Homemade PeanutButter Cup Brownies

For my dad's birthday I made him brownies from scratch.  Most years he chooses whatever he wants and I make it as a present. He likes it better than any present I could buy for him and I do too. I'm not cheap (straight face).
Fudge Peanut-Butter Cup Brownies
Recipe adapted from King Arthur Flour

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups cocoa powder
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
  
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 cup mini peanut butter cups

1.Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9×13 baking dish.
2. In small saucepan over low heat, melt butter completely. Stir in sugar and continue cooking for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly. Do not allow sugar mixture to boil.
3.  Pour butter mixture into a large bowl or stand mixer, beat in cocoa powder, eggs, salt, baking powder, and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined.
4. Stir in the flour and peanut butter cups until well combined.
5. Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes, until a tester comes out mostly clean. The edges should be set and the center should still look slightly moist, but not uncooked.  Cool on a wire rack.

Veggie Burgers

I have not always been a vegetarian but I have always loved veggie burgers. Frozen ones are good,  but the microwave

scares me (not really but I know it chemically alters food or something) so I tried making some of my own. This recipe

is from"Oh She Glows" . Its the best she says, and I like it too!  Especially with vegan miso mayo, relish, avocado, sprouts, and lettuce.

Honey/ Honig

I've decided to take a step toward becoming a "Crunchy Betty" and use honey to wash my face. I already use Dr.Weils Origins skin products but they are much more expensive than what Crunchy Betty suggests. I still like what i've been using but now I also put raw honey on my face in the morning and leave it on for a few minutes before I wash it off.  Honey is a natural antioxidant and has anti-microbial properties that can help protect your skin from sun damage, it supports the skin's ability to rejuvenate and refresh depleted skin, and it leaves skin feeling very soft and smooth! In addition, it can treat minor acne caused by hormonal changes and heal scars. Honey absorbs impurities from the pores, making it an ideal cleansing agent, its cheap (I could of bought 52 bear fulls of honey instead of my last origins purchase).

Los Osos

My mom and I have been considering running a 10k race in October called "The Spooner's Cove Trail Run." We wanted to see what it was like so we went and hiked around, as you can see it was very pretty. Also someone wearing skull shoes left a perfect imprint in the dirt for me to take a picture of. Afterwards we went to the Morro Bay farmers market, bought kale, peaches, honey, and olive oil. Ate lunch at "Health Foods/ Shine Cafe," got a vegetarian sandwich, and before going home  went to Sea Canyon Apple Farm to get fresh apples and cider. We bought 30lbs worth!...but we share.

Wir haben immer den Strand lieben

Miene kliener Bruder ein Ich spielen am strand.

Komm, gehen wir an Strand!

Doppelgänger

This is my best friend Veronica. The drive to Pismo beach is about an hour and a half from where we live in the desert so one afternoon she texted me "lets go to the beach!" Two hours later we were able to get ready and be there. We went to a psychic and had our palms read, walked around a small farmers market and bought lavender sugar scrub, ate fish and chips, went in a photobooth, bought soy chai lattes, and laid out in the sand.

Red Miso Stir Fry

Stir fry:
1 pkg yam noodles
2tbs Coconut oil
1C extra firm tofu
1/2C cabbage
1/2C broccoli
1/2c yellow squash
1/4C red onions
1 large garlic clove
Red Miso Sauce:
1tbs grated ginger
2tbs red miso
2tbs rice vinegar
2tbs honey
1tbs soy sauce
1tbsp sesame oil
1 tbs lemon grass



Directions: Its pretty simple. Cut everything up, including the noodles(5 calories per serving WTF!), they're long and clump together. Rinse off the noodles then boil so they're a little cooked first, they start out pretty firm and rubbery (don't be turned off, they're good!). Set aside. Then heat up a big pan with the coconut oil and put the vegetables (save garlic and onions until the last minute) and tofu in until they are cooked and the tofu has brown edges. Mix the sauce ingredients together and add to the cooked vegetables along with the noodles and let it caramelize for about 30 seconds. You can put some red pepper flakes or fresh basil on top, I always like non-cooked herbs with hot
food like this, its refreshing.