I Ate. and Died. and went straight to Heaven.

Good 'Fill-Your-Tummy' Morning!

At work, all of my lovely co-workers are baking PHENOMS. And that's an understatment. Today a co-worker brought in Oatmeal Cinnamon Chip Cookies. Please just take a guess as what the main ingredients are... CINNAMON {mmmmmm}, OATMEAL, and CRAISINS. Probably the epitome of greatness in edible form. UPDATE: These are my newest, delectably, sweet and savory favorite cookie! A little overdramatic? Well, it was well worth it. So go on and sink your nibblers into this treat. Golly-gee, sink them into the whole batch. No one has to know. And just to save you from googling your heart out for this recipe [which isn't even a family-guarded recipe that was passed down from generation and generation of cinnamon harvesters, oh no this is a recipe for the public].

{Cinnamony delicious-ness}

Prep Time: TWENTY [20] precious minutes

Cook Time: TEN [10] magical minutes

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened

1 cup packed light brown sugar

1/3 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2-1/2 cups quick-cooking oats

1-2/3 cups (10-oz. pkg.) HERSHEY'S Cinnamon Chips {tasty good-ness}

3/4 cup craisins {delectableeee}

BAKE THAT!

-Uno-
Heat oven to 350°F.

-Dos-

Beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in bowl until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Combine flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture, beating well. Stir in oats, cinnamon chips and raisins (batter will be stiff-a-liff). Drop by HEAPING teaspoons unto ungreased cookie sheet.

-Tres-

Bake 10 to 12 minutes on until lightly browned{beauty}.
Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
About quatro [4] dozen.

GET CREATIVE! Make it into a BAR. 

Spread batter into lightly greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350°F. for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool; cut into bars. About 3 dozen bars.

Go on with your bad self a bake these little buddies up!

Have a finger-lickin', cookie-nibblin' TUESDAY.

[Rae]

Weekend Shmeekend.

Why Hello There!

This past weekend I was blessed by reuniting with a friend from college. We ventured downtown for the monthly FIRST FRIDAY, with the little seester and her comrade in crime. It was a magical time captured by photography of my dear friend, Tony [aka Tone Tone].  It was a blast filled with delectable treats and refreshments found at my haven, Prince Street Cafe.  After filling our tummys, we hiked over to Queen Street to explore some galleries [sketchy galleries at that.. pretty creepy but SOOOOO worth it for these legit pictures] and all the heavenly vintage shops. I was in my glory friday night.

{one day I will own one of these puppys}

Hope you have a tea-drinking Monday!

[Rae]

Vegans and Dorms and Birthdays Oh MY!

DAY TWO is complete and although I endured temptatious dinner my amigos parents made me... I denied the meat. Whhhaaaat?! OKAY! Yes, me. I passed on the meat portion of the meal. As delectable as it smelled/looked and probably tasted I was a-okay with my mac-and-cheese and peas please. I just filled this rumbling tummy with some tasty pineapple and watermelon to top this baby off. PLUS or minus the choco-choclately chip cookies and chocolate peanut butter icing cake. I have realized that without meat, cheese in any form has filled in the appropriate spot in my heart and may or may not be found at some point with each meal I devour.  Three cheers for cheese! cheese! Cheese! CHEESE! From grilled cheese, cheese quesoDILLas[like Napolean Dynamite?], mac-n-cheese, grapes and cheese I have experienced and cherished it all. Personally, I feel like I've accomplished something.. granted it may not be world hunger, but shooooot you gotta start somewhere!

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On a completely different topic, I'm working with producers for a new reality show. Extreme Makeover: Dorm Edition. Okay well the working with producers part is a false statement BUT it would be pretty cool I must admit. Instead I'm recruiting the help of my stylish and expert amiga who is also an interior designer and my artsy, over-flowing with creations, unorganized (like myself) friend Snave.  With our brains there's bound to be some creative juices flowing.  I'm not gonna lie to you I'm pretty stoked. I even bought carpet for the room. KRAAAAZY. And I'm doing this project for under.... well cheap. I haven't figured out a spending cap for a poor college kid like myself. I do have tons of DIY projects that I'm going to take under my belt.[thanks to Design*Sponge--who is also publishing a book of sweet stuff like DIY [obviously], city guides, trend forecasting, recipes, and much moreeee.] {This should be interesting} I'll be sure to photo document that. 

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One final note for the lads and lassies tuning in. Yesterday. Yes, not today the 30th of the month July but indeed the 29th was my dearest/best friend/roomie/fellow RA/dormer's BIG NINETEENTH birthday. Her last year being a teen [mine too but enough about me]. So I only saw it fitting to wish her a big ol' BLOGGY BLOG birthday and share that with my bloggy friends! Wish you could've shared in the delicioso cake with us, but it was indeed homemade and made my tummy tum tum happy.

{we know how to bring the FUNK!}

{True Roomie Love}

{Real Happy Camper}

I wish you all happy--days/DIYs/birthdays{to come}/challenges!!

Peace and blessings to all and to all a good night day.

Smiles all around.

[Rae]

To eat meat or NOT eat meat..{that is the question}

So I'll lay it out to you flat folks. Let's be real here, I'm a lover of food. BIG, small, sweet, salty, fruitilicious, veggified, even MEAT-- I apologize to all my vegetarian pals out there. Anywho, what I'm trying to say is I'm going to take on the challengy challenge of eating entirely NO MEEEAAAT <|-- [Please say this in your slowest/deepest/dramatic voice possible, thank you] for a week, two weeks, (okay I won't take it too far until I see what I'm getting myself into). Heck! I might as well try some tofu while I'm at it. I'm ready for the challenge! Bring on the works, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes--yummy!, blueberries, mango, raspberry! I want it all.. and will stop at nothing. One more thing. Why start this week of meatless feasting on a wednesday, you ask? Because I like to keep you on your toes, plus I'm a wee bit out of the ordinary.

[good-bye dear meat--disclaimer do not fret, NOT really dear meat, just a term of endearment]

[It's time to put down the steak knife]

{Special appearnce by a dear friend, pal, buckaroo, encourager, curly-headed gal that answers to the name of Snavey Snave Snave}

{Peace out Big Mac!}

[here's to veggies! hopefully my face will show a little more enjoyment next time]

So family, friends, young, old wise, short, gigantic, average, extravagant, bland, outraaaegeous
(...is that enough? I think, yes.)...
lend me your questions, comments, and concerns.. and any EDIBLE recipes, (preferrably best ways to approach the tofu epidemic).

Peace and blessings partners,

[Rae]

Scrumptious Snackety Snack!

While I attempted to cross of baking a delectable batch of brownies last night... it did not happen. You see, I had ALL of the ingredients and even the oil to grease the pan. But sadly, no pan. NO PAN?!, you ask! Yes, no pan.. so fail on the baking expertise. But the non-solid form was absolutely scrumptious!

{the batter is quite delectable if I must say so myself}

However, I did cross shhomething off my, list and that shhomething is-- drum roll peas and thank you-- [500] days of summer (rahhh rahhhh.. and the crowd goes wild!!) Anywho that was quite the movie.. loved the indie-ness of it and had a kraaaazy ending |crazy with a k, folks| Chyeah I know! And if you haven't seen it then.. run forest! Run to the nearest Redbox/Local Library/Blockbuster/locally-run movie store and rent that baby NOW! Aaaand if you have any more suggestions on movies containing similar qualities such as.. the Iraq {Miss America reference?} Then hook a sister up!

{okay for this photo reference: imagine that duck is named, [500] Days of summer, and my sister is chasing after it because "Mr. Ducky" is just that good.}

But for now Peace and Blessings all!

--Rae