tania howells

crackers!

I love callling someone crackers, as in crazy kooky nuts.  This however is CRACKERS!  I made them last night after bedtime and before Italian gardens was on at 9.  It hasn't been on in ages- ha and look at that, its on you tube of course- but I was so exited to see it on the tv and had an hour to kill, so crackers it was!  I have been wanting to make them for a while as part of my "You mean I can actually make that myself?" campaign,  which is an offshoot of my "Holy crap I need to save money till I can get a job" program.  I got the recipe off pinterest and here, 101 cookbooks.   They're great!  Lovely with the hummus I made to go with them.  Triumph!  If Finch likes them, it will be even better.  I even got to finally use my ravioli cutter that I must have bought 15 years ago in a moment of inspiration.  It was very effective.

 

 

Oh and a super quick sketch for "What I wore Today drawings" on Flickr.  Don't you just LOVE these ones by Kittyvane??  I love them!

mochi!

I have never actually KNOWN what mochi was until last week.  I was at my grocery store and,  lo and behold!  "Japanese Style Green Tea Mochi- made in Taiwan".
I grabbed a box and tried it at home.  It has the most delightful squishy texture- SO squishy and soft and pleasing to hold, a bit funny to eat but all in all a good experience.
I am a big fan of textures in food- I love chocolate with rice krispies in it, I am crazy about slippery noodles in pho soup ( sorry Krissy -lol!) and I love food in its own packages- ravioli, burritos, dumplings, spring rolls, perogies!
So there you go- Mochi- yum!
Now I want some molten chocolate cake...

granola to eat, coffee to stop drinking

Ever since I saw the post on Little Birds about home made granola, which included a recipe, I have been making it for us here at casa t & p. This coincided with the getting of a gift of homemade granola as a housewarming thing. It was so yummy. So Now I am hooked, I finally have a breakfast that I really enjoy eating day after day ( I have it with yogurt and berries) that is also healthy too, unlike toast which is just fine but gets a bit dull and too sweet with the jam I like. Anyway, here is a fresh batch made this morning to be given to my immediate co-workers. I am feeling a bit scroogey about gifts this year which is due to mostly discovering that we have way way too much stuff and so who needs to recieve more? I am all over food as gifts but we will see how far I get with that. I am also feeling a tad LAZY this year as well. Deck the halls!

This is a picture of one of the last cups of coffee I intend to have for a while. At the time I did not realise it would be one of the last and I did not treat it as such. I was just a bit early for work after running various errands so I treated myself. But this is it!! A caffeine break! I am completely not exited about it. I need coffee to get exited.
I love my coffee and my tea but what the heck, time for a break. I will buy that instant "coffee substitute" drink made of acorns and barley I saw at the store. MM!