Unsettled

Today was such a lazy tuesday. I didn't really do much, in fact I didn't leave the house all day. What a lazy day. I did however experiment with a new recipe. It is a remix on the burger. I had these beets that I wanted to use up and I really wanted to make it with some tofu....so the creation of a beet burger came about. I put tofu, beets, carrots, garlic and green onions in there. Added some salt, pepper, onion powder and red pepper. I baked it, but it still was pretty wet, so I think I should have added more flour to combine it better. Next time, I might add an egg to get it to combine better. I ended up pan frying it as well. Anyways, here are some pics from the REMIX.

This is what it looks like when I mixed up all the ingredients.

Formed them into patties.

Assembled with cheese, cilantro and jalapeno hummus, sauted with onions and mushrooms.

Peach Scones

I really was planning on making blueberry scones, but blueberries were expensive so I decided to make peach ones instead. These days I have more free time on my hands so this was today's project. Unfortunately, I was out of baking powder so I had to run out to the store and get some.
The secret to making scones crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside is to gently handle it and keep the butter cold. I kept it in the freezer already cubed up.

The peach scones turned out pretty well, they had a nice brown bottom and the inside was moist and soft. I am not a big fan of hard scones. Below is the recipe that I used. Enjoy!

Peach Scones Print
Yields 8 scones

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp sugar
5 tbsp unsalted buter, cold, cut in small chunks
1 cup milk
1 1/2 cup peaches, cut into cubes

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Sift dry ingredients for the scones: flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Using a fork or a pastry blender cut in the butter to coat the pieces with the flour mixture. You can also use just your fingertips if you have neither or those. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs.
3. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk. Fold everything together just to incorporate. Do not overwork the dough unless you want tough scones. Gently fold in the peaches.
4. Generously flour your work surface and your hands and turn the dough out. If you are not using a scone pan, shape the dough into a rectangle about 12" x 3", about 1 ¼" thick. Cut the rectangle into 4 (3") squares. Then cut each square on the diagonal to make 8 triangles. Place the scones on a silicone mat. Brush the tops with a little milk.
5. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

Goals

Thinking about Goals. I have been watching a lot of You Tube videos. Perhaps I will make something and blog about it. Well, I do make stuff but I should implement the blogging part perhaps.....

updates

It's wednesday......debating on what I should tackle today. I have all these media files that need to be sorted.....perhaps I will look into that. Also looking at employment options. On the side, I am taking care of house stuff. I put up curtains in the dining area and was able to recycle the pomps from my wedding. I would share that picture but it is a little dark.

I am also thinking about starting another blog. But then that would be too many blogs to maintain. Perhaps, I will just integrate it in here as well. I think that is a great idea.

Frank really wanted broccoli soup. It is super easy to make. All you need in a good size pan. through the broccoli in there with some water. I added leeks too. The just boil it until soft. Then use an immersion blender, or blender to puree it down. And season to taste. I put some shredded mozzarella for garnish and all done.

Here's a pic of that. We had it with salmon and toasted bread.

Moving

One more month until the big move occurs. I am still sad that I have to move. Especially since we just landscape the backyard. Today, I had renters come in and take a look at the house. It's definitely stressful moving and trying to rent out our home. I am sad that I have to leave everything. I resigned from my job and have to take a licensure test. BOO!

I hope we find good tenants and the move goes smoothly.

Up to date

It's been a while since I've cracked my books from my hygiene schools days. Next week, I am taking the written anesthesia for the WREB and the following week, the process of care. So I am brushing up on some didactic information. This is one of those perfect weekends to watch a movie on the couch. But alas, it is sacrifice for studying. I also have wednesday off so I can review then. But today, I am going to try and finish reading the textbook, a couple for chapters to go. Not bad. Just taking this time to take a break.

I had an eventful weekend nonetheless. We celebrated Benedict and Sophia. Benedict is a doctor now and sophia is an attorney. Those two little ones really made something of themselves. I am very proud of their accomplishments! Makes me think that I should achieve more in my life.

Co-dependency

Co-dependency is an interesting concept. People depend on people constantly, which is great. But Independency is the foundation on which co-dependency can coexist with. You have to be independent and happy individually to be able to be able to coexist in a co-dependent relationship. Before MOST people get married, they want to experience life individually. Once they are happy being alone, that is when they are ready to completeness. How ironic is that, yet it totally makes sense. Does it to you or is this just mum-bo-jumbo?

It's about 2 right now and I really should be getting ready for Frank's graduation, but he isn't home yet so I figure I might as well blog. I am also on hold to make changes to reservation for my brother's grad dinner next week in NYC. Serious how does this place stay in business, I have been on hold for 20 mins now. CRAY CRAY!

Last Sunday, I made waffles. Inspiration: Just cause. I have a sure fire recipe that gives you a light crispy waffle. The secret is you gotta sure buttermilk, cornstarch and vegetable oil. Read about it more here from Pamela Andersen

I also experimented with a baked trout recipe because I got these from my mom. Thomas and Sophia go fishing and cause these so I wanted to bake them, it smells less fishy that way. They turned out pretty well.

Last night I roasted these babies. I really like Kabocha and this is a great way to have them. They are just so hard to cut.

Now I just got off the phone as I waited on hold for 30 mins. This is my review about the Loeb Boathouse Central Park.

This place needs to rethink there reservation service. I called well in advance to make a reservation for my Brother's Grad for 7 people. If you have +6 or something you have to call and can't make a reservation online. Really, I just cancelled my reservation because I wanted to change it at a later time. I wanted on hold for 31 mins to find out that the reservation I made was changed for another time with no one calling to tell me about it. HELLO, I live in California and to find out that my reservation got moved when I got there would not be welcoming. Management, hire more phone service people. I should have hung up earlier, but I am glad to find out your poor management skills well in advance before spending money at your establishment. Highly disappointed that no one called to tell me that you can change my reservation without notifying the customer. Would rate this place zero!!!

Suspense

Sitting here waiting to get my trim. Debating on whether I should get some type of bangs or not. My eyes slowly start to get irritate and watery. Me thinks its from the hair dye chemicals.

Still undecided about what do to. And now distracted of a waiting package on my door step. Now I am in a rush to get home, but still need to run some errands before heading back home.

Monday

I am incredibly tired today. As I write this blog, I am on the stationary bike at the gym. I have less than 2 minutes left. I am so tired that I got a green tea latte for lunch. But I was still dead tired. Caffeine does nothing for me. There is one thing that does wake me up. That is watching korean dramas. But I can't do that when I am working or driving. I am still pretty tired. I don't particularly know why.

I am going to buy some apples and see if that helps my drive this week. This commute is definitely a challenge. Driving + 90 miles a day is no bueno. Fortunately traffic wasn't too bad coming home today. Let's hope for the same tomorrow.

Blah Blah Blah

Tuesday afternoon...feeling quite blah. Work went by quickly today. All my patients were running late today, so I ended up running late as well. Mucho exhausting day. Decompressed with some almond and red bean jelly. Now I am dreading gathering all the paper work to refinance. Gosh, being an adult is so taxing, literally.

I really just want to relax and do absolutely nothing. Well, maybe watch some DVR stuff. Alas, I even have to work tomorrow. I sound like a complainer and whiner. The upside is....my last wednesday to work. I really bring it upon myself, working various wednesday. But I am scaling back.

The weather has been really nice here. Sunny and calm.

Shower time so I can sit on the couch. I am all perio-ODD out!

Sunday

I find myself spending Sundays in the kitchen. On Friday, Frank bought me a baguette from Surfas. I in turn decide to make Stuffed Mascarpone French Toast. A while ago, I had something similar at Starling Diner in Long Beach. This is my version of that. It came out pretty well. I am glad Frank liked it. Overall, it was a successful attempt.

After a little nap, I made these Devil's Cupcakes with Mocha Frostings. I made them for Diana, hopefully she enjoys them.

Right now, I am enjoying some Coldplay via Pandora and waiting for my Roast Chicken, it's sizzling in the oven. I'll post pictures of that later.
It's later. Here's the Roasted Chicken!

 

Some veggies that we grew from our garden, the swiss chard. With some kind oyster mushrooms and carrots.

 

Veggies from the Chicken Drippings, nice and caramelized goodness!

 

Dinner is served!

 

Peeved!!!

Last Wednesday, my parked car got hit in the parking lot that I have been parking at for the past 5 years. Bear in my mind I park at this space or the one next to it. It's a given. Anyways, as I was heading to my car to head home, I see this huge dent in my rear left bumper. Seriously, it's an eye sore. I am super peeved because there are two valets working at this time and they both claim that they did not see anything. There are totally lying! Th first picture depicts the point of view of where the valet is stationed at. A clear sight of my car with the dent on the rear left bumper. As you can see. Now This is the dent up close and person. What really grinds my gears is that the valet claim they saw nothing. When in fact, you can clearly see that one would have heard something with a crash like this. So that is why I believe those two valets are hiding something. They are clearly lying because if they saw someone else do it, they are suppose to write it up. Also, when I questioned both valets, one said that they didn't see anything and even ventured to say are you sure that happened here. Lady, you've been out here 6 hours and you mean to tell me that you didn't see anything and not notice that my car never had a dent. I have witnesses that say my car without this dent. The other valet, just ignored me and was trying to run away, clear sign of guilt. I later found out that they are suppose to write up a claim for the damages, but I was clearly being brushed off. I filed a claim today and I hope it rules in my favor. I am not brushing this off because its about the principle. And in the future, if this happens to someone else in the building they will not be brushed off. Justice must be paid!

The bug caught me!

Coming into work today was not a great idea. First patient in and I've got a cough attack plus runny nose. Fortunately, I have one more and tomorrow I can rest, the day after I have off as well. Perhaps, I will be back up and running by Thursday. I do feel a fever coming on. Thankfully it is almost quitting time.

Testing Instagram

Tax time

It's that time of year, we spring forward and get our taxes done. I am here waiting, it's been 30 mins pass since my appointment. I notice I do not like to wait especially when I made an appointment. Especially because I have other appointments after this. I am all about being efficient and terribly look down when things are as they should be.

On another note I am pretty flexible. If one worked for me I would have very high expectations. But I also learnt not to expect so much because you set yourself up for disappointment.

Boy, life is a contradiction. I heard something on the radio yesterday and how when you serve people you focus less on yourself. That must be what it like to have kids and such.

Perhaps, I should do that, not the having kids part. But serving more...

OMG! I am so beyond sore! I went to yoga yesterday. I hadn't been for months and taking a Level 2 class might not have been the best idea. But it felt so good to get back into it. Aside from being sore, I had a good second half of the day. My sister and I went to Queen's Bakery for afternoon tea.

The tea selection is minimal and the tea sandwiches are nothing to rave about. The only sandwich worth speaking of is the nutella almond. It's really hard to go wrong with nutella. Overall, it was nice to spend time with my sister. Afterwards, I gave her a trim. And just hung around.

My weekend

I had a pretty productive weekend. I made fresh pasta for the first time. It was pretty fun and wow, it makes a difference. If you have the time, totally try it.

We also finished cleaning up the windows in out patio. Makes so much of a difference. I took this picture to show our hard work. Next step scrapping the ceiling... I can feel the soreness already!

I have to chose 3 brands/logos that I like. Upon my search, I came across this and thought it was pretty cool. It is interesting to see what big fish and what little fishes are a part of it. You can call it a manufacturing family tree.

Random pic

Right before bed, I wanted to blog. It's quite late and I really should have slept an hour a go. But a quick now before bedtime. I wanted to post a random picture and just talk about it. It's mobile art. Frank bought these for me right before christmas. What a sweetie. They were pretty white tulips. I love white flowers because they symbolize something pure and clean and fresh. I like yellow flowers too because they are like the sunshine. I meant to blog about something more meaningful today but as the day went by the thought passed away. Perhaps tomorrow?