Soooooo old now...

Ok. So my birthday was a while a ago. I've just been really really slow at updating.
Jackson bought me this really fancy cake from eu Claire de lune, the French bakery by our house. It not only looked good, but it was super delicious.

I will be blogging about the appetizers we made for the party later. Also coming soon, making fresh green tea pasta?

Laters...

What to make?? You decide...kind of...

It happened again...

I am SICK!! I'm already pass my first stage of denial and is now just hoping that I'll heal in time to party like crazy on Saturday.

I'm currently in the process of deciding the menu on Saturday, so if you read this in time and has a preference or suggestion, leave a comment and I'll try my best to satisfy you:)

Blog Neglect...

Well you can say I have what is called a baker's block. You know it's like a writer's block, but it happens to bakers. I've lost all motivation to bake this past little while. If I do bake something, it is because I have to. For example, a Thanksgiving potluck. I really don't know what to bake, I know there are thousands of recipes I haven't tried, but every time I flip through my baking books, I just don't want to start anything. Must be the laziness kicking in.

But I also had this theory that I'm just not craving sweets lately and that's why I haven't been baking. Jackson's made multiply trips to Eau Claire Du Lune and brought back lots of yummy deserts but I just have no desire to eat them. WHATS WRONG WITH ME!!! Not wanting sweets?!?!?! I must be crazy.

The Great Bake exchange is coming up, maybe that'll get rid of my baker's block. Should be fun, look for the event post on Facebook to get all the details.

Sadly I don't even have filler pictures for you to look at. You'll just have to read through this post and be disappointed that it's a pointless post about absolutely nothing..haha treated you!!

Until next time...if you're still reading my blog:)

My favorite popsicle from childhood

This is my fav. Popsicle from when I was little. Dont buy it often..I already ate two! It's so good:)
Red bean milk Popsicle

Camera happy...

Borrowed my dad's new camera and went camera happy at the Zoo...

Oh...and at home too...

oh my...it's been too long..

Alright, so I've been neglecting my blog..so much for setting goals. *FAIL*

So you would think a person that's only working one day a week should be able to accomplish a lot of things. Well, now that I'm not on a schedule and don't HAVE TO do things if I don't want to, because it's all my own goals and hobbies, it's really hard to get things done. I guess I'm just not very self motivated, I need my environment or people to get me to do things...*sigh* that is so sad if you think about it. I really wish I can be more hard working when it comes to accomplishing goals:P

You might be wondering what the heck have I been doing...well...I've been Youtubing. I don't have TV(cable) at home, so....that's what I get, is Youtube. And surprisingly you can spend way more time watching Youtube videos than watching TV. There's just so much STUFF to watch.

Okay, enough chit chat...

It's Saturday and J and I went to Galaxie Diner (1413 11th St. SW Calgary, AB) for a late lunch. They have great all day breakfast and lunch there...there's always a line up.

Here's my attempt at a nice photo:) they have the best chocolate milkshake!! DA BEST!!

J's turn..what was I looking at??

I ordered an Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon on a toasted croissant....hm...so good! and unlimited hash browns...Leo would love this!

J ordered a Chicken Club House. Too Much food...

hm...can you tell we enjoyed our food?!?!?

I think this should hold my persistent reader *S.Ng* over for a while:P:P

Until next time...(who know when that will be=)

I'm sooo tired...and...Mmm...cake pops

ok, so i just spent the last 4 hours doing work on the computer. It is now almost 1am. My brain is a little slow, my eyes a little dry, and I'm making lots of mistakes while typing which is making me more annoyed at my tiredness.

In my last post I said I would post about my clam chowder...well I'm very Very sorry to disappoint, I totally forgot to take pictures..:(..What I can tell you is that it was yummy.

I did take pictures of my ice cream cake pops or cake pop ice creams..what ever..I'm too tired to think. Just know that they are NOT real ice creams...apparently one of the youth thought it was ice cream and was sadly disappointed when he ate it.

The pictures below are ones I made for my students as a year end present. I also make a big batch for YAC on Friday, with the help of G.Hung, E.Wong and P.Tsui. Oh..and S.Ng and H.Wong who helped sampling to make sure they were alright:P And A.Tsui who supervised the whole process.

That's all for now...my brain need sleep...

Steak Meat Pies

A while back I made steak meat pies from scratch. I forgot that I had taken pictures of them. I got the recipe online. Unfortunately I didn't make a note of which website it was from, and it was a while ago so I can't remember. But if you search meat pies in google I'm sure you'll find a good recipe to use.

For the filling I just fried together carrots, potatoes, celery (you can use what ever veggies you like) and green peas(eww...). Add steak (or what ever meat you preferr). Combine with beef stock and cream of mushroom soup.

I used a regular pie crust recipe. Bake until golden brown. I will definitely make this again, it was fun to make and yummy to eat!

Stay tune for my clam chowder and ice cream cake pops post coming very soon....

Top 5 things I want to accomplish this summer...

Summer is here, that means the school year is ending very very soon:) <---- How do you do a really big smiley face? Having two months off with no work is pretty sweet. I've been thinking about all the projects that I want to do this summer. And I've put them all in a list, so at the end of summer I can see just how much I didn't accomplish and feel very badly about it<----for those that know me,I'm a bit of a procrastinator...we'll see how this goes:P

My Top 5:

- Bake something new each week

- Cook something new each week

- Organize my kitchen<---every baker/chef need a well organized work space!

- Build a giant book shelf for my book collection <---my book collection is starting to grow with more baking/cook books

- Finish renovations on the house

I'll try to post updates or even better "before and after" pictures, like those home magazines.

If you have good ideas for organizing kitchens, or what I should bake/cook, leave me a comment:)

hm...off with their heads!

I was away at YC(Christian youth conference) in Edmonton this pass weekend with some friends from church. It was my first time at YC, needless to say, I am no longer a youth, so my verdict for the weekend.....*drum roll pls*

It was awesome!!! No one can party it up the teenagers! The bands were pretty awesome. The speakers - awesome! The people I went with...well the girls were pretty awesome,as for the boys...if they would only stay awake they are pretty awesome too. My love for Starfield has now been rekindled!! Thanks to Dana;)

Hold on a minute...isn't this blog about food? Yes, yes it is. (did I just answer my own question?!?! weirdo!) Honestly, I have not baked or cooked anything that is worthy of a post. Unless you want to see the deluxe gon jai mean(comment if you like instant noodles!!) I made for lunch today:P

These are cupcakes I made a while ago for Jackson's work, some project got cancelled and they were having a "memorial" for the project. They may not look very nice, but they sure were tasty:)

Chocolate Cupcakes with Coconut icing and Peach penguins

until next time...