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- perogies
  
  Posted at 11:06 pm by jasminedesirees, on October 25, 2013
  
  For Thanksgiving last week I made homemade perogies. I like to pretend it’s to share my culture with other people but mostly I just love perogies. They are kind of a pain to make from scratch and I can’t find anywhere to buy them here so I don’t make them very often, but when I do, they are glorious.
  
  I used this recipe.
  
  this
  
  plus this
  
  plus four pounds of cheese= this
  
  this
  
  plus a rolling pin and a drinking glass
  
  equals these delicious morsels, plus carpal tunnel syndrome from working the dough and rolling it out
  
  finished product and also proof that there is beauty in the world. Let’s be honest, I was too busy eating these to take a decent picture.
  
  Luckily I made way too much bacon and had about a pound left over to nibble on to give me sustenance through this arduous task. Once the perogies are done, I boil them in hot water until they float, then saute them with butter and onions until they are brown.
  
  Serve with sour cream and mushroom soup sauce (canned mushroom soup + water +microwave) and you can even add ranch if you are throwing all sense of caloric decency to the wind. My dad says if you eat too many perogies you will start to look like one. Which is probably true. But there are worse things you could look like, am I wrong?
  
  Posted in food, friends, recipes | 0 Comments | Tagged cooking, perogies, pierogies, recipes, Thanksgiving
- chocolate chip zucchini
  
  Posted at 5:37 pm by jasminedesirees, on July 15, 2013
  
  My mom has been making me chocolate chip zucchini cake since I was little. Some people call it bread, but let’s be honest, it’s cake. It’s chocolatey and most, and super delicious, but it’s like 50% zucchini, so you can pretend it’s good for you, and eat the whole thing.
  
  These pictures aren’t great, I was making it late at night for my husband’s grandpa’s birthday the next day, plus it was during that ridiculous heat wave where even the thought of turning on the oven made you want to burst into tears, but I still made it. That’s how good this cake is.
  
  I used this recipe, and some fresh zucchini from the farmer’s market. This is actually really quick and easy to make, especially if you have a food processor to grate the zucchini for you.
  
  Posted in chocolate, recipes | 0 Comments | Tagged baking, chocolate, chocolate chip zucchini bread, recipes
- favourites
  
  Posted at 3:56 pm by jasminedesirees, on June 18, 2013
  
  Things that are making me happy right now:
  
  The Feminist Taylor Swift Twitter account. Check it out, seriously.
  
  After my visit to the La Brea Tar Pits a few weeks ago, I rewatched My Girl 2. This song gets me, every. single. time. Sob.
  
  This recipe for Lasagna Timpano from The Food in my Beard Blog. I didn’t know foods like this actually existed, but it makes me so happy to know that this bold innovator is out there coming up with cheesy, fantastic ways for me to not fit into my jeans anymore.
  
  And this, because let’s be honest, I have an awkwardly persistent crush on Lana Del Ray, and it’s not going anywhere.
  
  Posted in favourites | 0 Comments | Tagged favourites, feminist Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, recipes, Smile, the great gatsby
- pinata.
  
  Posted at 4:05 pm by jasminedesirees, on June 10, 2013
  
  I’ve been seeing recipes for Pinata cakes for a few months now, so I decided to make one for my brother-in-law’s birthday.
  
  It was a bit tricksier than I thought, I had to make 4 cakes just to get two that I could use, because brownie mix and cake mix look remarkably similar, and also because baking a cake in a bowl apparently takes a lot longer than it does in a pan, and if you don’t bake it long enough, and then you flip it upside down, you get something that looks a little like this:
  
  Luckily it still tasted fine, so I ate it.. you know, for research purposes
  
  Finally, two good cakes
  
  The stuffing. I wanted to put in little bottle of booze, but I couldn’t fine any. They don’t sell them at Safeway, weird right?
  
  Cut off the tops of the two cakes so they are flat, and then hollow out the bottom cake
  
  Fill it up with candy, or whatever, and put icing on it to seal the two halves together
  
  Sharks colours are optional
  
  Cake anddd candy. What more could you ask for?
  
  Here are some tips if you’re thinking of doing this:
  
  1. Make sure you bake the cakes for at least an hour each, and then check them to make sure they are really well done, you can’t really go by the baking time on the cake mixes
  
  2. I didn’t hollow out the top of the cake, because I wanted it to still be a cake, and not be all candy, but if you want more of a pinata effect where the candy falls out, you can hollow out the top
  
  3. Do a crumb coating on the cakes first, before you ice them
  
  4. And this is important, make sure to spray the baking bowls with non-stick spray to make your life a lot easier when you try to take the cakes out of the bowl
  
  That’s it. Happy sugar coma!
  
  Posted in recipes | 0 Comments | Tagged baking, birthday cake, piñata cake, recipes
- favourites
  
  Posted at 6:33 pm by jasminedesirees, on June 3, 2013
  
  Here are a few things that are making me happy right now:
  
  He actually lives in San Francisco, and it’s really through sheer force of will that I haven’t stalked out his address and crept around in front of his house, but it’s likely I won’t be able to hold out forever.
  
  We almost always ate lunch at home when I was in elementary school, and my mom wouldn’t buy us any “junk food” for after school snacks, but every once in awhile she would break down and let us have dunkaroos. It was a dark day when they stopped making them, but yesterday I found this. I will be most likely be clearing my schedule this week in favour of eating mass quantities and then passing out in a sugar coma.
  
  The best co-pilot a girl ever had. Cherries are my most favourite
  
  I’m reading Women by Charles Bukowski, it’s definitely not for everyone but I’d been hearing about him for so long that I decided to check it out. The book has a lot of graphic language and it kind of feels like he’s trying to be shocking, but here are some lines that I liked:
  
  “Glendoline presumed that the reader was as fascinated by her life as she was – which was a deadly mistake. The other deadly mistakes she had made were too numerous to mention.”
  
  “Few beautiful women were willing to indicate in public that they belonged to someone. I had known enough women to realize this. I accepted them for what they were, and love came hard and very seldom.”
  
  Posted in favourites | 1 Comment | Tagged charles bukowski, cherries, matt nathanson, quotes, recipes
- brownie slut
  
  Posted at 8:49 pm by jasminedesirees, on May 27, 2013
  
  I’m pretty sure everyone has heard about slutty brownies by now. Cookie dough on the bottom, a layer of Oreos, covered by moist chocolatey brownie mix and baked in the oven. For some reason I’d never tried to make them before, and I finally decided to see what all the fuss was about.
  
  I decided not to do the Oreos, as it seemed like it would be a bit overkill, and also would have left me with half a package of Oreos laying around which I would have inevitably devoured, and since it was practically a guarantee that I would be eating most of the cookie dough before it ever made it’s way into the bars, it seemed like a good move.
  
  So my brownies were more promiscuous than slutty. But they were still delicious. They literally took 5 minutes to throw together (20 if you add in the time to eat cookie dough until you are feeling ill, before you proceed with the baking) and then 45 minutes of bake time.
  
  If you are feeling super ambitious you could make your own cookie dough and brownie mix and then combine them, but I used store bought. It is definitely a lazy man’s dessert, but it’s a bit more special than just making cookies, or just brownies to a potluck, and they are really delicious.
  
  Derek was calling me brownie slut the whole night after I made them, but you can’t have everything in life.
  
  It came like that, I swear
  
  I don’t know why I always want to bake when I’m wearing white
  
  I burnt my mouth trying it right when it came out of the oven, but worth it
  
  Yum
  
  Posted in chocolate, recipes | 0 Comments | Tagged baking, recipes, slutty brownies
- muy caliente
  
  Posted at 5:25 pm by jasminedesirees, on May 7, 2013
  
  It finally feels like spring outside, and one of the best parts is that there are lots of fresh fruits and veggies at the farmer’s market, instead of just that one guy with some old potatoes like there is in December.
  
  I only had one mission last weekend, and that was to make pico de gallo. I planted cilantro, which I hate, and which I’m pretty sure hates me, only for this exact purpose. I tried to get everything I needed at the farmer’s market, and I was mostly successful except for the jalapenos, which I had to go to the store for, twice, since I forgot them the first time.
  
  This was pretty easy to make, just a bit of chopping. The hard part was pacing anxiously around the house waiting for it to get cold in the fridge so I could eat it.
  
  trust me, the feeling is mutual
  
  It was a great snack on a 90 degree day, and the obligatory margarita accompaniment was very refreshing.
  
  Recipe here.
  
  Posted in recipes | 0 Comments | Tagged food, mexican, pico de gallo, recipes, salsa
- cauliflower cream
  
  Posted at 3:59 pm by jasminedesirees, on April 29, 2013
  
  I’ve been seeing recipes for “cauliflower substitutes” for a few months now, but I’ve always been very skeptical. The other day I saw this recipe for cauliflower Alfredo sauce, and I had no choice but to try it.
  
  A frighteningly large percentage of my life is spent wishing I was eating Alfredo when I’m not, so I figured if there was even a slight chance this would work, it was worth a try.
  
  Let me tell you, it was delicious. It was a bit lighter than alfredo sauce obviously (which is probably the point) and a lot less thick, but it was super creamy and delicious. It was a bit time consuming, and there is a real risk of 3rd degree burn as you transfer the cauliflower and broth into the blender, but once you’re past that part it’s a breeze.
  
  I only used about half a head of cauliflower and it made tons. We had enough for a huge batch of alfredo for supper that night, and enough to save in the fridge for supper later in the week. I made it with quinoa pasta, but any pasta will work.
  
  One tip, do not skimp on the black pepper, it’s very important.
  
  please sir, I’d like some more
  
  Posted in nutrition, recipes | 0 Comments | Tagged alfredo, cauliflower, pasta, recipes
- banana cream.
  
  Posted at 6:06 pm by jasminedesirees, on April 24, 2013
  
  My parents came to visit a few weeks ago, and it was my dad’s birthday. I wanted to make him a birthday “cake” but I wanted to make him something he would really like, and he loves banana cream pie.
  
  I found this recipe on Pinterest, and made it for him. I really don’t like bananas, they are one of my most hated foods, my mom told me even as a baby I wouldn’t eat them, so I wasn’t really expecting to enjoy this pie, but it was amazing.
  
  The crust has a hint of cinnamon which is absolutely essential, and really adds a lot to the overall flavour. The creamy filling was cool and delicious, and it wasn’t super banana-ish. Even after a huge dinner at Texas Roadhouse, this pie was so good that I had to have a second piece.
  
  Posted in life, recipes | 0 Comments | Tagged banana cream, pie, recipes
- temptation.
  
  Posted at 4:25 pm by jasminedesirees, on April 15, 2013
  
  My first year living in Hawaii, I was introduced to the South Shore Grill by my boyfriend at the time. The relationship didn’t last, but SSG and I have been an item ever since. One of the best things they have there (although everything is delicious) are their desserts, especially their peanut butter temptations.
  
  Now that I’m not living on the island, I don’t get these delicious treats every week, and it’s quite sad. When I went back to Hawaii in January we took my mom to SSG so that she too might know the joys that are peanut butter temptations. I’d never even thought about trying to make them myself, since I couldn’t fathom the wizardry that would be necessary to get the Reece’s into the cookies without baking them into a melty disaster.
  
  My mother took one look at the cookies and declared “They probably just push the peanut butter cups in right when they come out of the oven.” I’m pretty sure that’s why we have parents, for exactly such moments as those.
  
  I was able to find a recipe, and made them last week and they were amazingly delicious, and so simple to make (literally 15 minutes from when I started to when I took the first bite) that I was kind of embarrassed I’d never thought to make them before.
  
  basic peanut butter cookies in a mini muffin tin, bake about 8 minutes
  
  push in peanut butter cups once they come out of the oven
  
  One final tip is to make these on a night when you are home alone, so you don’t have to share with your husband.
  
  Not that that’s what I did. I would never do something like that, especially knowing how much Derek adores these cookies. Obviously.
  
  Posted in chocolate, Hawaii, recipes | 0 Comments | Tagged baking, cookies, peanut butter, peanut butter temptations, recipes
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