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Amy posted this in Recipes on August 8th, 2010
It’s been awhile since I shared some food porn, but today’s food porn is quite magnificent (if I do say so myself).
Today I made a pie. From scratch. I even made the crust from scratch. I have mad skillz.
Notice the lattice crust? Oh yeah baby. I cannot wait to eat this pie later tonight with my sister (not the whole pie, but a good sized piece of it for sure).
How did I make the pie? Well, I searched the Internets for some recipes — which I sort of followed.
Crust
Oil Pie Crust from Allrecipes.com:
2 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil (I used 1/4 cup vegetable oil and 1/4 cup grapeseed oil)
1/2 cup milk
Sift flour into bowl, add salt. Pour milk and oil into one measuring cup – do not stir – and add all at once to flour. Stir until mixed and separate into two flat balls. Refrigerate for 15-20 min. Roll out on lightly floured surface.
Pie
I took much liberty in following this recipe: Bridgid’s Blackberry Pie Recipe from Allrecipes.com:
2-3 cups fresh blackberries
1 cup fresh blueberries
1.5-2 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
1 1/2 cups white sugar
3/4 – 1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter melted
I put about 2 cups of blackberries, [...]
Amy posted this in Foodies, Health on February 17th, 2010
I know I’ve talked about my myriad of health problems before, but here’s one I don’t think I’ve mentioned. I’m lactose intolerant. Lactose intolerance is “the inability to metabolize lactose, because of a lack of the required enzyme lactase in the digestive system. It is estimated that 75% of adults worldwide show some decrease in lactase activity during adulthood” (Wikipedia).
Basically, when I consume lactose (milk, ice cream, custard, yogurt, cheese, sour cream, etc) I get sick. And not in a good way. I can usually tell within 20 minutes if something is going to make me sick. Yes, it comes on that fast. This ain’t no joking matter.
The biggest culprits (for me) are:
Milk: No cream in my coffee, no pudding, no heavy cream, no milk with dinner. Milk is lethal to my digestive system.
Ice cream/custard: I rarely crave ice cream, shakes, malts or custard anymore because I don’t want to deal with the repercussions. It’s that bad, people. I’m not one of those girls who wants to go get ice cream on a first date. Been there. Done that. It wasn’t pretty.
Yogurt: This one is in the “iffy” category for me. It’s really hit or miss. As long as I don’t [...]
Amy posted this in Foodies on February 11th, 2010
Today, a tasty cupcake sat on my desk for more than 3 hours before I ate it.
The fact that I was able to see it there, taunting me, for more than 3 hours without eating it is a huge accomplishment.
As you can see, it was a yellow cupcake with marshmallow fluff topping dipped in chocolate, topped off by a conversation heart.
I wanted to see how long I could go without eating the cupcake. So I took pictures and tweeted this morning. My goal was not to resist the cupcake forever… it was to see how long I could resist it. You see, normally I would have eaten something like this in less than 5 bites and I wouldn’t have savored every bite. I wanted to teach myself that just because something is in front of you, doesn’t mean you have to eat it.
#1: 9:15am Look at that beauty.
#2: 10:15ish I pushed in the heart candy so it wouldn’t look so appetizing.
#3: 11:15ish I bumped it (by total accident) and had to lick part of the fluff off my finger. darn.
#4: 12:00ish I ate the candy heart and squished that fluff so it would look gross.
#5: 12:20ish I licked one side of [...]
Amy posted this in Foodies, Fotos, exercise on January 24th, 2010
Here’s what I’m using right now – my brand new Asics Gel Kushon 2 running shoes, Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day shred DVD, a yoga mat and a pair of 2 lb free weights.
I just got the shoes yesterday at Kohl’s. Already I can feel a difference… the gel cushioning is great for shock absorption, which, let’s be honest… when you weigh 267 and you’re jumping around, there’s BOUND to be some stress to the knees and ankles. I’m hoping that these shoes will help alleviate some of that stress, because my knees are killing me.
I thought that a day of rest would help, but it didn’t. I tried just walking the past 2 days, but it hasn’t gotten better. I’m sure that standing for four hours on cement at the Pettitt didn’t help, but seriously, WTH.
I’ve been using biofreeze and that helps, but I’m not sure what else to do. Do I rest another day? Do I push through it?
I’m sure they just hurt because I haven’t worked out in so long and carrying around 267 pounds can’t be easy.
Le sigh.
Ok, enough complaining. Today I did day 6 of the shred and it was ok. I haven’t done the shred since [...]
Amy posted this in Foodies, Stats, Tools on January 14th, 2010
It’s Weigh-In Wednesday, Thursday edition because I didn’t get a new battery for my scale until today… drumroll please…..
272.0…for a total of 2.2 lbs lost in one week.
HOLLER! That’s even WITH my not-so-good weekend.
So before I do a li’l celebration dance, I have a few more things to share.
First, I bought Jillian Michaels’ 30 day shred DVD today at Target (bonus $2 off coupon = $8 investment, not too shabby). I did level 1 today. It’s about a 20 minute or so workout… and boy am I feeling it. But I know I done good… so I’m happy about that. Hopefully I won’t have to stay at the level 1 “easy” stage for long.
Second, I found an awesome app for my Droid that will help me keep track of weight loss, calories, etc… AND it has this cool barcode scanner feature… which will look up your food item in its database. I’ll have to do a video blog about it someday, but until then, check out Calorie Counter from Fatsecret.com.
Third, we have food porn.
I sauteed a chicken cutlet from Whole Foods in some Wildtree Grapeseed Oil and Garlic & Herb Blend… along with a shredded zucchini. Then I added some cherry [...]
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