Take half a cantaloupe, that's still a little unripe and crunchy. Peel and chop it into pieces, throw it in a blender or food processor. Add half a cup of cold water, 2 TBSP orange juice concentrate, and half a cup vanilla yogurt. Blend.
Drink, and remember being a child and the orange creamsicles you got from Senn's Dairy. :)
July 18, 2010
July 1, 2010
cupcake yum!
We had a work function yesterday, and I was feeling the desire to bake. So I made cupcakes. Many cupcakes. Yummy cupcakes. Cupcakes that were devoured quickly. So quickly I wasn't able to get a picture.
In my hunt to find cupcakes that were unique and yummy, I came across about 5 recipes that fit the bill. Then narrowed it to two - Lemonade cupcakes & Coconut cupcakes.
I pretty much followed the recipes as given, though I did make my own cream cheese frosting. For the lemonade cupcakes, I added about a tablespoon of the lemonade. I wanted sour lemon gummies, but couldn't find any, so I just topped them with colored sprinkles. And for the coconut cupcakes, I added about an eighth of a cup of the coconut milk, and a very small splash of coconut extract. And I toasted the coconut I sprinkled on the top, which I definitely think added more flavor. (Next time I'd toast it all first, then add it.)
The coconut seemed to be everyone's favorite. It had good flavor and was moist. Not too sweet. And yes, the recipe really does make 30 cupcakes! (I got 32 out of it!)
The lemonade cupcakes were a bit on the sweet side. I added some yellow food coloring to the cupcake and the frosting. Made it a nice summery color. They were definitely moist. It did not make 30 cupcakes - only 24. I'm gonna have to play with the recipe to see if I can come up with one that uses fresh squeezed lemonade and not a cake mix...
In my hunt to find cupcakes that were unique and yummy, I came across about 5 recipes that fit the bill. Then narrowed it to two - Lemonade cupcakes & Coconut cupcakes.
I pretty much followed the recipes as given, though I did make my own cream cheese frosting. For the lemonade cupcakes, I added about a tablespoon of the lemonade. I wanted sour lemon gummies, but couldn't find any, so I just topped them with colored sprinkles. And for the coconut cupcakes, I added about an eighth of a cup of the coconut milk, and a very small splash of coconut extract. And I toasted the coconut I sprinkled on the top, which I definitely think added more flavor. (Next time I'd toast it all first, then add it.)
The coconut seemed to be everyone's favorite. It had good flavor and was moist. Not too sweet. And yes, the recipe really does make 30 cupcakes! (I got 32 out of it!)
The lemonade cupcakes were a bit on the sweet side. I added some yellow food coloring to the cupcake and the frosting. Made it a nice summery color. They were definitely moist. It did not make 30 cupcakes - only 24. I'm gonna have to play with the recipe to see if I can come up with one that uses fresh squeezed lemonade and not a cake mix...
Cah-razy cat
Last night we're heading to bed. I wonder aloud where our cat Norman is. Husband says he may be in the garage, as he'd gone in and out. Since I was still up, I went downstairs to look.
Open the garage door, call Norman. I hear a meow, some rustling. No cat. I turn on light, hear more rustling, still no cat. Look around.
here's how I found him
He's managed to climb up onto our shelves we built last summer. Standing on tip toes, my fingers reach maybe 2 inches above the wood.
Norman just sat there and meowed at me. I tried to figure out how he got up there, because I couldn't help him down. I looked at the other side, and he wandered back through the boxes, across the shelves, then down onto the top of the car, and onto the floor.
yes, my cat is crazy.
Open the garage door, call Norman. I hear a meow, some rustling. No cat. I turn on light, hear more rustling, still no cat. Look around.
here's how I found him
He's managed to climb up onto our shelves we built last summer. Standing on tip toes, my fingers reach maybe 2 inches above the wood.
Norman just sat there and meowed at me. I tried to figure out how he got up there, because I couldn't help him down. I looked at the other side, and he wandered back through the boxes, across the shelves, then down onto the top of the car, and onto the floor.
yes, my cat is crazy.