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About a week and a half ago I made a twitter for my blog. If you're wondering what exactly that means it's just that whenever I eat something that I liked or go to a great restaurant, I tweet about it. As of now I only have 1 follower, but that's okay because I just made it and I am trying to build more followers. I just thought it would be a fun way to interact with my blog viewers on the go and keep them updated on delicious food I eat. Here is a link to my blog twitter: https://twitter.com/Live_ToEat
And I also have a personal twitter if you would like to follow me on that as well. Here is the link: https://twitter.com/MangoPapaya27
Leave a comment telling me your twitter username and I will definitely follow you back:)

Fantastic No Bake Cookies

I just tried these last night for the first time and I really liked them. I got this recipe from my cousin who has made these cookies for years. I'm not going to lie, before I tried these I wasn't a fan of no bake cookies, but once I gave them a chance I really liked them. You should too... Another great thing about these cookies is that they are peanut butter and chocolate, yummo. If I were to describe this sweet treat I would say they tasted like fudge with oats. I would definitely recommend these cookies for a really quick and simple dessert.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 cups sugar
1 pinch of salt
3 cups rolled oats
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk

Directions:
Cook over stove on medium heat. Add milk, butter, sugar, and chocolate until boils. Remove from heat and cool for 1 minute. Add vanilla, salt, peanut butter, and oats. Stir well and drop on wax paper, let cool.

Good Eats in Portland, Oregon

Piazza Italia's Lasagna

      My family and I took a trip up to Portland, OR for a few days so my parents could do some shopping. While we were there we ate some delicious food. The first place we went to for dinner was a place called Piazza Italia. My aunt and uncle first told us about this restaurant and we've been going there ever since. This is the best Italian restaurant I know of and I would eat there every day if I could. My favorite thing to get there is the lasagna. It has a really yummy sauce that consists of a beschemel sauce and a marinara sauce, and it's topped with crispy, flavorful cheese. I love lasagna and this one is at the very top of my list. As for the rest of the food at Piazza Italia it is all delicioso. My dad really likes to get this pasta dish with garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil, and pepper flakes. I haven't gotten a chance to try very many of the different foods, but I hope to in the future.

The Inside of Piazza Italia

The Inside of Piazza Italia

   

  The second place we went to was called Besaw's, my cousins and I went there for breakfast. It was the first time I went there and I really liked it, I would definitely go back. My sister and I shared their Belgium waffle with powdered sugar and my cousin got the biscuits and gravy. The Belgium waffle was great because it was crunchy, and most of the other Belgium waffles I've eaten aren't. The biscuits and gravy was seriously the best I've ever had. Sometimes the gravy in biscuits and gravy is too thick or too oily, but this gravy was really flavorful and great and the biscuits were homemade. This restaurant is super awesome and everyone should stop by if they are in Portland, OR.

Belgium Waffle and Biscuits and Gravy

Dessert time in the Golden State

I just got back from a long road trip to the Golden State, otherwise known as California. I stayed right on the outskirts of the city of San Fransisco and along with that came great food. I only stayed for 2 days, but I ate up all the delicious food I could in that short amount of time. The first place we went to for dessert was a place called CREPEVINE, which, of course, sold crepes... Gourmet crepes! Yumm.... I went with my cousins who got a crepe called the Siena which consists of nutella, strawberries, and nuts. My parents shared the Cherry Blintz which has Cherries, ricotta and mascarpone cheese, with apple sauce and sour cream. My sister and I divided the Santorini crepe which was constructed of walnuts, pistachios, brown sugar, coconut, cinnamon and mascarpone cheese. The dessert crepes are all served with whipped cream and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I definitely recommend this restaurant to you, I wish I could have eaten dinner there also, but I was too full.

The Santorini

The Cherry Blintz

The Siena

Another restaurant I went to was a little French bakery in San Fran called Tartine. The line was pretty long, but it was totally worth it. When I walked into this place and saw all of the pastries I wanted to try them all. I ended of getting a morning bun, which I first had at my local growers market and instantly fell in love. Morning buns are like cinnamon rolls minus the icing, they are crispy and flaky and sugary and delectable. For lunch I ordered their pastrami sandwich, which was also great but I couldn't even finish one third of it because it literally came with three huge pieces of sandwich. So we just boxed it up and ate it the next day for lunch. My mom and sister got almond croissants for dessert and for lunch they got croque monsieur, which is basically a piece of thick-cut french bread covered in a beschemel sauce and layered with cheese, ham, and tomatoes. Everything we got at Tartine was very good and if you are planning on going to San Fransisco you should definitely stop by for a treat.
This was such a fun trip and a great experience (because I'm not from the city).

Greek Lemon Chicken Salad

This meal is great for a quick lunch or a simple weeknight dinner. It is delicious, fresh, and healthy. If you didn't want to make the whole meal you could just use the recipe for the Greek dressing for a salad that you made. I guarantee that you and your family will love this dish.

Feeds 3-4 people

Marinade:

Juice if 1 lemon
1/2 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried basil
3 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
2 cloves garlic, minced
Whisk together, Set aside.
8 chicken tenderloins
Cut chicken into about 3 inch pieces, trimming off all fat. Put the marinade into a large plastic bag with the chicken. Let marinate for about 20 minutes. Grill chicken in a cast iron grilling pan or on a barbeque until browned and cooked all the way through, about 15 minutes.

Salad:

1/2 English cucumber
1 carrot
1 head of romaine lettuce
Cut cucumber into rounds. Sliver the carrots. Chop and wash all of the lettuce.

Greek Dressing:

5 tablespoons olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
pinch of salt and pepper
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 clove garlic, crushed
Pulse all of the ingredients together in a Cuisinart. Put the chicken on the salad and pour the dressing over both. Enjoy!

Fudgy Brownie Cookies

    Ready for another delicious cookie recipe? Well, I've definitely got one for you. These are called fudgy brownie cookies and the reason they're called this is because they are actually made from brownie mix. They are crunchewy and wonderfully chocolaty. And the best part about them is that they are super simple to make!
       Ingredients
1 package (18 to 21 oz. box) fudge brownie mix
1-1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
2 whole eggs
1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
2 tablespoons milk, or more as needed
1 cup dark chocolate chunks

Preparation Instructions

Whisk together brownie mix, flour, and sugar. Using a heavy spoon, stir in the eggs one at a time, followed by butter and 2 tablespoons milk. If the batter appears like there is too much flour, add 1 more tablespoon of milk. Batter will be very thick. Fold in chocolate chunks. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough on the cookie sheet. You want pretty thick cookies here to get the brownie feel, about 3 inches apart. Press down slightly. Don't flatten completely. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven, allow to cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Makes 20 cookies.

An update!

So remember when I said I was going to be in the Little Orphan Annie Jr. well this weekend its playing at our community theater, it is really really small. Thats why I haven't had time to post anything so again I give my apologies. The play has been a success so far and thats probably because of me, I'm Molly one of the main orphans, just kidding everyone plays a part in it especially Annie. You would know that if you've ever been in a production. So as you can tell I haven't even had a moment to sit down and type so I definitely haven't had time to cook a single thing, this is just an update of what I've been doing. Today I had a soccer game about 20 minutes away from where I live, we didn't win we were like 2 points off but my excuse is that was my first soccer game in my life. I mean I've watched my cousin before but man was it ruff. You have to run so much. Yeah so for the food I've been eating, well its been horrible usually I like fast food but to much it literally makes you sick, I got so tired of it.

Things things and more things

Oh my I'm so sorry for not posting anything lately I've been so buzy, first I'm in the play Annie- I'm Molly- then it was my Birthday!!!(: So I turned 11 and I had a party with my friends. It was really fun, we had savory crepes for dinner and for dessert we had chocolate fondue with pineapple, strawberries, graham crackers and marshmallows. I thought everything was delicious as did everyone else, we also had a lot of fun games. For my Birthday from my parents I got 2 cooking books, first I got A Crepes book of all different kinds, second I got a book called Ethnic Foods of Hawai'i, which has many yummy treats that I love. I wanted to do a shout out to Lush, if you don't know what lush is well it is a place where you can buy beauty cosmetics, like bubble bars and bath bombs and shower gels and such. I really am addicted to lush, my sister got lush for me for my Birthday, the honey gift set! It is amazing! You can buy LUSH online too, heres the link: www.lushusa.com I really would like everyone to check out this website, please tell me if you like it, I almost know you will!!!(:

Crepes

Hey, peeps

so today was just a crepe making day... I mean for real I made crepes for brunch and @ about 9:30 p.m. I made more. I would say I made about 60 crepes, for my Birthday and just for brunch. Crepes are a very very thin pancake that you eat with fruit, whip cream, and nutella or for a savory crepe you can put cheese, bacon and spinach, basically anything you want to put on it. The reason why I was making so many pretty late at night is because my Birthday is coming up, I'm turning eleven. Anyways, I made so many 'cause I'm going to be using them to make pizza with. The brunch was delicioous. Soo heres some pics!!!(:

Back to reality

Hello,
So I am back home now and the plane ride was not that bad but it was a redeye. Last night me and my mom made a very yummy homemade pizza while babysitting my baby cousins. We just bought some white crust dough and rolled it out and put it on a cookie tray with olive oil drizzled on it. Then we put our sauce, mine was just pizza sauce. Next we put our toppings on, mine were just pepperoni and artichoke hearts. I love artichoke hearts. Anyways it was delicious and everyone loved it. For my birthday I'm going to have a make it yourself pizza bar also, it is going to be soo good.

Last days

Hi, so today is our last day here in Hawaii and last night we saw our friends and had dinner with them at this mexican restaurant... It was pretty good and thats coming from a person that only has mexican restaurants where I live... well thats a little over exagerated... we do also have asian restaurants because my family ownes one. Anyways, so I went to a mexicano resauranto and it was called Los Garcia. I got a chimichanga with shredded beef. And for dessert I got fried cheesecake wrapped in something like tortilla. Now the appearance was not very welcoming, the thing about it that most invited me in was there cute quaint outdoor seating. bye!:)

Dukes pics

Hey everyone these are my pics from Dukes the other night!!!(:

Dukes

Hey everybody so the other night we went to a restaurant named Dukes and it was sooo delicious, I had shrimp scampi that me and my sister shared and it was sauteed in capers and just perfectly drizzled with creamy sauce. The shrimp was just beautifully cooked in garlic and butter. For dessert we went to a place that we had never been to before called Crepe House, it was pretty good except it was kind of expensive for the quantity of it. We got a strawberry mango one with whip cream and lightly dizzled with chocolate. It was good but if you ever go to boston you have to try their crepe carts in the mall!!! ooo yum(:

Pinapple room/Goma Tei

Hello!!! So yesterday we went to this restaurant in Ala Moana center called The Pineapple Room with my grandpa. They serve Pacific Asian fusion food. It was just delicious, my sister and I shared baked shrimp with saimin noodles in a creamy sauce. The shrimp had a garlic butter sauce on it with its shells all on. for dessert I had the ''Halo Halo'' which is fresh tropical fruit (mangos, bananas, melons, pineapples, azuki beans and strawberries) with tapioca pudding and coconut ice. That was very refreshing!! The night before that we went to a restaurant called Goma Tei which they serve ramen noodles. We got two orders and shared them between the four of us, one with a shoyu broth and one with a Goma char siu (sesame broth w/ pork). The shoyu was a little bit bland compared to other places I've been but the Char siu was very good because it was slowly BBQed so it fell apart in the broth! mmm... and for dessert we went to Leonard's, the house of malasadas. Oh my gosh have you ever tasted a malasada if you did you would never like doughnuts the same way! They are plops of yeast dough deep fried and covered with sugar :)
Talk to you all soon bye