College favorite

Do you have a favorite song you shared with friends in school?

Well I do have. This one song I really love from the 90's. It's so hip. Whenever I hear this song, it reminds me of my college days, my college friends (mostly living outside the country). We love singing this before. A college friend who was a lead vocalist sang this in a party we had in the university. Gee I am missing them! :(

You're hearing the song... Hey by Fatima Rainey. Just in case you want to stop the song just click the pause button as it will play non stop. :) Hey - Fatima Rainey Music Code

Did this song made you dance :)

Hope you enjoy it. Have a great week!

Oatmeal Cookies

Aside from my husband, my father love my baked goodies particularly the cookies that I prepared the other week though he fancied a less sweet treat. So I decided to make a healthier snack. This week I baked oatmeal cookies.

The original recipe calls for a cup of sugar, I only used 1/2 cup and add 1/4 cup of maple syrup. The result was just fantastic.

Here's the recipe just in case you want to try it;

You will need:

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 large egg

1/4 cup maple syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups rolled oats (not instant)

1/2 cup raisins (optional)

then

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

2. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

3. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter sugar until creamy. Add the vanilla, egg and maple syrup. Mix well

4. Stir in the dry ingredients, then the oats and raisins.

5. Drop the batter by rounded teaspoon or with a cookie scoop.

6. Bake the cookies for 10 to 12 minutes. Cookies won't look ready at 10 minutes but take out and let sit for 5 minutes in order to be chewy.

Storage: Once cool, store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.

I tasted the dough. It was really yummy. How could I resist it!

Scoop them like ice cream..yeah baby!!!

When I am baking I make sure that oven heats up to its asked temperature, so there, the oven thermometer comes in very handy!

After 12 Minutes, here are the yummy oatmeal cookies. It was chewy and not that sweet.

Have a bite!

I got a thumbs up from my father after his first bite :)

Have a happy weekend!

WW: At the end of the Day

On Health

One day at work when I was at the pantry and filling my glass with lemonade an officemate asked me if that brand I am taking is safe. Of course I said. read the label hahaha!

People went nuts with the news about the imported milk containing melamine. I really can't blame them, I do too am careful in picking the food products I bought at the supermarket. It would be of great help to read the label first to know where it came from and the expiry date. In my case, I also read the calories I get from that product, I am a calorie freak hahaha!!!!

Without that foreign country exporting their products, our local milk producers will have more opportunities though I must admit, some of the well know products' prices are way expensive compared with other imported brands!

Okay I am kinda sleepy now, I'll hit the sack!

Everyone stay healthy and don't forget to drink your malamine free milk from a good label :)

A cool game!

As a kid, there were a lots of memories to rekindle. There were times were the siblings and I just have fun and play all day. One of our favorite things we do was playing bingo in our backyard. It was a sure fun game and it was our simple way of bonding because our parents and other relatives join too.

One day, I really don’t know what hits me; I just decided to googled bingo and found out that Disney has recently release ScreenLife Game Disney Bingo DVD game. This Disney Bingo DVD Game offers an edgy twist on our old favorite Bingo games. Disney DVD Bingo allows kids be familiarized with numbers, colors, and matching skills with their favorite Disney characters and movie clips. Match the numbers on the board to the ones given by the on-screen caller.

This game seems to be fun. You can play with your kids too. It’s a nice and cool way of bonding with relatives and friends as well. I have a five year old nephew and he loves playing games when I showed this to him online, he hurriedly asked her mom to get this game which can be bought from Amazon.com and Drugstore.com Do check it out I am sure it will be selling like pancakes!

So what are you waiting for?

An old flame

I wanted to continue this old hobby! It's been ages since I last used a pencil to create strokes on paper. The brave boy inspires me. He loves to do drawing and with his high spirit and great talent I envy, I began to rediscover this little talent I have.

Off to the drawing table. See yah!

Digital Moments with style

Roxio Extreme Digital Makeover is a show that helps people with their digital lives. It helps them to create a multimedia show in any topic they please. In an episode called Wedding Day Crunch, a couple wanted to create a multimedia slideshow as a chronicle of their lives which they intend to show to guest on their wedding day. With few more days left before the Big day, Digital Makeover host Zoey and Chris helped the couple set up a multimedia presentation. Isn’t that fantastic. I am sure they had a blast wedding day!

Check out the show and join the contest and you could be on the show and what more you might win for yourself great digital goodies. How cool is that!

Now what this video;

WW: Emptiness

Fill me!

An Oath

I solemnly swear....

I'll use you atleast 3x a week for 30 minutes. Because I've been neglecting you lately, I gained few pounds and I am not liking it....

So help me God!

Dark Chocolate Cake

Dark Chocolate Cake

You need:

1 cup cocoa powder
2 tbsp instant coffee
1 cup hot water
1 cup evaporated milk
2 cups All-Purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter
2 1/2 cup brown sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

then....

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease two 9in round pan and set aside.
Then dissolve the coffee in hot water. Add the milk. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and cocoa, set aside
Then cream butter and sugar until fluffy. add the eggs one at a time, make sure to beat well after each addition. Stir in Vanilla. Add the dry and liquid ingridients alternately into the cream mixture, Mix Mix Mix!!!!
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or toothpick inserted at middle comes out clean.
I used chocolate ganache for frosting. I just followed this recipe and it was perfect.
Now to assemble:
Put one cake on a platter. Spread some of the frosting over this layer. Top with the other cake. Frost top and side of cake.

I also did vanilla buttercream frosting for the swirl and add a cherrie.

After I finished making the cake, I was so happy because it was my first to make a really nice looking cake, hahaha :)