Turkey Day!

Roasted Carrots and Onions

I had carrots and red onions in my fridge that I was afraid would go bad soon if I didn't use them, so I mixed them into a glass baking dish and made tonight's dinner. Baked at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes, the ingredients below were drizzled in at will...

- chicken bouillon
- olive oil
- sesame oil
- soy sauce
- ground cumin
- nutmeg
- all-spice
- rosemary
- garlic
- salt

Haven't tried it yet, but mmm mmm, my kitchen smells delicious!