soon. I'm working on a new name, and some great ideas. I haven't forgotten about my wonderful website, I just need some real thinking time. I'll be back as soon as possible. (: Until then, entertain me with your wit.
Chubby... eh...
Taylor for now.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
I'm feeling Fall.
Yesterday was a great day. I spent all of my day with the wonderful girlfriend. We went out to breakfast at Poor Boy's, a diner down the street from my house. I cheated a little and had eggs benny, which I've been dying to have for weeks now. I figured I would redeem myself later with eating a healthy lunch and dinner. We went to four different, beautiful farms around the area and picked apples and pumpkins. It's something I've been dying to do since Autumn came around. I love the fall. It's such a beautiful time when the leaves start changing and the colors of New England really start showing. I know it sounds ultra cheesy, but it was a romantic day. Picking apples with my girlfriend and holding hands while we walk around the farms is my kind of Sunday. We got the biggest pumpkins we could find, but she was feeling a little under the weather, so we opted out of carving them last night and did them today instead. I also made delicious pumpkin seeds, which is really easy to do. Lay them flat on a cookie sheet coated with olive oil or earth balance butter. I did some experimenting with the flavoring which was one section topped with cayane pepper (Brittany thought these were delicious, but the brother and cousin did not), one section was regular sea salt, one section was the sweet and salty (sea salt and raw sugar), one was maple (I used straight up maple syrup) and one section was brown sugar. I topped them all with a bit of olive oil and baked them under the broiler for about 10 minutes. Make sure you don't put them too close to the broiler coil because they will burn fast. I made sure to check them a few times and rotate the pan once so they didn't burn too fast.
I'm also in the process of making some homemade apple crisp, something I would say is my specialty. I first created it almost two years ago in a health class I was taking in high school and perfected the recipe to my liking.
Taylor's Perfect Apple Crisp (Vegan Friendly)
1 1/3 Cup Flour
1 Cup Oats
3/4 tsp. cinnamon, mixed with 1/4 tsp. sugar (if you are from NH and you've heard of Camp Mix Spices, they make an amazing tasting apple cinnamon spice that you can use 1 tbsp of in place of this)
1/4 tsp. nutmeg (optional, because some people don't like the taste of this)
1 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
1 Cup Earth Balance Butter
4-5 apples, peeled and sliced into cubes*
*I always use different types of apples because it gives it an original taste, but people tend to like Grannysmith, Gala, or Courtland for this type of baked good. If you aren't familiar with apples, I would suggest against a Red Delicious, because those have a weird texture when baked and the McIntosh, because those become way too mushy. You can check out the Cook's Thesaurus' apple section to find out if your favorite apple is good for baking.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar and butter well. (this is crutial because if you don't mix the butter well, there will be parts of the crisp that are too liquidy)
Take 9x13 glass baking dish and pack half the mixture on bottom
Take cut apples and distribute over mixture into evenly dish
Add rest of mixture on top of apples (optional: if you want to add a crumbly topping, mix cinnamon sugar with some butter and mix very well and sprinkle on top)
Cook for 30-40 minutes, depending on what type of apples you use. You will be able to tell it's done by the looks of the crisp, not apples.
Let cool for 5 minutes and serve on top of Vanilla Soy Delicious ice cream!
Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think.
ChubbyGirlT
I'm also in the process of making some homemade apple crisp, something I would say is my specialty. I first created it almost two years ago in a health class I was taking in high school and perfected the recipe to my liking.
Taylor's Perfect Apple Crisp (Vegan Friendly)
1 1/3 Cup Flour
1 Cup Oats
3/4 tsp. cinnamon, mixed with 1/4 tsp. sugar (if you are from NH and you've heard of Camp Mix Spices, they make an amazing tasting apple cinnamon spice that you can use 1 tbsp of in place of this)
1/4 tsp. nutmeg (optional, because some people don't like the taste of this)
1 Cup Brown Sugar, packed
1 Cup Earth Balance Butter
4-5 apples, peeled and sliced into cubes*
*I always use different types of apples because it gives it an original taste, but people tend to like Grannysmith, Gala, or Courtland for this type of baked good. If you aren't familiar with apples, I would suggest against a Red Delicious, because those have a weird texture when baked and the McIntosh, because those become way too mushy. You can check out the Cook's Thesaurus' apple section to find out if your favorite apple is good for baking.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar and butter well. (this is crutial because if you don't mix the butter well, there will be parts of the crisp that are too liquidy)
Take 9x13 glass baking dish and pack half the mixture on bottom
Take cut apples and distribute over mixture into evenly dish
Add rest of mixture on top of apples (optional: if you want to add a crumbly topping, mix cinnamon sugar with some butter and mix very well and sprinkle on top)
Cook for 30-40 minutes, depending on what type of apples you use. You will be able to tell it's done by the looks of the crisp, not apples.
Let cool for 5 minutes and serve on top of Vanilla Soy Delicious ice cream!
Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think.
ChubbyGirlT
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