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the squalling child too the black hole of the internet beckons this image is from engrish com i suppose i found it poignant because due to the breeding experiment i can now appreciate the juxtaposition of dairy and bras with nary a trace of irony not that i am still a human dairy cow no that ended long ago much to the chagrin of my balloon boob luvin mate but the memory is still quite fresh much to my surprise the whole breastfeeding experiment has very much changed my relationship with the um the mass of fat encased glands known as boobs not necessarily for the better some of you may want to stop reading here if you re still with me i have two words for you national geographic yep at first after weaning i thought that they just seemed oh so little because of the comparison to their former bay watch glory but after much scrutiny i realized that yes they were different i figured they d just kinda shrunk in the wash okay i though to myself i can live with that but no after more scrutiny i realized that no amount of wash n dry could do that nope it was as if they were hung out to dry not smaller longer this might be a little tougher to swallow i can now can be found on page 37 of national geographic august edition 1957 and that s just the upstairs i ll save the downstairs for another day on a cheerier note the worm no longer stinks like rotten cheese can self propel on two hooves and has a surprisingly sunny and outgoing character she resembles neither of her alleged parents either in face or disposition maybe that day in the hospital the gods smiled on me and sent me home with the wrong one maybe somewhere out there skulks a cranky cross eyed sullen introverted black clad toddler ruining someone else s life and since this is a food blog here is a token food shot in honor of asparagus season paper bag steamed asparagus compliments of tyler florence as soon as i heard about it i knew i had to give it a shot for the novelty in nothing else it wasn t until after i d finished eating all the spears that i bothered wondering where that paper bag had been before it wrapped itself around my food i envisioned a bum tucking it inside his tatty winter coat along with a few old newspapers to keep out the biting chill of winter before being returned to the store by an eco warrior for re use i imagined it full of tb germs in general i imagine a lot of things most of which are either ridiculous or impossible or both so pay me no heed the dish turned out fine aside from overcooking it s hard to ruin asparagus i m feeling rather lazy today so if you are interested in trying out this method of questionable cleanliness head on over to foodtv here posted by rae at 2 32 pm 18 comments sunday january 20 2008 smoky chickpea soup so it s been just over a year since the worm snaked its way into the world leaving a new not necessarily improved internal topography in her wake i kinda figured that at one year there would be a transition back to normal life well a year has come and gone and i m still waiting somehow i think it may be a long long wait but because it s important that we harbor fantasies of what riches the future may bring my next false hope is that preschool will be the panacea returning life back to more normal having an only slightly below average iq i have a sneaking suspicion that this too will prove to be a lie and the only thing that will change is that i will wake up a year from now sporting slightly worse breath and a few more creaks in the old worn out joints so life will never return to the old way i suppose that s ultimately a good thing change is better than stagnation i suppose a more realistic way to look at it is that i ve traded up up from a squalling helpless neck cheese rot stinking miniature quadriplegic to a teeth baring screeching raging monkey i suppose we could call that progress anyway all this is just a long winded way of saying that i m back since a genie will not pop out of my empty bottle of makers mark as i lovingly caress it s golden belly and with a wave of its hand restore to me free time i guess i m going to have to grab the bull by it s rocky mountain oysters and demand it or at least do a little blogging in between man sized swigs of bourbon i picked up this recipe from our local rag i didn t expect much but had a bunch of leftover homemade chickpeas loitering in the refrigerator and have been on a smoked paprika kick lately so i thought why not and it was edible it was in fact delicious super easy super healthy smoky creamy and delicious what else could i ask for other than a live in nanny smoky chickpea soup 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 carrots peeled and chopped 1 onion roughly chopped 3 celery stalks chopped 2 garlic cloves crushed 1 2 teaspoon saffron i forgot to use this but it tasted great anyway 1 teaspoon cumin 1 2 teaspoon smoked paprika 5 cups vegetable broth 2 cans 15 ounces each chickpeas drained or if possible about 3 cups homemade salt to taste olive oil cook carrots onion and celery in olive oil until soft but not browned add garlic saffron cumin and smoked paprika and cook for an additional minute stirring constantly add broth and chickpeas adjust seasonings simmer for about 30 minutes then puree until smooth this might be pretty served with a fine sprinkling of sweet paprika and a swirl of olive oil posted by rae at 2 36 pm 15 comments saturday september 29 2007 fat free microwave granola dah dah dah ma ah nyah yahhhhhh that just about sums it up these days my conversations and thought processes no longer go beyond the babbling stage no it s worse than that i must confess i now find diaper talk actually interesting and the blob like progeny kinda cute yep that s right i have a serious case of the dreaded mommy brain you ve seen it around that weirdly blank blissed out look those still unkempt mothers wear in the presence of their young the precipitous decrease in survival skills is the middle of the road really the best place to stop and adjust a sock the inability to construct a complex non repetitive sentence and most horribly the belief that the babbling and yelling noises the flesh nuggets make whilst attempting to master the fine art of speech even in public is somehow endearing please kill me now the fat loud farting spawn formerly known as worm is now 7 months old head and limb control coupled with sumo like curves necessitated a change of moniker you can call her meatballs we do she got so fat that the only vacant spot on her body for the adipose nuggets to settle was the tops of her feet and toes thus transforming perfectly good anatomical parts into something better suited to lying atop a plate of spaghetti and did i mention the cellulite hers not mine i didn t know babies could get cellulite but enough of this breeder talk lets continue on to the heart of the matter fat free nuclear granola now let s not kid ourselves this thing you find hungry shoppers foraging for in the bulk bin aisle of the supermarket this thing called granola is often not all that healthy loaded down with sugar lots of oil a boatload of nuts and dried fruit it barely misses being a type of candy in my babbling opinion whole grains notwithstanding but people think it s a type of health food and therein lies the fatal error because you think it s good for you and because it does taste pretty good you end up okay so i m talking about myself here eating way way more than a single serving and so began my obsession with making my own less fatty and less sweet version for my my first attempts i used the oven crisping method and swapped out all or most of the oil with water or fruit juice this produced a granola that was not crispy but rather hard quite hard hard is not an adjective i want to use to describe my breakfast cereal three or four different recipes all yielded the same results just before throwing in the baby puke stained towel i nipped round to bryanna clark grogan s blog and what did mine eyes behold but a fat free granola recipe that used of all things the nuker well i thought to myself if the microwave can make perfect crispy fat free potato chips why couldn t it do the same for granola and as it turns out it can and does this method produces great crispy small batch granola with zero added oil the grains flavorings addition of fruit or nuts can all be adjusted to taste who knew granola could be so much fun this could even make a good project with a kid to check out the original recipe go to bryanna s blog and search for granola oil free microwave coconut maple granola 2 cups rolled wholegrain cereal i like a mixture of oatmeal spelt barley and kamut flakes 3 4 cups whole grain flour i use a mixture of wheat and rye 1 2 cup wheat oat or rice bran 1 3 cup maple syrup 1 2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 4 teaspoon salt 1 4 teaspoon coconut extract put everything into a bowl and mix around with your grubby little fingers cover the rotating glass carousel of your nuker with waxed paper and spread grains directly on top taking care to spread evenly this is for a large microwave if yours is smaller cook in multiple batches cook on hi for 3 minutes stir and spread out flat again cook for 3 more minutes and let stand for at least 3 minutes to dry out depending on the power and size of your microwave these cooking times may need to be adjusted slightly before you find the perfect timing the first time out watch it like a hawk cause it can burn really really fast posted by rae at 2 45 pm 14 comments monday july 02 2007 vegan cupcakes take over the world gorgeous yes yesterday i attended my first toddler birthday party something me and my silver filled mouth would have avoided like the dentist during my pre breeding days however after being marooned at home all day every day for the past four plus months with the one way street known as baby the thought of frolicking with those screeching little baboons and their harried exhausted anemic mothers suddenly seemed like fun that is how far i ve fallen it didn t hurt that the proud papa of the birthday baboon lured me over with promises of a virgin bottle of makers mark a promise he made good on i and my throbbing head might mention i suspect that many a parent snuck into the liquor cabinet for a bit of courage to help them through that afternoon wailers screechers territorial pissers chest thumpers nose pickers even a furtive masturbator were present gazing out at the scene through my amber filled glass of bravado i could not help but note that we truly do share much in common with our simian brethren i also could not help but note that perhaps the worst is yet to come you see worm and i have entered into a honeymoon phase of sorts she can hold her own head up make eye contact grasp things in her fat little fingers and make hideous pre speech croakings in the scratchy voice of a wizened old drunken hooker it doesn t hurt that i ve also almost forgotten what life before was like and that i m resigned to the fact that i will never ever never again get a good long uninterrupted nights sleep so i guess things are good the neck cheese is being held in check with daily harvestings and most importantly she can not yet locomote or talk back ah the salad days so for the two year old baboon s birthday i made cupcakes 96 all vegan i thought it a good opportunity to test out some recipes from vegan cupcakes take over the world without being obligated to eat more than a few dozen pictured here are the banana split and mint chocolate cupcakes i also made fauxstess cupcakes with a mocha buttercream frosting in place of the ganache a raspberry filled vanilla cupcake topped with buttercream frosting and a fresh raspberry very pretty and a plain chocolate batch everyone liked them the parents of those with dairy and nut allergies appreciated the un nutty vegan ness of it all the other adults were surprised that vegan could taste good and the screeching baboons appreciated the mounds of frosting with which they painted their faces sculpted their hair and hid in their pockets remind me to never buy toddler clothes with pockets it s just asking for trouble my favorite was the chocolate mint cupcakes chocolate and mint go so well together and the green frosting is fun however i must admit that i used the fauxstess cupcake base to which i added mint extract instead of the chocolate cupcake recipe in the book although the banana split cupcake was pretty i found the cake itself to be quite dense almost muffin like but this is often an issue with vegan baked goods i also omitted the chocolate and preserves swirl opting instead for a more classic banana flavor if you re vegan and jonesing for cupcakes i recommend picking up a copy of this book there are some interesting flavors chai or margarita cupcakes anyone excellent buttercream recipes and lots of fun decorating ideas also be on the lookout for isa and terry s next cookbook veganomicon the ultimate vegan cookbook chocolate mint cupcakes the cupcake 1 cup flour 1 4 cup cocoa powder 3 tablespoons black cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 2 teaspoon baking soda 1 4 teaspoon salt 1 cup plain rice or soymilk 1 4 cup canola oil 1 2 cup maple syrup 1 4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract preheat the oven to 350 and line a 12 muffin tin with paper cupcake liners spray with the liners with canola spray to prevent sticking sift together the flour cocoa powders baking powder baking soda and salt in another bowl combine the rice milk oil maple syrup sugar vinegar and vanilla beat at medium speed for about two minues add the dry ingredients to the wet and beat for about another minute to combine fill each cupcake liner about 2 3 full and bake for about 25 30 minutes remove from oven and allow to fully cool mint icing 1 4 cup non hydrogenated shortening 3 cups powdered sugar 1 4 cup plus 1 tablespoon soy creamer or soymilk 1 1 2 teaspoons mint extract 1 2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 drop green food coloring cream the shortening for a few minutes until soft this is easiest using a stand mixer but can be done with a handheld mixer or a fork as long as the shortening is at room temperature add 1 cup of the powdered sugar and a few splashes of the soycreamer mix to incorporate and continue to alternate until all the powdered sugar is used up and the frosting is at the desired consistency add vanilla and mint ganache you may want to halve or third this amount depending on how much you want to use 3 tablespoons soycreamer or soymilk 1 3 semisweet chocolate chips melt chocolate and soycreamer on top of a double boiler or in the microwave until smooth and runny be careful not to burn or the chocolate will seize up and become bitter to assemble use a piping bag with a large star tip to frost cupcakes place a dollop of ganach on top you could alternately decorate with1 2 a newman mint o cookie or even a sprig of fresh mint posted by rae at 3 07 pm 19 comments thursday may 17 2007 lazy man s no 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