Random post of the day

Few things that happened over the weekend. I went to a Cherry Blossom Festival and they actually had a cherry blossom tree. I never seen one so I was very happy. Makes me feel like it's really spring. The festival also had lots of yummy food and was very enjoyable to just walk around and celebrate spring and enjoy the weather.

 Shiba Inu!!!! It was literally bring your shiba inu to park day. I have never seen so many of them in one area! It was just a booth with one dog but all shiba inu owners gather in that area to hang out. They are fox faced and super cute!!There's a YT video of the smiling shiba inu so check it out!

I first saw cherry blossoms in a flower arrangement show room and was telling my bf I heard there's sakura in the park but we didn't see any and I was happy to just see an arrangement. I love flowers a lot. Probably because my grandma loved them and grew up surrounded by beautiful flowers. I wonder will I become a grandma who tends the garden?

Right before we left the park to buy groceries we saw an actual sakura tree! Even more beautiful because the wind blows and the leaves fall on you like snow. My bf yelled at me for taking one off the tree but I wanted to just stare at it! They were so lovely!!! I was tempted to make pickled sakura I seen on cooking shows...

Went shopping and mommy paid for these but I will add it to my debt. The PJ pants were super cheap! It was on sale and buy one get one free so cost $2.50 each. I wanted new PJs because mines are forming holes and I refused to spend too much on them since I just sleep in it so I thought these were worth it. I got safety shorts for when I wear skirts. $4. I had some safety shorts but they are kinda big and bulky and with the sun coming out, I would want the world not to see my panties. Sigh, I spend so effortlessly

Previous debt: $45
Debt as of today: $55

Went to Mitsuwa, my favorite Japanese supermarket and after watching anime and reading manga, I wanted to try Baumkuchen!!! It is a German origin cake where it requires a lot of work to make. You have a spinning hot rod and you pour batter on the rod. You repeat it to form rings like a tree. Baumkuchen means tree ring in German. Sadly all the German bakeries around here don't make it and thanks to google I learned there's only 3 bakeries in USA that makes it. The closest one is in LA fml. Luckily it's popular in Japan (hence the appearance in anime/manga) and Asian countries or I wouldn't find it in supermarkets. It's sweet cake, reminds me of pound cake. Its definitely a sweet and heavy dessert. You can make this without the spinning rod but in a sheet pan over your stove. I think it's very cute and people apparently give it after attending a wedding because it's a ring, like a wedding ring or eternity? hmmm

 

 This is what it looks like. Isn't it cute?!

 

I attempted to cook and eat artichokes. They are currently very cheap. I love artichoke dip but never tackled it in vegetable form. What turned me off was 1) took time to eat and 2) found a worm inside fml. It was probably not as yummy because a freaking worm was eating my food for god knows how long. It's actually easy to make but I don't think I'll bother with it anytime soon. The recipe I found told me to add lemon, bay leaf to the water and just boil till the leaves can be pulled off. Oh cut off the thorns of each leaf. Then dip in melted butter. The meat or the veggie is in the back of the leaf and just use your teeth to carve it out.

I remember during my childhood I was reading Babysitter Club and one of the girls loved artichokes and it was her favorite food. Ever since I been curious to eat it but too scared to try since it looks scary! like how do you eat a leaf? I still like it but I rather eat fruits, papaya, mango, strawberries, grapefruit.... sigh

On another note I been cooking in my kitchen to satisfy random cravings again. This is my version of Okonomiyaki. Basically it is batter with veggies and meat. Chinese cooking have egg foo young. This is more bready taste. I put lettuce and chicken and extra egg because I don't love bready taste. The batter (flour milk baking soda and egg) Tasted yummy when crispy and covered in sauce. The lettuce gave it a crisp feel and chicken is yummy too. Not bad for randomly making it but a bit too much for my shrunken stomach. Stupid sickness.

Random craving of egg salad sandwich a week ago. I never loved egg mayo because I think it looks gross but I had it once during work and it was delicious!  Ever since I saw an soft boiled version on TV, I wanted to try it so bad! I tried making it today but I accidentally crushed the egg and the yolk splashed out :( I think it's missing mustard. Better luck next time. Some toppings I used were lettuce, tomato or grape tomato, avocado and sandwich meats.

Ah dango. I was having this craving since watching cookingwithdog on YT (my fav! so sad the chef got into an accident) but they didn't turn out so well. The texture wasn't very chewy and more floury taste. I don't know if I didn't knead it enough or what. I guess I failed and probably will hold a grudge like I do for macarons.

25 random questions

1. What time did you go to bed last night and were you alone?
 1am and yes foreveralone

2. If you could be given ANY gift what would it be?
A really really high paying job to buy the gifts haha

3. What was the last film that really moved/disturbed/thrilled you and why?
I try really hard to avoid scary movies. I guess Saw 4 was the last I saw. I don't like those psychological movies that make you think and i hate gore

 4. What is your favorite TV show of all time ie you've seen them all, can watch it over and over again and quote lines from it?
I don't really have one... I watch Sister Sister, Boy Meets World, Sex and the City, Friends.... and probably more because it was always replaying and I have nothing to do. I guess mindless shows?

5. Whats your favorite way to wake up and whats the first thing you do?
When I don't have an alarm to wake up to. I roll around and check my iPhone messages

6. What would you call yourself if you could choose your own name?
I cannot imagine another name. I do like Vivienne.

7. If you had to do a bushtucker challenge (you have to eat insects/grubs etc) what would be the worst thing you had to eat?
Spider

8. Whats the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it?
  Pokemon? Seems so childish even though I will admit I LOVE Pokemon still. I have NSYNC and BSB. I don't think it's embarrassing tho

9. what would be your dream vehicle (bikes, cars, boats, batcar and millennium falcon is allowed!)?
A car-plane that does not use gas and goes very  very very fast. I would love to travel for "free"


10. Whats your favorite sandwich?
Something with avocado, swiss, prosciutto, salami, olive, ham, pastrami, lettuce, tomato, roasted pepper, honey mustard, light mayo, oil vinegar, salt pepper, on french bread.

11. What characteristics do you dislike in yourself?
Shy

12. Your favorite item of clothing and why?
Currently, my new holey sweater because its cute

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be and who would it be with?
Europe with BF

14. If you could have any animal/creature, What would be your ultimate pet be?
panda

15. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be?
Always wanted to be a doctor and that goal is slightly changed but I will be a doctor in 2016 :)

16. Whats the next planned event you're looking to in your life?
Graduation

17. What were you doing before you started this?
Watching a movie, We bought a zoo

18. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't of ?
It's always chocolate

19. If you were an ice cream/haagen daz/ben an jerrys flavour what would you be?
Pistachio because it's my favorite flavor (in certain brands) and in Chinese it is happy fruit. I think I'm a happy person

20. Who was the last person you spoke to that you didn't want to talk to?
My friend when she starts getting defensive

21. What was your favorite toy as a child  . . .and now?
Gameboy? Now probably my iPhone or computer and occasionally my video game console if there is a tempting game

22. When was the last time you cried laughing and why?
My bf said something stupid and I couldn't stop laughing. I cannot remember tho

23. What is stashed under your bed/mattress?
Ty beanie babies, stickers, junk, shoebox of things?

24. What did you dream about last night?
I remember my last last night dream. I dreamed a guy found my friend E scarf and he fell in love with her and chased after her but then E said she had something similar happen and cannot love again. She takes my hand and we run away. Kinda romantic lol. Then my bf leaves me and I am at a restaurant my aunt owns. I see my other aunt and uncle and they talked about a wedding. My aunt then drives me and I ask her to drop me off at the theater but she passes it and some stranger is driving and leaves me in the middle of nowhere and wants to kill me but another guy stops him and cops come and I wake up. The end

25. What are you really afraid of?
Not becoming who I want myself to be. 

Shopping- J Crew

So I do a lot of shopping...... maybe a bit too much especially when I have $0 income. I feel like I should keep track what I buy to remind myself that my closet is running out of room and prevent debt. It also doesn't help that I have a bunch of unworn clothing in my closet. Hopefully this diary will help me make better choices, buy less and spend thrifty after seeing how much I spend. That said, I have done a crazy amount of online shopping and regular shopping (hypocrite) and this order came in recently from J Crew. J Crew style is preppy, work friendly but still young. The quality is nice except I cannot afford it and shopped at the factory store online which I feel is a bit lower quality but still cute! Even with the 30% off I find it expensive but some pieces were just too hard to resist! I think the sale is over but they have lots of promo so do keep an eye on their site. I hope that each item will get plenty of wear and if not I'll kill myself cuz I will have crazy debt building up soon fml.

Black skirt $14. I am a grown women so I need to stop buying outrageous clothing items that I will wear once and get some work clothes that I won't wear for another few months. Seems legit. I actually found 2 black skirts in my closet but in my defense this is better quality and more professional style!!!...... I hope.

Aqua sweater $10. I was attracted to the color. It doesn't help that I buy clothing items of this color on a regular basis. I am godly afriad of the cold so I wanted to stock up on sweaters when they are cheap but doesn't mean I don't have a closet full of sweaters. I am keeping this because I am attracted to teal.

Leopard scarf $9. The main reason I placed an order was for the scarfs. It's still godly expensive for a polyester scarf but I wanted printed scarf for a long time. I can't afford silk (Alexander McQueen sigh) so I have to settle with this.

 Floral scarf $9. I have a thing with floral and I thought this would be cute with many tops and color to add something to an outfit. I still think it's expensive but I tell myself I'm paying for the design! I guess $9 seems a lot to me because I bought scarves in Taiwan for $3. I totally regret not buying the scarves in every color when they were decent quality too.

Cardigan $138. I returned this within a day cuz I cannot afford it. I only bought it because I needed to buy an item for free shipping. (Cheapskate) It's very nice and I secretly wanted to keep it. It is actually men but being tall, it looks cute on me with some skinny jeans. Gives a baggy look and makes me look skinnier. I occasionally shop in the men section becasue I have a long waist and a lot of women clothes are short on me. I am so glad that long shirts are in.

Clothing cost- $45
Total spending as of today- $45

I hate tax cannot wait to be in a state without it!

Diet....?

Like any normal girl, you will complain you are fat despite being size 0 or even 00. Us girls must have terrible self-esteem problems and those who don't.... are liars. I been super lazy since I been on my 2 year break. I attempted to do exercise videos on a daily routine: cardio, yoga, aerobics, streaches. But I get bored and lazy because I can't push myself. I went hiking because it's "the best exercise" but the weather isn't my friend and I need a partner since I don't feel safe to go alone. I don't want to build muscles but want to be slim and toned. Most important I want a healthy lifestyle, being slim is just part of the deal.   My bf tells me I'm borderline underweight on my BMI but I argue that eating better and exercise will keep me healthy and hopefully loose a few pounds. I don't "diet" I hate it, but I want to live a healthier lifestyle which is really a lifelong diet fml.

I am very vain and love to doll up and with a recent wedding I have to attend, I am determined to look good! because I bought an awesome dress. It's Jessica McClintock. I LOVE her dresses and think they are sooo pretty. I kept trying on her dresses unintentionally and fell in love with many of them but were too short! fml for being tall and slightly skinny? It's this one but it a dark purple. They probably tied up the train in the back to a bow so it's shorter. I preferred it long and floating in the back.

I taken nutrition class and done lots of research on loosing wight and being healthy, and even though I know how to, I am always too lazy or I cannot restrict my eating very well. I eat pretty healthy but it doesn't help me loose weight if I don't exercise!

Tips to diet being healthy

• Don't restrict your eating habits! If you are looking to loose weight in the long run (plus being healthy) and not for a few days, eat normally. Your body needs different nutrition and the best thing is eat in moderation. Healthy body will have good metabolism and burn off what you eat. If not, it can screw you over and decide to store fat. Like my professor once said, think caveman. Cavemen don't know when the next meal will come so our body is design to get fat. If you train your body so that it doesn't have to worry about hunger, it will stop saving your fat. Seems legit.
• Some say get rid of all carbs but that is very WRONG. There are good and bad carbs. You need carb for the fiber and other nutrition and in the long run will help you loose weight. Grains make you feel fuller so you will eat less and snack less junk. The bad carbs tho are probably the ones you love like white rice, pasta, white bread basically anything that's light in color. You need to stick to wheat and whole grains. It will keep your body healthy. One of my fav snacks is popcorn. It is whole grain cuz eat kernel is one grain so it's healthy, yummy and low calorie. Just stay away from the super salty and buttery ones.
• It's good to stick to lean meats like chicken and fish but having some beef or bacon isn't a crime! MODERATION! Luckily I am pretty much a vegetarian as I don't have to eat meat but will eat it if it's delicious. I only save my stomach for good meats like prime rib, filet mignon... drools
• It's okay to snack junk if you must or chocolate just not too much! But I suggest just get rid of it and treat yourself like once ever few months... or even a year
• Drink lots of water. Helps cleans, stay moist and pretty wtf
• Eat more early in the day and less during nights. Meaning eat a big breakfast lunch snacks and light dinner. You don't need the extra food when you are sleeping right?
• Cook your meals, processed food have lots of junk.. like junk food. When you cook you know you are getting the real deal, less salt, preservative, oils = more healthy. Genius!
• Exercise! The food you are eating needs to be burn somehow right? It's simple math, to loose weight, more calories burn than calories taken in. Of course your body burns calories on its own as well to function so just stick to about an hour a day is healthy, but start with 30 min a day than increase 10 min a week.

Those are some scientific claims I read, learn throughout the year. That said these are tips to loose wight that might not work for you as

• Some say eat fruits before a meal. It aids digestion and in long run help you increase metabolism and loose weight
• Changing eating habits. For example the time you eat and how much you eat. I never tried this as I heard sticking to same routine and eating habits will decease your cravings.
• Eat slowly cuz your brain is actually dumb and takes awhile to process you are full 
• Celery has zero calories because the amount of energy to burn celery is higher that the calorie of celery. Doesn't mean I encourage you to just eat celery but adding it to your meals will be good for you. It also has lots of fiber so good for digestion. As I have said many times, digestion is very important for your body to stay healthy and slim
• Simple exercise is enough. I tired crazy aerobic and dance but I can't keep up and it will end in 10min so I do things like speed walking and hula hoop. I like crunches, girly push ups and stretches. I think it's more important to exercise for an hour than doing a vigorous workout for 10min. Might burn the same calories but your body isn't getting the same workout.
• Don't get light stuff instead eat less of regular stuff. They had to make it taste like the real deal so they  adds more junk and doesn't fill you up. So you end up hungry and eat the real thing anyways

My main advice is EAT IN MODERATION and eat all types of food. If you think eating a salad will make you skinny you are sooo wrong! You will trigger hunger hormones that will make you eat like a monster. Which is why carbs are good for you, well the good ones to keep you full. And then exercise an hour a day.

It's an never ending process so it's okay to cave into delicious junk food but remember to try to live healthy.

BF

Me and my bf fb and text throughout the day as we are a mushy couple that seems to be stuck in honeymoon stage even after 4 years wtf. I am glad we still enjoy each others company and we may fight but we make up pretty quickly. I don't know if its my bad memory. I do remember really big fights! but most fights are pretty minor and I just want to win so I throw tantrums until I win but I give up so easily and forget. I'm usually just grumpy and whine and complain just because I'm not in a good mood. For example, hungry,, tired, sleepy, etc. My bf is as stubborn as me so we will both get mad but get over it pretty quickly.

I am glad to found someone that I can still feel so happy to see and talk to everyday and not feel like he's a bother in my life. I can tell him just about anything and I love to act silly to make him laugh. I don't ever get sick of his company or ditch him for girl time. I do go out with my girls and he goes out too but I prefer his company any day :) I will have to grow up when I go off to college again fml.

That said, today something super freaky happened. I was watching this video. Hot girls, DONT WATCH IT!!! It's not porn wtf. It's worse than Rebecca Black. The video has been out for about a week and I just didn't want to be bother with it but I was bored and it ruined my ears, it is a terrible song and why would these girls want to ruin their lives?!? But ANYWAYS that's not the point. Basically, I decide to have my bf watch it too because I want to share my pain and he coincidentally linked me a bunch of links at the same time on fb and wtf one of them was same link. It was like ESP or something. Yah yah you might think it's because the video is still new so we shared it but it's still super weird! We were both watching it at the same time and decide to share it at the same time while he's at work and I'm at home being lazy.  I told him I need to engrave this moment somewhere and here it is.

Today, bf and I sent each other the same link at the same time.





Oh and this is the upgraded Tiffany necklace. I took off the chain so you can just focus on the beauty. I fell in love with it a years ago but it is expensive for me to ever splurge on but my bf was kind enough to pay more to exchange. And even after staring at it and loving the necklace over the year I only notice it spells TIFFANY on the petals a few days ago cuz my bf told me. My bf philosophy, if I'm buying a freaking designer brand for $$$$$$$$$ it better have the logo somewhere. I don't care for the logo plaster everywhere. I look for design, not brand. I think the please return to Tiffany is so so. Staring at this, I kinda want my name to be Tiffany.

Black mango sticky rice

One of my fav fav favorite desserts is mango sticky rice. Upgraded to black rice is even better. I didn't have any sticky rice around so it was made with just black rice. It's very simple to make and I bet it's super fattening. fml

My recipe serves about 5.

2c black rice soaked overnight
1 can coconut milk. *you probably don't need the whole can
1/2 c sugar
dash of salt
mangoes

The coconut milk needs to be sweeten. Warm the coconut milk and add the sugar (probably more than 1/2c) a bit of salt and set aside.

Boil water, about 2-3c, add a bit of salt and pour rice and set to simmer for 30 min or so till soft. Replace 1c of water with coconut milk if you want it sweeter or add sugar to sweeten the rice. Experiment to suit your preference. Drain excess water and mix in 1c coconut milk with the rice. Let it sit to absorb flavor.

To serve just get a ramekin, fill it up and make the shape. Cut up mango and pour coconut milk.

I would suggest to not go heavy on sugar in the process. To make it sweeter just add condense milk when you serve.

Here's another presentation

To make it more sticky rice, get some glutinous sticky rice and use a 1:1 ratio of black and white. It makes a purple and it's better texture.

To make it less fattening, use less coconut milk T.T

Enjoy!

Soufflé

Today was over 80 degrees and I decided it was the perfect day to make soufflé wtf. I basically turned this

into this.

The process is not important... lol. But it was surprisingly easy to make and so not worth the $10-$22 it cost at restaurants I eaten at. Simple ingredients and made about 10 servings. Actually I will still pay for it because I ended up burning myself :( and it's only soooo delicious fresh. You can't save the batter for next day because egg whites deflate. (at least I don't think so...?) It's not worth eating a whole lot either, the cholesterol and fat! But it was yummy and I am proud of myself and it made my family and bf happy... on the other hand macarons are still elusive to me. :(

This was the recipe I found when I googled soufflé. I changed it a bit because I didn't have orange juice and lots of oranges so it was freshly squeezed juice and I wasted a lot of oranges.

1/4 c butter
1/3 c cake flour
dash of salt
1 c milk
a lot of orange zest
1/2 c orange juice
6 eggs seperated
1/4 c confectioner sugar
extra melted butter and regular sugar

 First on medium heat, you melt butter, mix in flour and keep stirring (I used a whisk) and slowly add milk. Stop when it starts to thicken into custard. Then I just dumped the orange juice and zest in and let it cool.

 I did some research beforehand (AKA during stirring and idle times) and it said to go big on flavor because there is lots of egg whites that will dilute the taste. You are suppose to serve it with a sauce but I don't like sauce since it makes the souffle mushy and the sauce is usually super sweet. I rather have a mild flavor. So the meager teaspoon of zest seemed too little and I wasted 3 oranges to get 1/2 c of juice so i pretty much  zest all 3 oranges. (Don't waste food!) To be honest there still wasn't much orange flavor (I should have added another orange) but I definitely smelled oranges. My bf guessed mangoes and lemons... wtf. He has no sense of smell.

Anyways, while it cools, (took around 20 min, to hasten the cooling transfer it into another bowl) I whisked the egg yolks. Then I  greased ramekins or bowls or whatever you want to use. I read somewhere during my downtime research, that you need to grease it to make sure it inflates. You put one layer of butter in your ramekins and put it into the fridge for 2 min. Then you take it out and put another layer and put a teaspoon of sugar or more and swirl it around to coat it. It's a lot of work but it helps the sugar stick and inflate the souffle. I also just washed bowls and cleaned up a bit and waited (to save time duh!).

After it cools to a decent temp. I guess normal to touch, not too hot. I slowly dumped the egg yolks and mixed it. It was actually lots of guessing as the instruction were too simple. Luckily there's youtube videos. I will include step by step pics if I ever do it again. Oh and set your oven to about 325. It was too hot for my lovely souffles so I went down to 315. I had not clue actually but the top of my souffle were slowly burning and the inside wasn't cooked. Trial and error!

Then the whipping of egg whites. It's suppose to be the hardest part and determines how you're souffle will look. I use a hand mixer because I can't stand hand beating. You can use cream of tarter to help it stiffen. Start at slow speed and gradually increase until it becomes fluffy foam. I don't really know when the soft and stiff peaks really look like. Solution: there's youtube videos for that too.

 Well from my knowledge soft peak is when you lift the beater and you get droopy egg foam while stiff peaks is when the egg stand on top of the beater. You add sugar during soft peaks and beat until you can form peaks and the eggs won't fall out if you turn your bowl upside down, basically not runny. Over beating will make it curdle and the souffle will crack. Under beat will make the souffle flat but the souffle will flatten when it cools so I guess that's okay. Anyways lots of beating and it takes a long time... You can do this while the flour/butter/milk/egg mixture cools but beaten egg whites cannot be kept out too long or it will DIE. Just kidding, it will deflate and not puff up and be a sad souffle.

Then the mixing. I put a big glop of egg whites into the flour/butter/milk/egg mixture and stirred it from bottom up with spatula. Something about not breaking the bubbles too much. Just mix it and not too rough? Then dump like 1/3 to the egg white and incorporate it. Again, youtube. Keep doing it until all mixed and happy. Then fill the ramekins to rim, not too rough or the sugar will move. If you want perfectly inflated, you are suppose to clean it flat. I left it as a big glop since I think a rough formed souffle looks cooler and it will deflate (Or so I heard) so no point.

Dumped it into oven and watch it rise!! took about 20-30 min for the small one. The bigger one took almost an hour. I had noooo clue the time because not all ovens are the same. Just test with a knife. Poke it in and it needs to come out clean.

I am a happy girl today despite the HOT weather and HOT kitchen and STUPID burn. It's not hard to make but does take time. I took about 2+ hrs? Probably less if I was more knowledgeable.

AREN'T THEY JUST SO CUTE AND PRETTY?!?! My adorable souffles!! <3 

I confess, I am known to talk to food as I love them oh so much. LOL

 I probably have problems

Tiffany

My mom once told me that I was almost named Tiffany. I always joked to my bf that in a parallel universe, gift giving to me would be much easier. Who wouldn't love a designer brand with the same name as your own? And my Tiffany collection would probably be envy of every girl (yeah right). Sadly my name isn't a popular designer and the only one that comes close are the initials of YSL but that's a bit too much for his wallet. I think I'll do my daughters a favor and name them Chanel or Gucci or Chloe....

That said, few days ago was my anniversary with le bf. <3 After 4 years together, he still lags on gifts and even gives me IOU... -___- This year he tried harder (after I complained and complained). I learn to hint more often but I rather be surprised and he tries to find something I like. I guess I should give up on a decent gift as he cannot justify the $ on a bag or jewelry. He's good at making me happy with homemade gifts so I guess it just clashes with good taste.

This years gift was this adorable necklace, Return to Tiffany heart tag key pendant. Except he had to start showing me Tiffany jewelry becuase he's bad at keeping surprises (or he like to say, I ruin my own surprises) and I fell in love with another one, so I will be visiting the store this weekend. I probably will fall in love with 23455657823488 more but will refrain myself. Until then, I would just stare at the necklace and say I love you to it until we part. I have a thing for keys and locks and there was a much cuter (and more expensive) one that was just LOVE. Sighhh I tell myself to give up lusting over materialistic items...

Since this is a Tiffany sort of day, I will show off my other Tiffany jewelry which is this ring I got last year vday. Wear it everyday and feel empty without it.

As for my gift to bf, a homemade panda pillow! My bf and I have this thing where I'm a panda and he's a walrus based off of our last name, so it's a very thoughtful gift. He can hug panda ME when I'm off to college. It's super soft and it is quit huge, literally the size of a real pillow. Kinda jealous that he gets to keep it because I really want it back to lie on. I have extra material and plan to make another pillow but too lazy to work on it... He also got a bunch of plain T-shirts as I am slowly upgrading him away from graphic tees... except I also buy him nerdy T-shirts. #hypocrite. And he got all his gifts mid-March-early April. I am bad at keeping his presents a surprise.  I am just super on time with gifts. He, on the other hand needs work

Pancakes

 

So today, I had the most random craving for pancakes. I wasn't especially hungry and get my fair share of pancakes from IHOP or Dennys...  like every few weeks but I just wanted PANCAKES!  There wasn't any quick mix or even maple syrup at home but I was determined to make them. I quickly googled for a recipe and came up with this one... i think: Pancakes. But being a spontaneous chef, I decide to play around and do my own recipe and it turned out pretty yummy.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuring
• 1/2 cup cake flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons melted butter 
• a piece of sea salt chocolate 

I had cake flour lying around and though cake pancakes sounded fluffier so I put some in. Surprised it was pretty simple and easy to make. It pretty much took minutes to just dump everything into a bowl and slightly mix it up because you are not suppose to over mix or it wont turn out fluffy.  Then heat up the pan, cook until bubble and flip. I would have taken pictures but it was too easy. As I mentioned, no syrup but I always have a supply of chocolate, so I decided to put some chocolate for sweetness.

Still have pancake batter left for tomorrow :) and of course chocolate.