Better than sex cake

   I feel like all I have been blogging about lately is recipes, but since I've finally had the time to cook again, I thought I would share my favorites with you while it last. I've never been big on cake, which is odd because I'm a major sweets guru, but this recipe is absolutely nom-alicious. It's debatable whether it's better than sex or not, I'm not going to get into that on here, today, so lets get down to business. ;)

You need this:

1 box of chocolate cake (and whatever ingredients your cake needs)

1 jar of caramel topping

1 small can of condensed milk

1 container of cool whip

1 bag of crumbled heath bits

1. Follow the directions on cake box to prepare the cake like normal. Spray your pan with cooking oil to avoid the mess.

2. Once your cake comes out of the oven, let cool for about 10 minutes.

3. Use a fork to punch holes all over the cake, go crazy. You want your cake to be very porous for what's about to happen next.

4. Pour the entire can of evaporated milk on top of your cake to soak in.

5. Pour entire jar of caramel on top. It seems like way too much, but your cake is a huge sponge and I guarantee you it will all soak up. Place cake in the refrigerator to cool down for about 20 minutes.

6. While your cake is cooling, take out your cool whip and stir well. You want your cool whip to be creamy and easy to spread.

7. Once your cake has chilled, remove it from the refrigerator and top it with your cool whip. After whip is evenly spread, sprinkle desired amount of heath bits and pop back in the fridge until time to serve. BEWARE: A little goes a long way, this is NOT a healthy cake, but it may change your life. Enjoy! :) 

Veggie Lasagna

   My diet consists of mostly vegetarian dishes, so i'm limited to the things I can eat. I've had to sacrifice some of my favorite, more fattening, dishes, but have been introduced to some truly amazing, healthier alternatives, Lasagna being one of them. I love cooking, it's one of my passions, but for some reason lasagna has always seemed like such an intimidating dish. Lucky for me, my dear friend Delaney introduced this quick, inexpensive, figure friendly recipe. I decided to take a try and was more than happy with the results, so now it's time to share the wealth! 

  What you'll need:

2  medium  yellow zuchinni squash

2  medium zucchini

1 small container of cottage cheese 

1 pkg of Parmesan  cheese

1 egg

1 pkg of whole wheat not oven ready lasagne noodles 

1 can spaghetti sauce

1 tbs olive oil

1 tbs red wine (Optional)

1 garlic pod

Dash of salt and pepper

1. Preheat oven to 375. Peel your Zucchini and Zucchini squash, leaving a slight amount of skin, that's where the vitamins and minerals live.

2. Follow the directions on the back of your Lasagna noodle box to prepare the noodles. 

3. While noodles are being prepared, cut your zucchini and squash into bite sized pieces. I recommend cutting round pieces, and then cutting that into 4's.

4. Add Zucchini, olive oil, wine, salt, pepper, and chopped garlic pod to skillet. Cook until the zucchini starts to become slightly transparent, or to desired texture. (Around 10 minutes)

5. While your zucchini mixture is cooking, add your egg, half the package of parmesan cheese, and cottage cheese in small bowl. Stir and set aside.

6. Noodles should be ready and drained at this point. Lay down your first layer of noodles.

7. Once your zucchini is ready, add can of spaghetti sauce to mixture and stir.

8. Add half of your veggie mix to the first layer of noodles.

 9. Lay down another layer of noodles.

 10. Add entire cottage cheese mixture to noodle layer.

11. Add another layer of noodles.

12. Add the remanding veggies and the rest of your parmesan cheese to the top most layer. Pop in the oven and cook for 50 minutes.

13. Cool for 10 minutes and serve!

Toodle DO.

   I'm waiting for my ipod to charge, because I can't live without it at the gym, and was pondering over all of the intriguing things there are to do out there. (The world) I feel like time, and money, are always an issue, but to keep track of my desires, I wanted to write out my very own bucket list to share, and hopefully inspire. I have not seen the movie, The Bucket List, so I'm not really sure how they use the idea of a bucket list. From my understanding, I'm going to make a list of all of the things I would like to do before I float away.

Britt's Bucket List

1. Cut my hair really short, (It's ALWAYS been long.)

2. Skydive

3. Backpack across Europe. Hostels and all. (Mostly France)

4. Scuba Dive

5. Run a marathon.

6. Attempt to surf in Hawaii.

7. Ride a trolley in San Francisco.

8. Watch a Broadway in New York.

9. Learn how to wakeboard.

10. Learn a song on the guitar.

11. Learn how to play the harmonica to an Alanis Morissette song.

12. Go snow skiing/boarding.

13. Eat a piece of pizza in Chicago.

14. Go on a ghost hunt.

15. Learn French, or enough to get me by in conversation and travel.

16. Own a mini coop.

17. Send my parents on a vacation.

18. Read the dictionary.

19. Write a book.

20. Own a real Chanel bag.

21. Go to the very first Starbucks in Seattle, and visit Forks, of course.

22. Take a tour through the Winchester mansion.

23. Go to Vegas.

24. Own a piece of Tiffanys Jewelry.

25. Understand the Bible.

I'm sure I will be adding more to this list throughout time, it's fun to see what I have to look forward to. I believe it's important to have goals and ambitions. To me, life is worth the  fight, the excitement, and even the disappointments. 

Burn baby burn.

   Since I absolutely love candles, and tea cups, I thought it would be fun to combine the two. Tea cup candles are simple to make, and cost very little. The coolest part about making these crafty little candles is that you get to pick the color, and the scent.

What you'll need:

1 Plain white, unscented candle. (You probably have one laying around the house)

1 Box of crayons.

1 Box of candle wicks (You can find these at Hobby Lobby for around $3)

1 Tea cup (Once again, Goodwill has cheap, vintage looking cups/sets)

1 Tsp of perfume, or preferred smell. (I chose green tea oil, also found at Hobby Lobby)

1. Using a cheese grater or potato peeler, shred a cup full of your unscented candle. The smaller pieces make the melting process easier.

2. Pick your favorite color from the crayon box.

3. Boil half a pot of water on the stove. Once the water is boiling, place the white, unscented, candle pieces in the measuring cup, and put the measuring cup in the boiling water. Holding the measuring cup is kind of hot on the hands, so if you can rest your measuring cup on the edge, power to you. Don't make the mistake of using a plastic measuring cup, it will melt the handle right off...who knew?! 

4. Leave water at a constant boiling temperature while the wax melts. The melting process takes about 10-15 minutes.

5. Once your wax is half melted, add a small piece of your crayon.

Depending on the depth of color you're looking for, use more, or less of the crayon. Stir until both the crayon and candle wax are COMPLETELY melted. Add in tsp of chosen scent and stir.

6. Dip the end of your wick in the wax and place it centered, on the bottom of your tea cup. In doing this, it prevents your wick from moving around while you pour in the wax. Pour in wax, and let sit until completely dry.

Wah-lah! Tea cup candle <3

New and improved, saying "Thank you very much."

   In the light of remodeling my apartment, I decided to try something different with the crazy, clutter of a mess, that I was calling my kitchen cabinets. The rickety cabinet doors hid an unorganized chaos, consisting of wacky mugs, random tuber ware, and mismatched plate sets. Tired of fighting falling tuper ware, and embarrassed to have to offer a Santa mug to guest, I decided an improvement was greatly needed. While brainstorming ideas, I came across the idea on a friends interior design blog. Inspired, and ready for change, I thought i'd take a stab at the suggested cure to a crazy cabinet. My experience went a little something like this:

Phase one: Admit you have a problem.

Phase two: Bust out the big guns and take off the cabinet doors. (Keep your screws together, you never know when you might need them again.)

Phase three: This is the only screw that it standing in the way of taking the door off, super easy stuff

Phase four: Remove everything from the cabinet, this way you can go through everything you have and donate, trash, or box up what you don't use. I suggest keeping your sets together.

Phase five: Choose a fancy wallpaper that suits the colors of your kitchen, or plate ware, best.

Phase six: This is the pattern I chose, i lucked out and got it ON SALE at WORLD MARKET, double win. I chose this particular color scheme to go with the eggplant plate set I got from the goodwill. 

*FYI: The goodwill can have great plate,bowl,and cup sets for cheap, if you're lacking or looking)

Measure and cut out the right amount of paper to fit inside of your cabinet, I put paper on the dividers of the outside of my cabinets for a more dramatic effect. 

 By picking such a diverse pattern, I gave myself room to keep a lot of my old red,black,and green kitchen ware, on top of my new eggplant set, which I'm extremely proud of.

Phase eight: Enjoy the results

 A closer look

I'm extremely happy with the way it turned out, everything looks much more put together and I no longer need to direct guests to where they can find plates or cups.