Jeez I'm bad at this...

Well.

I'm home from England living in Texas with my family for now. I'm heading to Florida soon to be with my new man. More on him later.

I've been finding some pretty sweet shit at the thrift stores here. Mostly clothing.

Found my Halloween costume. A fur hood, an amazing sequin dress, some sexy winter boots from ebay and a homemade muff!

WISH LIST

Okay, So I know only Amy and Mike actually read my blog (and I'm sorry it's been so long since i have posted) and this might seem like I am asking you two for these things--but i'm not, I'm just keeping note on the things for future reference.

Amazing Art Nouveau Peacock Mirror! Me wanty!

I'll wear this at my wedding (which will probably never happen).

I'll update.

Suggestions?

What should I blog about?

My WOrst Nightmare

Fuck. This looks nasty. I think this is my most hated food ever.

http://souvlakiforthesoul.com/caramelised-fennel-relish-with-ouzo

Vegan Healthy Edamame Dip

I stole this recipe off (http://closetcooking.blogspot.com).
It's sooo good and is without OIL! Amazing.
Amy, this is a great way to eat raw garlic and is something you could eat forever.
Ingredients:

1 cup edamame
1/4 cup onion
1/2 cup cilantro
1 clove garlic
1 lime (juice)
1 tablespoon miso
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon chili sauce

KATELYN'S EDIT--1teaspoon tahini.

Directions:
1. Cover the edamame in water and bring to a boil for 5 minutes.
2. Drain the edamame reserving the water.
3. Mix everything in a food processor adding some of the reserved water to thin the dip to the desired consistency.

Fishy Pasta Salad (Dairy Free)

I made this delicious pasta salad yesterday! So healthy!

First I mixed these together in a bowl:
Cucumber, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, tinned fish (in a tomato sauce; add tom. puree otherwise), cilantro, basil, some lemon juice and some soy sauce.


Mixed em all together and added some boiled pasta:


Ta Da!

Baking Cookies with Holly!

Holly and I made some oatmeal raisin cookies yesterday! She has a crush on the boy down the street and decided to deliver some to him, too.



Here's the recipe we used:

Oatmeal - Best Oatmeal Cookies
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Source: Toronto Star

1 Cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup
packed brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 2/3 cup flour
3/4 Teaspoon baking soda
1/8 teaspoon
baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
dash nutmeg
1 1/2 cups rolled oats

Preheat oven to 350 Cream butter and sugars together until light and fluffy. Add egg and beat until smooth. Add vanilla Combined flour, soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir into butter mixture. Add rolled oats. Roll into small balls (golf ball size) and flatten with glass dipped in sugar. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until bottoms are golden. Cookie should not get brown. Cool on wire rack.

Hey you!

I want comments people!

Awesome Coats

I found the coolest coats. The yellow one I found in Denver. The black and white one recently here in Cambridge. Fucking awesome.

Super Awesome Thrift Store FInD!

MOor Hens!

SWINE FLU!

The girls (probably) have it. I'm looking after them all this week so I probably won't put many post up.

Dun Dun Dun!

Florentine Pizza (PHOTO!)

I made this on Monday and it was so good I ate the whole thing! Naughty me. It was just too good. I used a cream cheese base because I didn't want to open a can of tomatoes just to use a tiny bit. I didn't actually use black olives, but If I had had them, you know I would have, so I included them in the recipe here.

Ingredients:

Rolled pastry

baby Spinach
1 lightly fried egg
Cheese (I used cheddar and parm.)
Mushroom
Tomato
Cream cheese
tomato puree
Black olives
Garlic cloves

Place pastry on greased cookie sheet.
Mix cream cheese and tomato puree to make enough sauce to cover base.(save 1-2 inches of edge). Slice tom. mushroom. garlic. Tear up spinach leaves.

Spread cream cheese mixture. Add thin layer of cheese. Layer of spinach, then layer or tomato, mushroom, olives, garlic. Place egg in middle. Add another layer of cheese. Bake at 190 C until crust is browning.

I ate mine with chili flakes. Yummy!

My favorite flowers

First look at these:

http://www.notcot.com/archives/2009/04/succulent_frida.php

This is my succulent! I keep it near my window and blow on it sometimes. At first it was just one 'flower', but over time all the long stems have come out with 'flowers' on the ends of em! I can't wait to get LOTS of these when I grow up!

THE COIN WAS IN MY SHOE!

Holly and one of her elaborate stories. Note her face when Eleanor calls her out! HA!

Some Recent Thrift Actvity

My cool pillow top box. The top is squishy!

A lovely small water color by jane maday.

a little blue vile with a metal bird on it.

And my FAVORITE earrings ever. Art Deco Birds. I actually found a matching pin, too!

Sleepy Kitty

Moe Bear!

Some Blogs I like:

My everyday Blogs:

www.NotCot.org

A blog about design. Cool products, art, etc. Very visual.

www.foodgawker.com

Got to be my favorite! Food Food Food. Very visual.

Thebloggess.com

Very funny Texan mom with a hilarious outlook on life.

www.inhabitat.com

a blog all about Green living/products.

www.treehugger.com

This is the best green blog out there. Lots of new post everyday.

www.Geekologie.com

Funny gadget blog.

www.Thesuperficial.com

Hilarious blog taking the piss out of celebs.

Postsecret.blogspot.com

Updated every Sunday. If you don't tune in you should.

Amy's NUTZ updated!

I mix:

Walnut pieces
Sesame seeds
pumpkin seeds
(insert whatever seed/nut)
Raisins!

and then do a bit of honey and/or maple syrup for a sweet taste.
The stickiness allows the tiny sesame seeds to hitch a ride with the big boys. A Great snack. It taste like dessert!

LOVERLY Raw Broc Salad

Head if broccoli, chopped in small bite size pieces
grated fresh beetroot
Chopped mushrooms
pressed garlic
Cashews
Sesame seeds (any seeds you can find actually)
chili flakes
hemp seed oil (or good olive oil)
dash Soy sauce
dash orange juice/ lemon juice

I made this last week and it was GREAT~! Yummy.

Hey Ya'll watch this!

Yummy Sweet Potato Soup

And yes, I forgot to take a picture. Recipe is for two people.

1 large sweet potato, cut into small pieces
medium size piece of ginger, chopped
two garlic cloves, whole
Cover sightly with boiling water/stock
Sprinkle some chili flakes

Boil together until potatoes are soft.

Add:
one tbsp miso paste (optional)
one tbsp cream of coconut
two tbsp grated coconut

Blend until desired smoothness. Add more stock if needed.

Serve with Coriander/cilantro. Freshly chopped raw mushrooms and/or cashews. Sprinkle on some chili flakes. I served mine with a big scoop of hummus.

James thinks this recipe would be good with Cumin.

Holly'S Art

So I look after two children here in England. The eldest, Holly takes after her artist grandmother and produces some pretty cool stuff. Some of it is pretty trippy:

She's 6 by the way.

Pig Monster

Robots Everywhere.












That's an ant!

Only watch this if you are high...

I was busy looking for some of my better thrift store finds when I found this little guy. I found him in a charity shop in March, UK.

Some cool thrift store finds(OLD)

This fucking creepy doll. Found in some thrift store in Denver.
















These taxidermy frogs drinking beer and playing dominoes. Yes. they are dead, stuffed frogs.







No. I didn't buy either of these. Someone did though...

a nice Pasta Salad w/tuna

Mix:

1 can tuna
1tbs mayo
1tbs plain yogurt
2tbs pesto
some pumpkin and sesame seeds
Some cooked pasta
s + p

Yummy and a great way to get some seeds into your diet.

I wish I had a photo for ya'll...I'll remember for next time.

Went swimming in Grantchester Meadows today with James. The water was so clear and the fish were so brave coming up to our ankles. Then we went to the falalfel place and got their awesome 3.80 plate that could feed an entire country. Think 4 huge homemade falafel, homemade hummus, chili salsa, salad and pita bread. Great Cambridge Bargain!

Nothing too interesting today. Stay tuned.

First Post Explaining Shit

Well, I always tell myself I need to write a blog, and finally, I have done so.

This is it. I am Katelyn. Although I think my name is too plain. I literally knew 4 other ones in my class. It was always the "K" Katelyn's against the "C" Caitlin's in my mind.

You know you can change your first name as well as your last when you get married?

I'm changing mine to Hyzenthly (Horny rabbit). Or perhaps Kitty (like the granny not the stripper). Or perhaps Laquita (motel).

Who knows. I sure as hell don't.

More about me:

I'm from Texas, lived in Denver, and am currently in Cambridge, UK.

The thing I miss most is the food (sorry mommy). I'm a HUGE foody. You will probably be getting a lot of sound coming from me about food.