Coffee:

Starbucks!

Starbucks is my number one favorite place to get coffee!
I love all the ways they use coffee to make so many drinks.
I cannot think of a better place to go to get something very yummy other than Starbucks.
The have hot drinks and cold drinks all year around.

Check out their website to see their menu: 

http://www.starbucks.com/menu

Recipe:

Mirin Sweet Potatoes: 

Here is just a random post about how to make mirin sweet potatoes. I got this recipe from Jen of userealbutter.com! 

Check it out: 

http://userealbutter.com/2012/02/01/mirin-sweet-potatoes-recipe/

Random:

Anne's & Krispy Kreme:

2714 Sunset Ave, Rocky Mt, NC 27804

969 N Wesleyan Blvd, Rocky Mt, NC 27801


Anne's Bakery is a great place to go get some homemade sweets and even order cakes or other items for a party & ect. I am making this post because I been talking about about sweets on my blog these past weeks and I thought I give a good place where you can go and buy some tasty treats. If you are just looking for some yummy doughnuts then I think Krispy Kreme is the place to go because they have the best doughnuts around here! Although I love going to Anne's Bakery for other kinds of sweets but when it comes to doughnuts Krispy Kreme is the best! 

Which it your favorite or do you have another place where you like to get baked goods? 

Recipe:

Kamryn's Pear Delight:

A another yummy recipe that is fun and easy! 

I found this one on a blog on blogger.com and it have a lot of recipes that are simply delicious! 

You should check out their blog: 

http://www.foodjimoto.com/ 

Or just check out the recipe for this sweet pear delight: 

http://www.foodjimoto.com/2011/12/guest-cook-kamryns-pear-delight.html .

(picture from foodjimoto.) 

Peachy-Raspberries:

Peach-Raspberry Galette: 

Here is a yummy, sweet, and easy recipe for a fresh summer treat! 

I love the sweet peaches with the tart/tangy raspberry baked into a warm crust. 

I got this recipe from Jen of userealbutter.com

Check it out: 

http://userealbutter.com/2007/09/18/peach-raspberry-galette-recipe/

Recipe:

Chinese Scallion Pancakes?!

I found this recipe on userealbutter.com and it looks so amazing and yummy! I thought I make this post about it because I am always posting about food! Food is what brings people together and this recipe will sure be perfect to share with love ones because they are something different! 

Check it out: 
http://userealbutter.com/2008/04/30/chinese-scallion-pancakes-recipe/

Doughnuts!

Doughnuts! 

Everyone loves a doughnut and you can buy them from the store or Ann's Doughnuts or  Krispy Kreme but I thought I show you how to make your very own doughnuts! You can give them as gifts or just eat them for yourself but eating them with others make the doughnuts taste better. 

I got this recipe from Jen of Userealbutter.com! 

Check it out: 

http://userealbutter.com/2008/02/11/doughnuts-recipe/

Random:

Tattoos?! 

Do anyone have any ideas on what I should get for my next tattoo? I have an idea of what I want... I just want to know want other ideas are on there. Thank you! 

(random picture.)

Fugetsu-Do Japanese Sweet Shop:

Yummy Sweets: 

Japanese sweets made from mochi looks so yummy and I heard that they taste AMAZING!! Mochi is  is Japanese rice cake made of mochigome, a short-grain japonica glutinous rice and this the traditional way to make Japanese sweets. You can make the mochi sweet and yummy! Here is a great blog post talking about a japanese sweet shop that makes Mochi.

Check it out: 

http://www.foodjimoto.com/2011/04/fugetsu-do-japanese-sweet-shop.html

Random:

I found this picture and I love it! It is three pieces of crepe mille cake.

I love crepes and I bet one of these would taste amazing.

Check out this website about this cake:

http://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/mille-crepe-cake/

Mac and Cheese:

Mac & Cheese! 

I found another great post about how to make this yummy mac and cheese!! I love cheese and pasta..soo...mac and cheese is like heaven to me!! (: But I am VERY picky about my mac and cheese though. The pasta have to be the right size and the cheese cannot be that fake cheese...eww...Anyway, here is the link the recipe. 

Check it out: 

http://userealbutter.com/2008/03/05/macaroni-and-cheese-recipe/

Crepe World:

Crepe World!

I love this little food place! It is so cute and yummy and we don't have anything else like it in Rocky Mount! You should check it out, its on 3665 Sunset Avenue - (In Westridge Shopping Center) Rocky Mount, NC 27804. This place mainly sales crepes; crepes are is a type of very thin pancake, usually made from wheat flour but they are also filled with many different things from sweet to salty. They also sells coffee(s) and beer(s) and other things as well!  

Check Out Their Website: 

http://www.mycrepeworld.net/

Lemons:

Lemon Tart and Bars: 

I love sweets that use lemons because the bitter/sourness from the lemon with the sweetness from the sugar makes a symphony of flavors in my mouth! Lemon bars and a Lemon tart are a good way to use lemon although there are thousands of ways to use lemons in baking but these two ways are my favorites! Here are some recipes for a lemon tart and bars. These recipes are from Jen of Userealbutter.com and they are so yummy and perfect for the spring and summer. 

Lemon Tart: 

http://userealbutter.com/2010/02/01/lemon-tart-recipe/

Lemon Bars: 

http://userealbutter.com/2007/08/10/lemon-bars-recipe/

Help?!

Exam Scheduled:  

Could someone please tell what is the exam scheduled is? I heard many different things and I just don't know what the real scheduled is. If you know what it is please let me know!

Thank you. 

Random:

Japanese Custard Pudding!
This weekend I am going to make custard pudding and there are many version of it but I am choosing to make the Japanese version because it seem the yummiest and my sister and I love sweets from Japan! This is going to be so yummy and creamy but also sweet and slightly bitter from the homemade caramel! I found 3 recipes that I like, so I am going to use the cream part from one recipe and the caramel from another reprice and so on. This will help me make/come up with the best custard pudding. 

Recipe: (This one is very easy! But I am not using this recipe.) 

http://japanesefood.about.com/od/japanesedessertsweet/r/custardpudding.htm

Recipe:

Strawberry Chiffon Buttercream Cake!

I been eating A LOT of strawberries lately and I found this recipe on how to make a STRAWBERRY cake. It is a chiffon cake with butter-cream frosting. It looks so amazing and I bet it is so sweet and soft. I believe cakes should be soft and cold but no to cold. I hate dry room temp cake because the frosting is not stable no more and the cake is just falling a part. I got this recipe from Jen of Userealbutter.com! You guys should check out her website! (: 

Check it out:  

http://userealbutter.com/2009/05/06/strawberry-chiffon-buttercream-cake-recipe/

The Great Gatsby.

"The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald."

Many of you my know that there is a re-make of the movie The Great Gatsby that is coming out this May, but while the 'older' vision of the movie was good and I am looking forward to seeing the 2013 vision of The Great Gatsby; I still believe that the book will be better than the movie. I read the book almost a year ago and some other great classic novels but "The Great Gatsby" was the most fun to read and one of the most challenging. I loved the way the book flowed and the way that Scoot Fitzgerald wrote it. If you have no read this book I strongly suggest that you do!  Some other great books are "Mice and Men." by John Steinbeck, "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston, "Night" by Elie Wiesel, "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles and many others. 

Recipe:

Blueberry Lemon Sweet Rolls

The most yummiest rolls I ever seen! I have to make these very soon and let you guys know how easy it is and how great it taste!! It just like a cinnamon rolls but just with blueberries and a lemon glaze. I got this recipe from Ree Drummond, or she is known as the The Pioneer Woman. 

Check it out:

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2012/11/blueberry-lemon-sweet-rolls/

(picture from Ree Drummond.) 

Sticky Buns Recipe:

Sticky Buns: 

I love sticky buns because they are so sweet and yummy anytime of the year because you can eat them warm or cold! I found this recipe and I just had to share it because I love food and making food! Sticky buns are like cinnamon rolls just without the cream cheese. Once again I got this recipe from Jen of Userealbutter.com. 

Check it out:

 http://userealbutter.com/2007/08/14/sticky-buns-recipe/

My Photo Essay:

Cooking Jumbo Stuffed Shells

By: April Horne 

Photo Essay on how to make stuffed shells.

Cook the pasta until soft. You don't want to eat hard pasta because that is just gross! 

Place pasta shells into a glass pan that it's lightly drizzles in olive oil, so the pasta won't burn on to the pan.

Cop the fresh spinach & parsley.

Mix the ricotta cheese and fresh spinach & parsley.

Put salt, pepper, garlic into the mix until it taste perfect to you.

The cop the onion in very small pieces and mix everything together. 

Stuffed each shells with the mix.

Then pour some marinara sauce on the shells.

Baked them in the oven for 10-15 mins on 350F. 

Then take it out of the oven and enjoy your stuffed shells! 


(questions on pg.176 are on 2 other posts!) 

Photo Essay Questions: 2

(Questions page 176.) 

"The Aftermath of the Boston Marathon Explosions."

1.) http://nation.time.com/2013/04/16/aftermath-of-the-boston-marathon-explosions/

2.) The aftermath of the bombing in Boston during the Boston Marathon.

3.) I was very said to see other people crying and trying to deal with the pain. The impacted it had of me is that anyone can be evil and you can't just think the world is a safe place. 

4.) What makes the photos effective is seeing other people in pain and how people come together during hard times. The picture shows how people are dealing with the aftermath of the bombing and what they are doing to so support from those who died. 

5.) The copy and pictures accompanies each other well and that what makes the copy effective because it being the words and pictures together. 

Photo Essay Questions: 1

(Questions on pg. 176)

"Dutch Abdication: Willem-Alexander Becomes Europe's Youngest Monarch ."

1.) http://world.time.com/2013/04/30/the-netherlands-new-king/

2.) Willem-Alexander Becomes Europe’s Youngest Monarch

3.) I thought that is was amazing how other places have kings and queens or monarchs. It impacted me because I always seem to forget how different the world is from what I always known, A.K.A. America. 

4.) The photo tells the story and they tell the story because it shows Willem-Alexander being the monarch and his family with him during this great event. 

5.) The copy accompanies wonderfully and that is what makes it effective it shows the people coming to cheer him on and the process of him becoming the monarch. 

DIY:

Mother's Day Gifts?

Mother's day is coming up soon and I bet you need to get a gift for your mother but instead running out to a store and buying a gift like flowers, candy, a movie, or even taking her out for a fancy dinner, you should make your own gift!! Here are some ideas for a great DIY mother's day gift that is easy and fun! 

Ideas:  

1.) Draw a picture such as, a picture of her or you. 

2.) Make a dinner or breakfast all on your own for her.

3.) Make paper flowers.

4.) Make a picture frame and put an old picture of you in it.

5.) Make a candle(s).

6.) Cupcakes (cutely decorated!) 

7.) A homemade little hand bag for make-up or a cell phone.

8.) Paint flower pots and put her favorite flowers in them. 

9.) Homemade key-chains.

10.) Homemade candy.  

If you need a post on how to make anyone of there ideas, I can make a post for it! So, let me know! (: 

Recipe:

Raspberry Cream Cheese Cookies!

I have not made these cookies yet but I want to because they look sooo GOOD and I bet they will taste even better! I love raspberries and the I know the tang and creamy-ness from the cream cheese would be perfect with the sweet/tangy raspberries! I might make them this weekend, so I thought I post about them, to show how yummy they look! Hopefully you can make them too! (: I got this recipe from Jen from Userealbutter.com and she is an amazing blogger and cook. 

Check it out:

http://userealbutter.com/2008/04/08/raspberry-cream-cheese-cookies-recipe/

Help?!

What color should I dye my hair?!

I might dye my hair this weekend and I don't know what color to dye it!! 

So classmates tell me what would be a good color to dye my hair.  

Thank you! 

Ramen!

Ramen came Japan but it made with Chinese noodles and raman comes with a broth and have lots of topping on it. There is also instant ramen which you can buy from stores. Instant ramen is what most people eat because it is cheap and easy to make and it also taste good! There our some Japanese restaurant that make homemade ramen but sadly there is none around here because there is to low demand. 

'Homemade' ramen looks like this: 

(one version on it!) 

Instant ramen looks like: 

(one version of it.) 

I love to make instant ramen because it is fast and easy! You could also add your own topping such as egg, vegetables, meat and much more.I wish I could make some real ramen but I would need a pasta maker! 

What do you guys think about Ramen?? 

Recipe:

Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Spring rolls are rice paper (that you can eat!) filled with fresh/raw vegetables and you can add meat if you wish. Spring rolls always almost come with a dipping sauce such as Asian peanut sauce or  Hoisin sauce.

Here are two great recipe for you to check out:

Jen from Userealbutter.com

http://userealbutter.com/2009/06/22/vietnamese-spring-roll-recipe/

Angela  from ohsheglows.com

http://ohsheglows.com/2012/07/20/veggie-summer-rolls-with-spicy-peanut-lime-sauce-two-ways/

Last December

December 16, 2012

I don't know what to post today so I thought I talk about my first trip to the hospital in an ambulance because it is something interesting to read about. (I think!)  It all started at about 3:00 am because I woke put sweating and I just thought I had too much covers on me. Therefore I just went back to sleep and woke up at around 9:00 (I think.) I felt tired and I did not ate anything all day unless you count iced coffee. That day my mother, father, sister, and I went Christmas shopping. We went to target first and I felt fine because of the caffeine from the coffee I just drank but then we went to Book-a-Million to get some books that my Aunt wanted and I was looking at books this suddenly I felt weak and I just set down on the floor then my I walked over to wear my family were then sit down again because it was hard to breath and see. Then my mom and sister went to pay for the book and my dad tried to get me to walk to the car but that did not work because I just passed out and knocked over a book stand. (At least that what my dad told me!) I woke up outside of Books-a-Million and a cop was over me talking to my dad. Then the next thing I know there was like seven firemen around me. I was not sure that was going on but I was so cold that I was shaking and I was turning blue. By that time my mom and sister came out and saw what was going on. Then shortly after I was in the ambulance getting an IV in my hand. After I went to the hospital no one understood why I was so cold, turning blue, and was I passed out. Then later on they let me get up to go to the bathroom then I passed out again in the bathroom. I hit my head against the wall and a pole thing that was in the bathroom. (PAINFUL!) After that, my doctor came in and started taking test after test...after test and everything came back negative. Then they took a chest X-ray and saw that I had pneumonia! It was no fun because I could not walk because I was not getting enough oxygen to my brain while standing up. After 2 weeks I was 100% better. This is my random post for today. 

Italian sausage pizza monkey bread?!

The most amazing recipe I seen today! 

Italian sausage pizza monkey bread! 

Check it out:

http://userealbutter.com/2013/04/24/italian-sausage-pizza-monkey-bread-recipe/

(recipe from Jen of userealbutter.com)

What animal would you be?

If you were a animal what animal would you be and why?! 

______________________________________________________

If I was an animal I would be a Bunny because I am hyper like a bunny (but not in this class because I don't really know anyone.), I also eat slowly and nibble my food like a bunny and love bunnies and Bunny is my nickname too! lol (: 

Please let me know what animal you would be! 

Vegan?!

Could You Be Vegan?!

A vegan is person who does not eat or use animal products. You could not eat no junk food or meats or processed foods! You would have to mostly make everything you eat at home an not buy from a store unless it is organic! Many vegans go to farmers markets to get fresh food and organic products.  There are many websites that give great recipes for vegan food, Maybe you could try some vegan meals or cut out a lot of pointless junk food. I am not a vegan but I try not to eat junk food or anything harmful to me but I do have days where I eat a sweet like a piece of cake from a bakery & etc. 

My daily meal plans:

Breakfast: two pieces of toasts with a fruit.

Lunch: Granola bar or protein bar with a fruit or sometimes a sandwich with baked go-fish or rice chips.   

Snack: Fruits or proteins bars or popcorn with no butter. 

Dinner: Anything that is healthy. (varies!) 

I also drink lots of water and one can of diet soda a day. 

(Trying to stop drinking soda all together!)

What is your daily food plan?

Could you be Vegan?

Are your food choices Healthy or Unhealthy? 

Strawberries!

Amazing Strawberries!

This post is going to be about my favorite fruit because it is a nice summer snack and it can be used in so many ways. Strawberries are mainly red, they are also sweet and juicy. You can eat them by themselves or with ice cream or with many other kinds of food. They can make great breads, muffins, or ice cream. But did you know you can use strawberries to make your very on homemade (diy) face mask? It is a great way to use strawberries and it is all natural and good for your skin. There are many ways to make a strawberry mask but my favorite is the strawberry yogurt mask  by a YouTube beauty gurus, Bubzbeauty, and it is a great mask that works great! 

You'll need: 

1.) Quaker Oats rolled oats

2.) Honey

3.) Plain yogurt

4.) Strawberries 

How to make the mask:

1.) First you mush 4-5 strawberries on a plate. 

2.) Add about 2 to 4 teaspoons on oats and mix them well.

3.) Add two big spoonful of the yogurt and mix everything very well.

4.) Lastly add 1 to 2 teaspoons of honey and mix.

You should use this mask about two times a week to get the most out of the mask. The mask will conditions skin, help heal acne,  its also a natural exfoliator, and it is packed full of Vitamins. 

Let me know if you like posts like this & what is your favorite fruit! 

Random!

What do you think about me?!

Here is a quick post/question for you to answer. 

Please comment & let me know! 

Check it out!

http://ohsheglows.com/

A Great website with healthy and yummy food!! 

My thoughts.

Tired of High School! 

By: April Horne.

I am sick of high school and all of the groups such as the IB kids, the AP group, the jocks and even the "weird" kids have a group they fit into. I don't fit in any of these group!! Therefore, my high school experience was sucky because it was hard to make friends because everyone already had their groups of friends and it was even harder to get a group to accept you. I had people say "hi , how are you?" to me or let me sit with them at the lunch table but it was just because we known each other for years and not because we were friends. I did had some great classmates and that made high school life better! (: On Saturday I went on a tour of the college I am going to this fall and it was GREAT!!! No one care about how you look or who you are in college they just accepted you as you! It was like a breath of fresh air to have people from all of the world going to school together and trying to understand one another without the fighting and isolated groups. I am not saying college is going to be easy but if I can make it though all the drama and pithiness of high school I think I can almost handle anything. 

I want brownies!

Brownies!!

Great recipe:

 http://userealbutter.com/2010/11/18/chewy-brownies-recipe/ 

(From my favorite food website/blog.)

I really want some yummy brownies. 

Random Post.

Lazy weather?!

My cat was so lazy because of the warm weather yesterday and I took a picture of her laying on my mother's bed under the ceiling fan and I thought I share it because I love my cat!  Haha! (: 

Milk Tea Boba!

RECIPE!
Milk Tea Boba.

I really want to try boba because I always see people talking about it or drinking it....well...people not from around here! Anyway, I found this recipe and I thought I share it up here because I can. Also, boba is "Small, usually black, balls of tapioca used in beverages, which are generally consumed through a large straw."

Check out recipe from userealbutter.com

http://userealbutter.com/2011/01/18/milk-tea-boba-recipe/

Random.

Cupcake! 

Cupcake is my mother's dog and she is also Biscuit, my dog,  sister. 

She is little and evil but very sweet at times. 

Chinese Dumplings! (potstickers)

YUMMY RECIPE

I love Asian food and one of my favorites are Chinese Dumplings and I thought I make this quick post on a good recipe on how to make them. A food blogger named Jen have the best recipe ever! 

Check it out the recipe:    

http://userealbutter.com/2007/10/04/chinese-dumplings-and-potstickers-recipe/ 

 Or check out her blog:

http://userealbutter.com/

 

 

Random.

MY Dog!

Biscuit.

He is sweet and so cute!