Dreams do come true: a recipe

you may or may not know this about me but breakfast is by far my favourite meal of the day. i try to have at least 3 breakfasts by noon. my brothers share my love for breakfast and breakfast foods so when we get hungry at around 10pm, breakfast foods are what we reach for in the kitchen.
pancakes are our fav, but as much as we love pancakes, our current pancake mix is awful, bland, and dumb so our options were to make some from scratch (not likely) or make our pancake mix better. i decided to mix it with instant oatmeal to make a supreme breakfast food. the result was amazing. here's the recipe:

1/2 cup pancake mix (its okay if it sux)
1 packet instant oatmeal (we just used the flavored quaker ones)

(action shot)

on a side note, the pancake mix is a 'just add water' mix but these pancakes weren't as good cooked with water.

-jmg

Septum

Here you kinda see it. Finally have one.

vegan peanut butter choc chip cookies

by popular demand, here is my vegan version of the last recipe.

ingredients:
1/2 cup applesauce (i use unsweetened)
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter (i use the natural one again)
1/2 cup margarine
1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 tbsp soymilk
1 tbsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup soy flour
3/4 tsp salt
3/4 baking soda
optional vegan chocolate chips

preheat oven to 350 degrees

1. combine peanut butter, margarine, brown sugar, soymilk, vanilla, and applesauce in a large bowl and blend well.
2. combine flours, salt, and baking soda in another bowl. add to creamed mixture slowly until blended. mix in chocolate chips.
3. lightly flour baking pans. form dough into small balls (~1.5 inches) place on floured pan and flatten a little with fingers/fork. bake for 5 minutes.

makes about 3 dozen cookies

-jmg

food post part 2: a recipe

this is my own recipe for peanut butter cookies (with optional chocolate chips)


ingredients:
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter (i use all natural; just peanuts and veg oil)
1/2 cup margarine/butter
1 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tbsp milk
1 tbsp vanilla
1 egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup soy flour
3/4 cup whey protein powder (i use choc. protein powder, like the kind you use for shakes)
3/4 tspn salt
3/4 tspn baking soda
optional chocolate chips (i used white choc.)

preheat oven to 350'F

1. combine peanut butter, margarine, brown sugar, milk, and vanilla in a large bowl. blend well. add egg and beat until blended.
2. combine flours, whey, salt, and baking soda in another bowl. add to creamed mixture slowly until blended. mix in chocolate chips.
3. lightly flour baking pans. form dough into small balls (~1.5 inches) place on floured pan and flatten a little with fingers/fork. bake for 6 minutes.


makes about 3 dozen cookies.

i also have a great vegan version of these if anyone is interested.

-jmg

also, expect some sewing pics soon, i've been tackling my sewing pile this weekend (with a little success).

more baked goodies

so obviously, my family can't keep me out of the kitchen. here are some stuff from recently.

these were from a box/kit, so obviously they weren't amazing. the frosting tasted like preserved egg whites.

flan (again from a box/mix). this wasn't too bad, but i hate caramel, so i didn't eat much of it.

and last, but not least, BISCOTTI! they're more like shortbread texture, but taste better. i made 3 different flavors: cocoa/cinnamon, pecan, and white chocolate chip with white choc. drizzle. i think its safe to say i won points for presentation and taste.


-jmg

i obviously photographed my recent doodle. it reads "things charlotte needs to make her happy." i drew it on one of my buses home the other day (approx. 40 minutes). you can't see it that clearly so i'll just list all the good stuff:

• charlotte + manatee
• matching berets
• manatee is smoking a cigarette
• charlotte is holding a cupcake
• charlotte is wearing a perfect striped shirt, tight jeans, braces, and boots

(they were supposed to be holding hands but i couldn't make that happen due to poor planning on my part.)

-jmg

i'll post my hourly comic here soon too! its a good one.

vegan apple cinnamon cookies

these cookies are my own recipe and boy are they delicious (if i do say so myself). Actually, my family loves these and they usually hate vegan food, just saying.

ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
<1/4 cup applesauce
<1/2 cup oil
1/2 tablespoon vanilla

preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit

mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and cinnamon. then mix in applesauce, oil, and vanilla.
roll out dough on a lightly floured surface. cut with cookie cutters (preferably heart shaped for obviously reasons).
bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 6 minutes.

makes about 2 dozen cookies.

-jmg