Heart Cooks Brain

So a couple days ago I said goodbye to my pinky phase, and traded it for a barfy-copper phase. Sometime within the next few weeks I'm gonna' be neutralizing the crap out of it and then going for a fishbowl blue spectrum. :D I also put aloe in it for the first time ever tonight, so it felt right to make a post. Very active week for the locs. [before] [after]...

Two Roads Diverged : Chapter 1

... the down low. It's okay, flyboy. Nobody out here cares who you're frakking. "She's good," he finally answered. I'll bet she is. "Wanted some bread for lunch," he added. "Oh, and she cooks, too," Ellen teased. "Haven't you found yourself a keeper?" Maybe she could keep you a little busier. "She does what she can," he said, giving her a half-smile. He picked up a loaf of bread and ...

Thanksgiving food variations

... zest, add one bag fresh local cranberries. Also about 1/4 cup brown sugar (there not being any white sugar in the house for some reason). Start simmering over a very low heat because you want to sweat the moisture out of the berries before the oj cooks off. When it starts liquifying, add a good solid dash each of ginger and cinnamon. Cook, covered, until a good stir breaks up every last berry.

Best Banana Bread

More pictures, tips, and recipe at my blog HERE As always, recipe behind cut as well. Recipe adapted from Cooks Illustrated Ingredients * 2 cups all purpose flour (unbreached) and some for dusting * 1 1/4 cups walnuts coarse chop (optional) * 3/4 cup sugar * 3/4 teaspoon baking soda * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 3 very ripe bananas mashed well * 1/4 cup plain yogurt * 2 large eggs ...

Best Banana Bread

More pictures, tips, and recipe at my blog HERE As always, recipe behind cut as well. Recipe adapted from Cooks Illustrated Ingredients * 2 cups all purpose flour (unbreached) and some for dusting * 1 1/4 cups walnuts coarse chop (optional) * 3/4 cup sugar * 3/4 teaspoon baking soda * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 3 very ripe bananas mashed well * 1/4 cup plain yogurt * 2 large eggs ...

... and we're all so tired of seeing him. Theres nothing like feeling awkward in your own kitchen or living room because someone's boyfriend is just chilling in HER dressing gown drinking tea while she cooks him dinner/breakfast/lunch because apparently he can't cook for himself, or trying to watch a movie with him and her cuddling and coohing and ahing and baby voicing and stroking each other on the...

..., a pentecostal lady that has been raised Pentacostal, lives pentacostal, and is an upstanding member of her church's community, is ashamed to death of the son that cheated on his wife, and doesn't swear and cooks like you -wouldn't believe- and leaves baked goods on the table in the break room for all to feast on. And peanut brittle that'll rot your teeth out of your head, and you will think it's...

Fic: The Parade Preoccupation (1/1, NC-17)

... more products that we might consider purchasing. While they are not required, they would provide additional options for our guests that they might find both nutritious and hopefully edible, depending upon which one of us cooks them." There's enough stuff between the front and back to feed, well, if not an entire army, then at least a platoon, and so far Penny's only planned for her and the boys....

I Feel Fantastic

... one/ Their hearts and their bones/ And they won't come undone' and Meredith was saying how much she had always liked that line. I was singing Train in the Distance - 'Once in while, he makes her laugh/ She cooks a meal or two' which seemed more apt to me, for me. I would say this is a milestone, but as I go to say it, the whole concept of milestones appears weird. It's been an honour, Alex? ...

[Fanfic] Thanksgiving Dinner

... while Rhode Island was leaning towards the short side. She was still a proud 4 feet, six inches. And the turkey was just around that size. Weighing incomprehensibly heavy. But nevertheless, the tireless cooks emerged from the black depths of the dark kitchen. Bringing forth into the light, the glory of Thanksgiving. The turkey. Waiting for the girls to take a seat, America stood up. Towering ...