Cooking Flips and Flops

As you know, I have a passion for cooking. It gives me a chance to express my creativity and to try out different flavor combinations. It's just something that makes me feel so good, especially when I get to wear my cute apron!

I've had my share of baking flops, like the time I charred my snickerdoodles to death and when I made these Brownies the other day... Who would have thought you could ruin a box brownie recipe?! Only me...ok so what happened was I wanted to make my friend Trevor brownies for his birthday, so I grabbed the betty crocker brownie mix and started throwing in all of the ingredients. it wasn't until later on that I realized that I didn't have any Vegi oil. -ok yeah, I COULD have borrowed some from my roommates, but I was lazy and feeling adventureous- So instead I substituted it with apple sauce- no trans fats, and i had it in my pantry.

Then it occured to me that I could throw in some peanut butter into the batter and I could make some delicious peanut butter brownies!! So I grabbed my extra super crunchy peanut butter and threw it on in there. I poured it into the 13x9 and prepared to bask in the glory of my culinary genius.20 minutes came and went. I took out the brownies, which at this point closely resembled sponges mixed with (pardon my french) poop. I was a little upset about this, but in my last effort to save the brownies I threw on some hot fudge. Then they looked like poop and fudge. My gracious friends still ate them, though. they're troopers!

whoa- sorry this picture is so big...

What my brownies SHOULD'VE looked like

And now for the good stuff...

Today in cooking class we learned how to make crepes!!!! I love love love them, I don't care how bad they are for me because i'm convinced that in heaven, we will have crepes all the time. They're that good.

Anyways, I could eat them plain, but we spread some nutella on them and rolled them up and it was the BEST EVER!!!

I also learned how to flip eggs like a pro, which makes me pretty great. Please hold your applause. I'll sign autographs later.

Ok sorry this is all about food- you probably don't even care enough about it, but you will when I cook for you!!

Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can't Lose.

So a few years back, Brooke got hooked on this show called Friday Night Lights. She tried to get me to watch it a time or two, but I'm not the biggest fan of dramas, so I didn't think twice about it. Then years passed, I came to college, we had no football team and I had football fever. The Superbowl came and went (GO SIANTS!) and now it's summer and the only football I have to watch is my friend Jenny's flag football team once a week. Don't get me wrong, it's pretty fun to go to the games but it's not remotely the same.

Well, while I was sulking due to said football fever, the thoughts of a TV show came into my mind. I thought, why not, I might as well try it out. Lo and Behold,

Friday Night Lights is one of the best shows on earth.

I love love love it! I have always sort of dreamed of living in a small southern town where everyone has cute accents and the entire town shuts down for a high school football game. Yeah, I could do without the drinking and sleeping around part, but every other aspect of this show is magical.

I have started with season one and I'm HOOKED. I secretly have a man crush on the coach and Matt Sarison is just adorable.

Ok well i'm going to have to keep this short since the next episode just uploaded!

xxx

Dear FIFA World Cup,

I love you.

It's Business Time

Lately I've become a fan of short little blog posts. After all, I don't want to torture the hundreds of readers (ha!) by having them read novels about my life or lack therof. Anyways. This semester at BYU-I has been pretty awesome, and honestly I think my school gets a bad rep. Yeah, ok I get that it's filled with BYU rejects, and, ok we may not have real sports teams and we can't wear flops or shorts (which by the way is torture for me. Back home my rainbows were basically glues to my feet once the temp reached about 55) but it's ok because the people here are awesome and so are the classes --well most of them at least.

So since i'm trying to double minor in culinary arts and business, I took my first business class this spring and it is such a blast!! It's not exactly the learning part that I love so much, it's my group. We all get along so well and have such a fun time together. I can never stop laughing the entire time and "not at the table Carlos" (if you don't get it, don't feel bad. But you're missing out) will never get old.

Anyways, Brother Clark assigned us to make a commercial for a product called Hymn Hero and we had such a fun time putting it together. So, for your viewing pleasure, please enjoy Hymn Hero: Mo Tab brought to you by team Chester :)

This Little Piggy

This little piggy went to market

This little piggy stayed home

This little piggy had roast beef

This little piggy had none

and this little piggy doesn't recognize her own feet without nail polish on them

Before

after :)

**yeah, I know I've got sausage toes. It happens.**

Fried

So for the first time in forever, it was actually a sunny day in good ol' Rexburg so naturally Brooke and I went and layed out in the grass in front of our apartment building. Well, since I'm a cheap college student and may not have been so wise as to drop $10 on a bottle of sunblock, I layed out reading Kite Runner for an hour (great book-- you should read it!). By the time I came inside for lunch, I wasn't exactly surprised to come across this beauty. I was my own personal heater. Thanks a lot mr. golden sun!

Wise Words

"Never eat more than you can carry"

-Miss Piggy