some fun food links....

i've been web surfing a bit too much this week.
i thought i'd share some interesting food links i've found.

a month of pancakes

some of these sound absolutely amazing!
orange pancakes, peanut butter pancakes, or rocky road?!
and some of them are strange... like cheddar pancakes?
or sundried tomato and parmesan pancakes?
or chili and corn pancakes?
to each his own i guess...

uncommon foods to cook on a grill

summer is just around the corner and with it
is the time for grilling! i don't really have much experience
grilling, unless it's on a george foreman, but some
of these ideas might make me start!
i mean pound cake? or doughnuts...on the grill?!

and i've been on a homemade kick recently.
(if you couldn't tell by the english muffins and bagels in the last post)
it's just cool to be able to say "oh, i actually made
that. i didn't buy it." and it usually tastes so much more
fresh, too.

homemade ritz crackers

homemade oreos

oh. my. gosh. can someone please make these for me
ASAP?!

homemade wraps

homemade reeses cups

these sound pretty easy!

homemade frostings

oh my. i want to try the chocolate cream cheese
and the cookie dough frostings right now!

a week of meatless meals

i've semi-recently decided to become a vegetarian.

i'll probably explain why in a later post.
but for now, i want to share with you some meatless meals
that i've been making for my family this week.
at school, i don't have access to a kitchen, so i'm extremely
deprived and when i come home i have lists
of things i want to make. i've literally been living in my kitchen
this whole week!
so here it goes...
(sorry i didn't take more pictures)

monday:
roasted potatoes
roasted vegetable sandwiches with
pesto and roasted red pepper hummus
and chocolate covered rice krispie balls for dessert
ugh, it was heaven on a plate.
i've been obsessed with fresh, grilled/roasted veggies lately.
and seriously this was soooo easy.

tuesday:
cheesy rice and bean burritos
peanut butter oatmeal cookies
again, yum. i could eat burritos all day.

wednesday:
egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches
on homemade bagels and homemade english muffins
i made the english muffins heart shaped :)
this was probably the most time consuming and difficult
recipe of the week, but it wasn't even that hard!raw bagels


raw english muffins

finished english muffins

thursday:
penne pasta with a creamy lemon sauce
and marinated, grilled chicken.
(i didn't have the chicken, but my fam isn't vegetarian,
so i thought i'd make some for them)

friday:
i'm not sure yet, but i'm thinking maybe a pesto macaroni
and cheese that i saw rachael ray make today on her
talk show or maybe homemade pizza.
and i'm planning on making carrot cake cupcakes
so i can bring some back to school because it's
my best friends birthday soon and they're her favorite! :)
i have a great recipe for carrot cake that i found on allrecipes.com.

i also really want to try this apple cinnamon roll cupcake
recipe i found on a food blog. ugh, they look AHmazing.
but i don't want to overwhelm my family with too many desserts,
so maybe i'll wait until easter break for those.
and i want to make lemon cupcakes over easter.
easter is my favorite holiday, so i think it's okay to go overboard. :)

anyways, this post is getting wayyy too long.
i just wanted to prove that being vegetarian can be easy
and completely delicious. :)

it is in your power

He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,
and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.
And you are to love those who are foreigners,
for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.

dueteronomy 10:18-19 NIV

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to do it.

proverbs 3:27 ESV

why you're (probably) taller than your grandparents

men born in 1956-1962 were 3 times as likely as men
born in 1906-1915 to reach an adult height of 6 ft. or taller.

women born in 1956-1962 were 5 times as likely to be
taller than 5" 5' as were women born near the turn of the century.

in 1956-1965 only 3 basketball players in the NBA were
7 feet tall. in the 2001-2002 season, 48 players were at least
7 feet tall.

the offensive line of the USA today 2001 all usa team averaged
302 lbs. in 1993, the line of the chicago bears averaged
less than 200 lbs.

we're all getting taller and heavier. what will we look
like in 50 years?!

What The Hell Cover-Michael Henry & Justin Robinett

i admit that when i'm procrastinating, i turn to youtube.
but this week i'm on break, so it's okay to sit around
and watch video after video.
especially when it's of talented boys who can sing.
this cover is way better than the original, sorry avril.

mr. casey

casey missed me.
we've been hanging out a lot this past weekend
since i've been home for "spring" break.
i gave him a hair cut (after these pictures were taken)
cause he was getting wayyy too fluffy.
and i used therese's stethoscope to check his heart. :)
today i'm taking him for a walk.
which is a treat for him cause it's been sooo cold out here.

hair cut :)

i got my hair cut and styled today.
i hadn't gotten it cut since august!!