Happy Thanksgiving!

11/25/10

It's Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everybody has a GREAT day of thanks and, of course, food!
Here are some of the things I made today!

Chocolate Meringue Cookies
Adapted from food network mag. Giada De Laurent's

3 Egg whites in room temp.
pinch of salt
3/4 c. powdered sugar
2 t. cocoa powder
1/4 t. vanilla extract

1. With a hand mixer with a whisk attachment, whip the egg whites and salt until frothy.
2. Add powdered sugar 1 tablespoon at a time. Then add cocoa cream of tarter and vanilla. Whisk until
stiff peaks form. (3~5 min?)
3. On a parchment lined baking sheet place dollops of the meringue batter (about 1/2 to 1/4c.) and bake for 30 min. After this, rotate and bake for another 30 min. Then turn off the oven and leave it for 2 hours!
*Just because it's easy, it doesn't mean it's fast!!!*
Enjoy!!!!!

Pumpkin Cheesecake
recipe adapted by the SoNo Bakery Co. Cookbook

Materials needed:
-Roasting pan
-9x2 in. cake pan
-Hand or stand mixer

Gram Crust:
1 1/2 c. gram cracker crumbs
6 T. canola oil or melted butter
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 t. cinnamon

1. Combine everything and press down into buttered cake pan (9x2 in.) Set aside

Filling:
1 c. light brown sugar
pinch of salt
1 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. nutmeg
1/4 t. ginger
1 T. flour
16 oz. cream cheese at room temp.
15 oz. can of pumpkin puree
1T. soy milk
4 T. flax seeds with 6 T. water, whisk together to make paste

1. Combine all the ingredients form the sugar to the flour. Set aside
2. With a hand mixer or a stand mixer beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy about 3~4 min. Gradually add the dry mixture. Then add the pumpkin and the soy milk. Mix well. Lastly add the flax seed paste and mix that well.
3. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees and set water to boil for a water bath
4. Pour the filling into the prepared cake pan.
+This is the most dangerous and important step! FOLLOW WHAT IT SAYS OR IT WILL BECOME A PEACE OF SHITAKI!!+
5.Put the roasting pan in the middle of the oven, place the cheese cake into the pan, and pour the hot water inside, filling about 1/2 way up the cake. When you are taking out the cake, do the opposite thing of what you did to put the cake in the oven! Take out the cake FIRST. Take out the hot pan LAST
6. Bake for 1 1/2 hours. When you take it out, it will jiggle a little bit in the center, but ignore it! IT IS DONE!
7. Take out and leave it on the counter until it is in room temp. After it has cooled, chill it for at least 6 hours or over night. 

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

Pictures of Life Now

11/23/10

Here's what's cook'n:

-I think I failed the math quiz... :(
-I think I did good on the Spanish quiz! :)
-I think I'm loosing more pounds! :)
-Tomorrow's a 1/2 day! SUSHI FOR LUNCH!! :D
-I don't like, nor do I hate, my math teacher... I wish she can be a little bit more kinder... :(
-I'm on chapter 9 on To Kill a Mocking Bird when I should be on chapter 14.. :(

3 YES!'s and 6 NO!'s... I have to keep telling myself that life is good....!

Diet so far....

11/22/10

It was a LONG time since I have blogged anything!
I hoped for some comments but NOPE!!
What's wrong? It's free to do so!

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BEFORE LEAVING

Palee's Food

11/6/10

Today was the day I took the PLAN test, and I guess it was ok.....
I mean, I didn't get to finish everything because of the limited time, but
lunch was GREAT~~~!!

I went to a Thai restaurant in Mesa (link: http://www.paleecrown.com/)
The place was called Palee's Crown. I found an article about that place
and I really was in the mood for Thai.

When we arrived, we ordered pad-thai, a small bowl of tom yum, and a small bowl of wonton soup.
The pad-thai was AWESOME....................... ! The tom yum was a little too sour for me and mom, but the
wonton was SUPER DOOPER............................................!
Then we had homemade coconut ice cream and sticky rice.... It was really sweet and I liked that one also!
Hey, girls have to spoil themselves sometimes right? hehe... I don't think I would eat dessert as sweet as that one though... A little too sweet I suppose.

Anyways, it was a really good day!

A New Club

11/5/10

Ok, so I LOVE Greek culture. I love mythology, I love Greek food, and I love their history!!
I love everything about them, so me and my friend in English class went to a teacher, who loves Greece also,
is making a Greek Club in school now!!!

If you go to Pinnacle High school (in Arizona) please fill in your name in the sign up sheets in these following
class rooms:

• Mrs. McCauley's class room (or clase in Spanish!)
• Mrs. Fizz's class room
• Mr. Talcott's class room
• Mrs. Hodder's class room

Also, if you have a comment or question about this club, don't be shy to leave a comment!!!

THANKS YA'LL~~!

PLAN Test

11/5/10

Tomorrow, I'm going to take the PALN tes which is a pre-test of the SAT
or whatever it's called. It lasts for 4 hours!!!!!! AHHAHAHHHHHAHH!!!
NO!!! I don't want to do this.... Oh well... I bet I'm gonna get a D or something...

WISH ME LUCK!!!