Bipolar Blueberry Cobbler

How I hate thee, no how I love thee, now I am depressed, now I am happy, let me run around and get a million things done, where is my medication!!!!!!!! Simmer down now, let me focus, to feel any real sense of myself I need to make others happy so I spent most of the day baking this cobbler (actually it only took an hour, feel the martyrdom, feel sorry for me). Wow I have feelings, I didn't know desert brought out the best in me. Well anyhow the recipe came from Allrecipes and I doubled it except the sugar, it looked like it was too much sugar after 1 cup was sprinkled on the berries. I think I put too much dough on it and had to do a emergency cut in the middle, so hopefully it will turn out. Stay tuned until next time,

the psychotic kid.

Ingredients

• 5 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 cup white sugar, or to taste
• 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoon butter, melted
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 8 teaspoons baking powder
• 12 tablespoons white sugar
• 10 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups milk
• 4 teaspoons sugar
• 2 pinches ground cinnamon

Directions

Lightly grease an 13 x 9 inch square baking dish. Place the blueberries into the baking dish, and mix with vanilla and lemon juice. Sprinkle with 1 cup of sugar and 1 teaspoon of flour, then stir in the tablespoon of melted butter. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and sugar. Rub in the butter using your fingers, or cut in with a pastry blender until it is in small pieces. Make a well in the center, and quickly stir in the milk. Mix just until moistened. You should have a very thick batter, or very wet dough. You may need to add a splash more milk. Cover, and let batter rest for 10 minutes.





Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spoon the batter over the blueberries, leaving only a few small holes for the berries to peek through. Mix together the cinnamon and 2 teaspoons sugar; sprinkle over the top.


Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is golden brown. A knife inserted into the topping should come out clean - of course there will be blueberry syrup on the knife. Let cool until just warm before serving. This can store in the refrigerator for 2 days.

Co-dependent Carrot Cake

As the true co-dependent I am, I felt the pain Ms. Maggie was going through by not getting a carrot cake for her birthday. I just had to take care of one of my friends (at lease I think I am a friend, I could be a nuisance, who knows) and bake her a carrot cake. Of course I always have an ulterior motive, like for instance; to get a free diet Pepsi now and then, get approval from my co-workers, be the center of attention for one fleeting second of my pathetic and lonely life. Please shed no tears for me, dam 'em up. So with the help of Sylvie's mixer I added a tablespoon of love, a dash of passion, and a cup of loooooove potion. So feel the love people, feel the love.

Recipe: From Cooks.com

THE BEST MOST MOIST CARROT CAKE THERE IS!

1 1/2 c. unsifted all-purpose flour 3/4 c. sugar 1/2 c. packed brown sugar 1 1/4 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. cinnamon 3 eggs 2 c. grated raw carrots 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/2 tsp. salt 3/4 c. vegetable oil 1/2 c. walnuts (if desired) Combine flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in large bowl. Beat eggs, oil and vanilla in small bowl. Add to dry ingredients and blend. Stir in carrots and walnuts (if desired). Pour into greased and floured 13x9x2 inch pan. Pour into greased and floured 13x9x2 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Cool and spread with frosting. FROSTING: 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened 1/4 c. butter 2 c. powdered sugar 1 tsp. vanilla Cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in powdered sugar until smooth. Stir in vanilla.

Not just the bar keep's friend

Buy this NOW!

I swear my range looked like it had survived a nuclear war. I have used everything on it. The orange clorox wipes that clean any spill I've made. I used steel wool which left slight scratches but that's not the optimal way to get a stovetop cleaned. Then, an aunt in Ohio told me to buy this and I swear my range top has never looked better!

Keep in mind that before I started, there were stains from the front burners to the back burners. Food stuck on, yellow stains, whatever you could think of.

It looks like this now:

Rum balls - a recipe from Kim Jenner

This is a recipe I got from a coworker and friend.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup confectioners sugar

1 tbs coca powder

1.5 tbs light corn syrup

1/4 cup finely ground pecans

1/4 cup rum

1.5 cups vanilla wafer crumbs (I substituted 1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs and 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs)

Mix all the ingredients except for the wafer crumbs till well mixed. Pour in the crumbs and mix into a dough. Pinch off little pieces and roll into balls. Roll the rum balls in confectioners sugar and store on wax paper in the fridge.

Tropical smoothie

Sorry for the emptiness here. I just bought the most awesome blender there ever was: The Osterizer!

Why I picked this over every other blender and shelled out a nice $120?
- 1000 Watts of power
- A really thick glass jar
- The claim that it can crush ice in seconds, which I already tested and proved

So, here's the recipe for the very first thing I made in my brand new blender:

Ingredients:
1 cup yogurt
1 lb or 750 grams mango - frozen or freshly sliced
1/2 cup mango or mango-pineapple juice
1 cup ice cubes



First, crush the ice in the blender; then, add the rest of the ingredients.



Blend it well. Pour and enjoy!



Hint: This is somewhat tart. If you like yours sweeter, add a banana and a 1/2 cup milk to the smoothie.

Pork Chops

Apologies up front, for not having step by step pictures, but I was in a hurry and wasn't sure how it would turn out. But, it turned out yummilicious, so here's the recipe.

Ingredients:

any number of chops, 1 inch thick
1/2 cup flour
salt
black pepper
garlic powder
cayenne pepper
fennel seeds
2 tablespoons vegetable oil

Sauce:
1 cup water
4 tablespoon ketchup
4 tablespoon soy sauce
4 tablespoon jam (marmalade, plum jam, strawberry jam, anything you like)

Heat oil in medium skillet till pinch of flour sizzles. Mix the flour, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, cayenne pepper to taste. Cover the chops on both sides with the flour mixture. Put into the hot oil and cover with fennel seeds. Brown on both sides over medium heat till brown.

Mix the sauce ingredients and pour over the pork chops. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes on medium heat. Spoon sauce over chops when serving.

I broke down

and bought a mixer. A heavy duty kitchen mixer with a dough hook and a splatter guard.

But, instead of spending over $300 on a Kitchenaid mixer, I bought the JCPenney brand Cooks mixer for $169.

The reasons behind this choice:

- The Cooks' mixer was almost half the price

- It has the same 5 quart capacity as the Kitchenaid

- It has a lot more power at 700 Watts than the 325 Watts Kitchenaid gives you

- It has 12 speed levels versus 10 (though this one wasn't really that big of a consideration)

Overall, I bought this so I could get my dough kneaded so I can make Indian flat bread: chapatis.