I’m doing some office hours today and I’m located at the Collegetown Bagels on East Hill. I’ve been doing really good at keeping away from caffeine. Today I’m drinking a decaf hazelnut coffee. I must be honest though…it isn’t doing the trick.
I miss the energy that my beloved coffee always seemed to give. But more importantly, I miss the smokey and thick taste.
With the decaf I feel like I’m drinking a watered down version of sugar water.
I wasn’t feeling too hot and decided to get my ass up and buy a blueberry muffin at the Borders cafe. I see a few in the “showcase” and end up going with the one that looks like it has fresh berries and is “low fat”.
So I pay for it, take it back to my comfy chair - and the thing is so hard I almost break my damn tooth!
I should have known I was going to have problems when the paper surrounding the muffing wouldn’t come off!
I was able to return the muffin for the much fattier, moist, and delicious version. Now I just need a cup of milk. Do you think they’d miss the creamer carafe?
We don’t have too many great family recipes that have been passed down from year to year so we realized that it’s important for us to make up our own and then document them so that our kids have recipes of their own to take with them.
One of my specialities (since I’m really not that great of a cook) is my mashed potatoes! For some reason my mashed potatoes are delicious.
Here’s my secret:
(This will feed a family of 4-5, or 3 fatties)
Three handfuls of potatoes - typically about 9 potatoes
A stick of butter
5 fresh garlic cloves chopped
1/2 cup of whole cream
2 tablespoons of sea salt
1 tablespoon of pepper
Wash and skin the potatos. Set them to boil for around 30-45 minutes. Make sure they don’t get too soft but you don’t want them crunch.
Once they are ready make sure to drain them then let them sit for a few minutes.
After they’ve drived off put them in the Eclectrics® Mixer! Now this is the newest Hamilton Beach® mixer on the market. The Hamilton Beach® Mixer has been around forever - but now it’s new and improved and comes with an all new metal stand.
The mixer is the best on the market and it really knows how to fold the potatoes so that they are not only thick but PERFECT! I used to do them in the food processor but that tends to break down the starches and doesn’t whip them to perfection.
The Hamilton Beach® Stand Mixer knows exactly how to perform and you really can’t make my delicious potatos without it!
Today I subbed at the local middle school and really had a good time. The kids were funny, well behaved, and we had a great time.
I was happy during one of my classes because one of the students had some extra time and actually drew me a picture. It was a picture of an ice cream cone.
Hmm…I wonder if she would have drawn one for a skinny substitute?
I was so excited when Margot agreed to take me out to Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant tonight. We had the delcious Tacos Carne Asada with shredded onions and cilantro. We also got a fish bowl margarita and shared it. I couldn’t believe how big the damn thing was!
Of course, there were other tables who just stared at the drink and even a few comments made. We offered to let people stick their straw in but noone took us up on the offer!
I was able to drink about a third of the drink and Margot finished off the rest. Thank God I was the designated driver. We made a Wal-Mart run afterwards and bought three different games for Grammy.
When we got home we played all of the games and had a really fun time.
Why do I have to end up with the Old Maid?!?!
The ongoing antics of two thirty-something *gasp* mamas raising a four-year-old daughter and an eight month old daughter.