Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Chocolate cake!

My 10 yr old niece made this the other day for my mom's bday celebration and her other grandparents anniversary. 

So moist and so delicious.

(also this is me preparing to see if I can cut out eggs and dairy from my diet..)

No Dairy Chocolate Cake

★★★★★

Makes: 12 to 16 | Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients:

• 3 cups (750 mL) all purpose flour
• 2 cups (500 mL) granulated sugar ((1 3/4 c palm sugar)
• 2/3 cups (150 mL) cocoa powder
• 2 tsp (10 mL) baking soda
• 1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
• 2 cups (500 mL) cold coffee or water
• 1 cup (250 mL) vegetable oil
• 2 tsp (10 mL) vanilla
• 3 tbsp (45 mL) cider vinegar

Directions:

In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Whisk in coffee, oil and vanilla. Stir in vinegar.

Prepare pans as per below. Pour in batter, smoothing top.

Bake in 350°F (180°C) oven until cake tester inserted into centre comes out clean (see below for times).

Let cool for 10 minutes. Invert onto rack and remove pan. Remove paper; let cool completely.

Metal Pan Size:

One 13- x 9-inch (3.5 L) cake pan; Grease and line with parchment paper; Bake 30 to 35 minutes.

Metal Pan Size:

Two 8-inch (1.2 L) or 9-inch (1.5 L) round cake pans; Grease and line with parchment paper; Bake 20 to 25 minutes.

Metal Pan Size:

Two 8-inch (2 L) or 9-inch (2.5 L) square cake pans; Grease and line with parchment paper; Bake 20 to 25 minutes.

Metal Pan Size:

24 muffin cups for cupcakes; Grease or line with paper cups; Bake 18 to 20 minutes.

Nutritional Info:

Per each of 16 servings: about cal 312 pro 3g total fat 14g sat. fat 1g carb 45g fibre 2g chol 0mg sodium 231mg potassium 134mg % RDI: calcium 1 iron 12 folate 22

Source: http://www.canadianliving.com/food/easy_chocolate_cake.php

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Cocomels

Cocomels Coconut Milk CaramelsI must say, these are soooooo delicious!
A lovely find at Foodland Pape Market. I stopped in to see what they had and they have a bunch of lovely stuff! Even zucchini pasta!! The owner even had time to answer my question as to which spiralator he uses to make the pasta. (They are great but you know at $5.99/ tub of pasta,  I'm gona try to make my own zucchini pasta - that mini hand held one from Kitchen stuff plus just doesnt cut it)

Anyways, Cocomels! These yummy nuggets are Gluten free and Dairy free!

Pearly whites

I gauge the whiteness of my teeth by the whiteness of my eyes... when they are not red of course.

Tuesday, 21 March 2017

"in confidante"

usage: can I ask you something in confidante?

defn: not only in secret, but a secret of regal importance. One should feel privileged to hear something in confidante. A very very important secret.

(addition to Jossipedia files)

Time

Ma had her bday the other day...
Missing my folks, yet I see them weekly....
The niece and nephew seem to be a decade older already, as I look back at their munchkin pics of years past .....
Friends are heading away....
Health of people I know has been a reality check...
So much has happened already in the last 5 yrs...

What have I really done to show them that I cherish them all so?

.......realizing that there seems to be never enough time on this earth to spend with the ppl you love.

Tuesday, 14 March 2017

one of the best feelings

is when you know someone has your back...

Monday, 13 March 2017

Can't beat the real thing...

I have confirmed my assumption,
Dairy free, gluten free and soy free Mac-and-cheezy
ain't so yummy.
Despite what the cashier at Whole Foods said.

Friday, 10 March 2017

sugar addict

D: sugar. It owns you.
Me: I'm its bitch lol

yea, gotta do something about my love of sweets, not a good thing....

shopping size

Some clothing stores have such a disparity in size even it is only one size difference:

size 2 = busting-out-sausage fit

next size up:

size 4 = swimming-in-a-garbage-bag fit.


Guess I just have to choose which of these attractive looks I am going for then......



Monday, 6 March 2017

Redundasize

Redundasize

Repeat something over and over until it becomes true, or becomes second nature or instinct; to emphasize a point, in case they never got it the first few times; to repeat a saying/theory over and over until it becomes fact; repeat an action until it becomes an innate reflex. Repeat something until it makes other people sick or until people finish the sentence because they heard it before or initiates an instinctive "eye roll" motion or the hand in the face with the words "I get it" reaction.

Redundasize, sounds kinda jazzy huh? I like it.

(addition to my jossipedia files)