Feeding My Boychick

Fuck Tumblr

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:09:15 -0700

That’s two posts in a row it’s lost (or lost half of). Fuck this.

Best. Cookies. Ever.

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:01:52 -0700

Adapted from Savory Sweet Life

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
½ cup sugar
1½ cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
3 tsp. vanilla extract
2¾ cups (12 oz) all-purpose flour *If at all possible, please weigh the flour
1 tsp. sea salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1½ tsp. baking powder
1 - 2 cups white chocolate chips because cocoa powder equals migraines and even the best cookies in the world aren’t worth those… most of the time
1 - 1.5 cups chopped pecans
Heavy sprinkle of nutmeg (add into flour mix)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter, sugar, and brown sugar until it is nice and fluffy (approx. 3 minutes on medium-high speed). Add both eggs and vanilla and beat for an additional 2 minutes. Add baking soda, baking powder, salt, and flour until cookie batter is fully incorporated. Finally add chocolate chips and pecans until well distributed.
Drop about 1-2 tablespoons of dough onto a baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes 45 seconds until the edges are golden brown. Remove from heat and allow the cookies to stay on the cookie sheet for an additional 2 minutes, while attempting to avoid burning your tongue on a molten one straight from the spatula (“for testing purposes”). Transfer to a wire rack. Enjoy with bovine lactational secretion to drink.Try not to eat yourself sick.

Best French toast: A few eggs (1 egg = 1-4 pieces of French...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 08:26:24 -0800

Best French toast:

A few eggs (1 egg = 1-4 pieces of French toast, depending on you, your bread, and dip time)

Splash of milk (or cream, or substitute)

Capful vanilla extract

Liberal shake of dried orange peel

Liberal shake of ground cinnamon

Fresh ground nutmeg

Fresh ground black pepper

(Why fresh ground those but preground cinnamon? No idea; use what you have)

Dash or two of salt

Spoon or three of sugar (may substitute maple syrup or honey, but watch the cooking temp with those, especially the honey)

Whisk well with a fork, but don’t worry about getting a uniform texture. Dip a slice of bread in (a word of adoration here for Dave’s Killer Nuts and Grains Bread), flip to get both sides, then immediately put on hot buttered pan or griddle. Rotate once before flipping, if your stove heats unevenly like mine.

Eat. You can use syrup or whatever, but I get ill if I have that much pure sugar in the morning, and trust me, this doesn’t need it.

If you gave me a recipe for boiling water...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:20:10 -0800

…I would end up making tea.

"Anyone who says cooking doesn’t kick ass is not paying enough attention. Cooking is taking things..."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:06:48 -0800

“Anyone who says cooking doesn’t kick ass is not paying enough attention. Cooking is taking things from the earth and using fire and knives to make them delicious.”

- http://imgoingtodosciencetoitnow.tumblr.com (via fuckingrecipes)

gastrogirl: white chocolate raspberry swirl bars. Oh so very...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:28:11 -0800

gastrogirl:

white chocolate raspberry swirl bars.

Oh so very relevant to my interests.

Got invited to a potluck with Paleo friends

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:25:01 -0800

Offered to bring French bread and ice cream.

Homemade eggnog with home grown eggs. You may weep bitter tears...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:20:41 -0800

Homemade eggnog with home grown eggs. You may weep bitter tears of envy now.

Recipe:

Three eggs, separated.

Whip egg whites with 1-2T sugar until peaks form.

In larger bowl, whip egg yolks with 1/8-1/4c sugar until very pale and viscous.

Add 1T rum (white, though spiced may be substituted), 1 pint half and half: stir.

Fold in egg whites thoroughly.

Serve with freshly grated nutmeg.

Serves 2 adults and 1-2 small children.

(Yes, it is raw. Yes, I give it to my kids. Yes, my life is better for saying yes to infinitesimal risk.)

Egg yolks are not supposed to be yellow

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:59:52 -0800

They’re orange. Not sure whether the freshness or bugs and greens make the bigger difference. I suspect freshness. Because the Timechooks mostly live on feed and bananas. (Seriously. I think we’re farming radioactive eggs. Vulva Baby loves peeling bananas almost as much as Nyssa, Mel, and Mickey (née Leela) love eating them. Result: they eat a LOT of bananas.)

So sick. As in ill. As in a virus has invaded my corporeal form and my immune system is valiantly...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:55:34 -0800

So sick.

As in ill.

As in a virus has invaded my corporeal form and my immune system is valiantly throwing itself upon it like scrawny Steve before he did all those steroids and got the invincible shield.

I’m a little loopy.

Pho has taught me that beef tripe is weird and beef tendon is fucking awesome and totally worth the tripe. I dunno, trust me on that one.

I have ODed in the past two days on “natural” wannabe-cheetos, cashews, frozen white chocolate chips, German butter biscuits, and donuts. The first four are because chewing crunchy foods helps my ears feel better. I have no excuse for the donuts, except 1. donuts, and 2. they were there.

I would kill for a bowl of roasted brussel sprouts, but I don’t have the energy to chop them.

I made broccoli mac’n’cheese just for the crunch of the broccoli.

I would mainline hot chai except it would perforce skip my throat thereby defeating the purpose.

There are approximately 583804 Vietnamese restaurants within two miles of here and not a single one will deliver me pho. I could weep, but my eyes are too scratchy. Probably from lack of pho.

Enchiladas, take two. Filling: chicken, onion, mushrooms,...

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 19:39:18 -0800

Enchiladas, take two. Filling: chicken, onion, mushrooms, carrots, broccoli, garlic, and pre-baked sweet potato. Mixed the enchilada packet with about a cup of peanut butter to top (helped cut the saltiness of the sauce, too), then cheddar and colby jack. Made a full 9x13 pan this time (10 corn tortillas), so we have a ton leftover. Will definitely nom again.

gastrogirl: banana cream pie cupcakes. Um.

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:27:59 -0800

gastrogirl:

banana cream pie cupcakes.

Um.

I have the strongest desire today to start chicken stock, beans, yams, chickpeas… Basically...

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:50:51 -0800

I have the strongest desire today to start chicken stock, beans, yams, chickpeas… Basically all the stocking-up pre-cooking I could possibly need for the next week/month/whenever. Maybe this is what happens when I don’t have a major looming deadline.

Praise Hash!

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:17:48 -0800

besoka:

I’m going to work hard to not let this become a Head Hashhole appreciation blog.

But I can make no promises.

—besöka: How to Make Hash.

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:21:05 -0800

—besöka: How to Make Hash.:

besoka:

“How to Make Hash” is a great way to start off my new Tumblr, since I named the blog a Swedish word, and since I started getting really into hash after visiting Sweden in 2011 for my best friend’s wedding. Swedes are adorable and amazing, and they call hash “Pytt i Panna.” The idea is to use…

This is my queen and my priestess and in any fair society my future president. But in my heart, I will always call her Head Hashhole.

Pepitas and peanut butter chips.

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:13:25 -0800

Pepitas and peanut butter chips.

Frustrated by the shameful lack of snackable foods in the house,...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:13:44 -0800

Frustrated by the shameful lack of snackable foods in the house, this was my solution. Apple slices fried in butter, cinnamon, brown sugar, splash of lemon juice, and pinch each allspice and pepper, with pre-toasted pecans. Took maybe 10 minutes.

Chicken pad thai with kale and carrots. Used rice noodles and a...

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:52:10 -0800

Chicken pad thai with kale and carrots. Used rice noodles and a jar of sauce. Did add egg, though. It only needed some peanuts.

I was testing out another shelf-stable, easy(ish), have-on-hand meal. Though when I say “I” I mean I pointed The Man at the boxes and said “dinner please”, and lo, dinner was made.

The noodles and sauce made this not super cheap, but still better than going out, and not hugely more time or energy consuming.

Chicken marinated with pineapple in some soy (tamari) sauce,...

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:47:52 -0800

Chicken marinated with pineapple in some soy (tamari) sauce, sauteed with carrots and broccoli. Served with coconut cashew brown rice (brown rice cooked with a can of coconut milk, shredded coconut, and cashews).

EGGS!!!!!

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:47:48 -0800

EGGS!!!!!