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unicornduke) wrote2019-04-21 07:20 pm
unicornduke) wrote2019-04-21 07:20 pm
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I spent a lot of time relaxing on the balcony today and it was so lovely. Beautiful weather although I had to get a blanket after a bit because my legs were cold. The balcony faces mostly north and gets about 15 minutes of direct sunlight at about 8am. I moved into my bedroom about a half hour ago because someone in the apartment complex was having a very loud party and it echoed right into the living room. Haven't left the apartment except to walk Mara.
I did do some baking today, I baked the cookies I prepped yesterday and wow were they tasty. I don't know if I would call them the best ever cookies but they were a ton of fun to make and absolutely enormous and chocolatey.
(don't mind the weird angle, I was trying to see if I could take a video of me cracking open the cookie by holding the phone under my chin. It didn't work lol)
Then around noon I made the ice cream base, which is normally a double vanilla with both pods and extract but I don't generally buy vanilla pods except for this recipe and I wanted to try something different. I put 1/2 teaspoon of ground cardamom in it (I'm trying to use it up as it's rapidly losing it's strength) and it turned out very light and aromatic and lovely. A good experiment.
I forgot to take meat out of the freezer so I just ate spiced rice with vegetables again tonight. I think if I want to actually be interested in cooking things regularly I need to turn it into baking. So I think I'm going to get a savory baking cookbook and pull some out of the cookbooks I've got. Unfortunately it seems like a lot of savory things tend to be yeast breads, which I can't really do well gluten free. I miss making bread.
I did do some baking today, I baked the cookies I prepped yesterday and wow were they tasty. I don't know if I would call them the best ever cookies but they were a ton of fun to make and absolutely enormous and chocolatey.
(don't mind the weird angle, I was trying to see if I could take a video of me cracking open the cookie by holding the phone under my chin. It didn't work lol)
Then around noon I made the ice cream base, which is normally a double vanilla with both pods and extract but I don't generally buy vanilla pods except for this recipe and I wanted to try something different. I put 1/2 teaspoon of ground cardamom in it (I'm trying to use it up as it's rapidly losing it's strength) and it turned out very light and aromatic and lovely. A good experiment.
I forgot to take meat out of the freezer so I just ate spiced rice with vegetables again tonight. I think if I want to actually be interested in cooking things regularly I need to turn it into baking. So I think I'm going to get a savory baking cookbook and pull some out of the cookbooks I've got. Unfortunately it seems like a lot of savory things tend to be yeast breads, which I can't really do well gluten free. I miss making bread.