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owel when i realized that was a horrible mistake i quickly transferred the almost papery cheese oops to an unused pair of silver tights with the legs tied off perfect i didn t taste any silver when i ate it once all of your liquid is drained depending on how firm you want the cheese weigh down with a custard dish and small waving happy stone cat and put in the fridge while you make your sauce or you know whatever you have to weigh it down and yes that is cat food in the background we are protecting it from the dog gross maybe necessary definitely i find with this cheese timing is everything don t add the lemon juice before it totally boils like crazy and make sure to keep on the heat until the curds are separated to your approval for the palak part i simply boiled about 5 or 6 big handfuls of spinach in water for about 5 minutes drained and pureed in a blender with 2 chopped tomatoes i added that mixture to already toasted and heated vegetable oil garlic ginger onion you ll want to chop yours smaller than mine i was really really hungry and impatient by this point and spices i am pretty sure there was cumin fennel cardamom coriander turmeric white pepper salt and chili powder in there but to be honest i m not sure i have a bunch of unnamed bags from bulk barn i made sure to not add anything like cinnamon sugar and that s all i know for a better and more exact recipe do google palak paneer recipes there are tons out there i always find the simplest the best while that was happening i chopped the paneer in to pretty little bite sized pieces i sprinkled it with sea salt first to taste and fried in a touch of oil on both sides til nice and golden brown tossed it all together and enjoyed copiously i hope that you enjoy this as much as i do because i do a lot i m headed on tour soon so in my next entry i will add a few tour dates to the recipe take care and talk soon still waiting for spring alley o 1 comment filed under uncategorized april 5 2011 11 11 pm sweet cuppem cakes hey everybody it s been a while since my last post and since then i ve acquired a terrifyingly and intimidatingly awesome new camera i m still very much in the midst of learning how to use it and likely will be for the rest of my life but i thought why not just dive in for the record it s a canon eos rebel xs if you re curious so far i ve taken pictures of snowstorms melting snow rivers my boyfriend my dog my cat trees etc and now cupcakes i ve been eating pretty healthily lately and i m all about making healthy foods fun so i ve been having a lot of tasty fruit smoothies my favourite one is a peanut butter banana smoothie i ll add the recipe here for a bonus though i don t have pics look for it in the p s hehe playing around with quinoa and veggies and different delicious proteins and i ve also been experimenting with vegan gluten free baking i have a couple of people very close to me who are unable to eat gluten so i am so excited to be able to learn recipes for stuff they can eat and also i have some vegetarians and vegans in my life it s win win the recipe i used for these cupcakes is from babycakes nyc and the recipe can be seen found here babycakes vanilla cupcakes recipe the recipe for the frosting that i used was found on the internet and had 5 stars and deserves every single one of them i ll include it below this is where i found the recipe vegan cream cheese frosting ingredients 1 4 cup vegan cream cheese i used toffuti better than cream cheese if you re in corner brook i ve just found this at sobey s 1 4 cup vegan margarine i used becel vegan 2 cups powdered sugar i used powdered sugar sorry that was not necessary i was just enjoying making side notes 2 tsp vanilla i really love vanilla you may want to use only 1 tsp i also use pure vanilla if you want a brighter frosting you can use artificial clear but real vanilla is so worth it directions cream together cream cheese and margerine for a couple minutes i did this up on high so it got nice and fluffy but don t over mix or it will get all liquidy slowly add powdered sugar say 1 4 cup at a time add vanilla try not to eat it all before you put it on the cupcakes cover up screw ups with sprinkles i hope you enjoy these if you decide to give them a try i personally find them super moist and delicious and i love the hint of lemon in the cupcakes and i enjoy that i can make them for my grandma and my friend kristen when i visit bc hooray make sure you bake these until they are cooked all the way through or else they can be a bit too moist which i guess really is just another way of saying under cooked this is my dog link trying to wink his way in to getting some fries as for me i am going to be scarfing these down in an effort to quell my nervousness about reading poetry this weekend in corner brook at the april rabbit i ve done a lot of singing and i ve done a lot of writing songs and poetry and the like but i don t remember ever having read any poems out loud excluding perhaps in my school days terrifying if you re in the corner brook area you should really check it out i am so excited to hear everyones poetry so many insanely talented people and i think it s going to be a fantastic night of many words it starts at 8pm this saturday at king henry s pub in the glynmill inn you can find the facebook event page here april rabbit event page i seriously love the poster i feel so lucky to be able to be a part of such a fun event yay anyhow that s it for now please enjoy this picture of a tree cheers alley ps i told you there was going to be one peanut butter banana smoothie ingredients 1 banana i prefer mine slightly under ripe 1 cup almond milk 2 tbls peanut butter yeah right i used closer to 4 if we re being honest here 2 tbls chia seeds 3 4 ice cubes honey to taste i like to swirl it on the top after it s all made directions blend everything drink everything xoxoxoxoxoxoox 1 comment filed under uncategorized march 15 2011 4 15 pm the war of the roses when i was little i remember the movie version of the war of the roses with michael douglas kathleen turner and danny devito scaring the crap out of me but also making me highly curious about all things love and life now keep in mind at this time i also felt the same about the movie howard the duck and batteries not included awesome so i m not sure about how relevant my early 80 s thoughts are these days but they shaped a mind regardless is this what adult relationships are like wondered my little brain as glass crashed chandeliers were swung from venom spewed terrifying later in life my larger more experienced and tired though i can t say much more evolved brain answered they shouldn t be and made a cake instead but do you know what isn t like that friends cake and friendship after everything falls apart in life relationships and cake sometimes as cliched as it sounds you can always count on friends to be there to help you put things back together or when everything is great you can be sure they ll be there and be happy for you and maybe have an extra bucket of icing around to help you smush the cake back together should it fall over whether from being thrown or from natural causes which totally happened to my best friends amazing wedding cake a couple years back we watched it slowly fall off the table but it was put back with such expert speed you d never know that it happened at any rate recently one such friend had a birthday i told her i d make her a cake as she is usually the one who makes the birthday cakes seriously just ask her and she said she d like something vanilla and pretty immediately my mind shot to an image that i d seen a few weeks back on a blog posting on foodgawker a rose cake tutorial this tutorial was perfect step by step and with little hints and it said it was easier than it looked so i said i knew just what to make looking back really for a first time doing a big piping buttercream type project it was relatively simple it was no war at all really until at the very end when my hands were slippery and my eyes started to bug out of my head because it was 12 30am and why couldn t i just be patient and wait til morning but noooo no no gotta get it done now or else i won t sleep way to go self way to go deep breath ahhhh random flower image breattthhheeee all i needed was a good level cake as level as i can get it with limited tools a delicious buttercream a 1m tip and a piping bag read a ziplock bag with the tip attached with packing tape again being limited in gear is no problem if you use a bit of elbow grease and 6 sticks of butter did i say that oops the secrets out and to give in to the fact that no matter how many times i washed my hands or had a bath i was just going to smell like butter now that was my fate it was worth it the cake was a hit especially with my friend and that s really all that matters the cake itself was a buttermilk cake from joy of cooking actually the same recipe as the red velvet but with the steps to making it red velvet omitted with a classic buttercream frosting double batch you ll need lots of frosting for this lots this is not a health cake one note on this cake i never actually have buttermilk on hand as i have no idea what else i would use it for so i just make my own i use about 1tbls of lemon juice per cup of milk and let it sit for a bit before adding it to the recipe and that seems to work great ________________ buttermilk layer cake straight out of joy of cooking makes two 8 or 9 inch round layers i made double this recipe preheat oven to 350 degrees have all ingredients at room temperature grease and flour your cake pans or line bottoms of pans with wax or parchment paper whisk together until thoroughly blended 2 1 3 cups cake flour 1 1 2 tsp baking powder 1 2 tsp baking soda 1 4 tsp salt beat in a large bowl until creamy 3 4 cup unsalted butter gradually add and beat on high speed until light and fluffy 3 5 minutes 1 1 3 cups sugar whisk together then gradually beat in taking about 2 mins 3 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla beating at a low speed add the flour mixture in 3 parts alternating with 1 cup buttermilk in two parts beating until smooth scraping the bowl with a spatula as necessary bake until a toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean i always use a knife about 25 30 minutes in 9 inch pans closer to 30 35 minutes in 8 inch pans frost with your favourite buttercream recipe i used the one from joy of cooking but if you have one you like that pipes nicely use that because of the roses this cake is a real frosting monger so i highly suggest doubling your recipe seriously 6 sticks of butter i could have used more but i ran out of butter now give of this cake freely it is not one that is safe to horde and life is too short not to love everybody cheers and until next time when you will likely still smell like butter if you get the frosting all over you as i did peace and take care of your friends allison 2 comments filed under uncategorized march 7 2011 6 00 pm lunch with my demons herewith a bit of a short story enjoy lunch with my demons by allison crowe her being me i sat down for lunch with my demons the other day just to see them all in the same room at the same time one set the table cleaned it and reset it again she would do this repeatedly throughout the evening all seated together for the first time except for the one she wouldn t sit down and well for the other one who refused to get up she stayed in bed conversation was you might say interesting the first one to arrive was sorry that she was late she was dressed to the nines the last one wasn t sorry she was late at all and clearly hadn t showered after the initial introductions had taken place amid much tension one of the girls just started screaming wailing as if in pain and then when the anxious one asked what was wrong she just snapped nothing and continued wailing making the anxious one all the more anxious until she burst in to tears and had to leave the room causing one of them to just keep laughing and laughing not that anything was funny she just didn t know what else to do one of them apologized for all this unreasonable behaviour one of them laughed in the midst of it all one tried to make an ill humored joke and when that fell flat she retreated rejected back in to her coat of apathy what was the point of all this anyways one made a brief recant of the others statement she hadn t meant it one of them laughed one had a problem and told the entire table about it even thought it was completely inappropriate another one felt that her problem was worse than hers so she spoke up and over the other one and then she felt jilted and unappreciated but held it in one wondered why we had to talk at all one laughed when one reset the table for the last time the timer went off and she was distracted for long enough to bring out the meal intricately prepared everything made from scratch she didn t stick around long enough to hear the compliments as there were dishes to be done so another one lapped up the glory after having done nothing at all but her hair before the meal was even finished she snatched the plates from all the demons causing one creature still devouring to lash out and insult everyone at the table all the while smashing everything in sight then they all joined in well most of them for my part i just sat there in awe as the mayhem unfolded in front of me one of them was in the corner rocking back and forth pretending that none of this was happening and one of them was in the middle of the room jumping up and down celebrating this fireball of anarchy one was sorry so so sorry for this destruction one giggled somehow minutes later they all took a deep breath and got back to being as normal as possible even though by now everyone was crying except for two one was still in bed and the other just stared straight ahead burning holes in to the wall with her eyes why had i set this up the meal was delicious and it was all very interesting if not enlightening but really what was i accomplishing by seating my flaws in the great hall for all to see i sat in wonder for so long that i didn t realize they had gone the lights came up and i realized that i was alone there were broken dishes all around me my face streaked in tears and i was bleeding someone s blood the beautiful meticulously prepared meal now spoiled and wasted i just wanted to go back to bed but was struck with a need to clean this mess up before i even considered it this was my fault after all and i would deal with the consequences the next day i couldn t get out of bed and i was sorry so so sorry so sorry in fact that i invited them all back for dinner the next evening to make up for it 4 comments filed under uncategorized older posts search this blog search for recent posts the healing power of pastry the recital chocolate covered strawberry shortcake 30 well okay i guess fall bread wiener dogs school treats and a slice of cheesecake no whey 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