crazy guy in other apt

these birds are psycho...they are always fighting. i think the main problem is the they chirp so loudly in my window. i am like are they trying to wake me up. and it doesnt help that the person in the other unit has some sort of disfunction where he cant sleep except for sometimes. i guess i am lucky to have it so easy though. i have read about people whose kept awake all night by mental people screaming on the other side of the wall .i feel like he is watching me through the walls like all the time. i am really hopeful it will get better...sometimes i can prevent myself from thinking like this though. and also i feel like if i just stay really positive...he's probably moving on anyways. he is just a weirdo who never goes out...an ex mental patient i guess. i think the main reason why i feel so bothered is because he doesn't seem to have any awareness of the world around him. i think he is from Minnesota

bread

now i am eating a loaf of bread where i forgot to make slices in the top when i baked it. i guess somehow that prevents it from rising. this bread is super dense :) but tastes pretty good anyway. trying to figure out what to make next...maybe more dosa or empanadas. also being careful with my big grain bags...i have 25 lb flour from walmart now and i think i already broke one of my fridge droors putting 10lb of sugar in there...all great...i don't think its too bad.

new thoughts

today is friday...i am so happy...i am trying to gather email addresses for my new fashion line i am starting. I just went to betsey johnsons website to collect some ideas for press. one of her ads was about corporate rule. i got so pissed ..like corporate is not the rule. well sometime it may be a good system. but like did betsey johnson put that up there to incite strife...because that pisses me off or just to make people rebellious. perhaps just to draw attention to an issue. i guess i hadnt thought they were the ruler. no idea.

real dosa now

ok i think i got what i would call a real dosa! crispy bottom and soft top...rolled up nicely. i am so very proud of myself for my continued efforts. furthermore i made a shortbread with oats. i only used oil sugar oats and flour. i cant tell if regular shortbread uses powdered sugar. mine was a bit flakier and less doughy. i think next time i will add a bit of salt though. the taste is great. i also made a corn ( masa) pie with flour sugar baking powder and salt. i poured the batter onto an oil crust. this is supremely good. i havent bought sugar in a long time because i was using stevia...but now i am trying to grow stevia so i am using sugar til then i guess.

dosa again

ok well i am still trying this dosa thing since i use the batter to thicken soup and have been experimenting with pancakes...so i have been working on consistency of batter, pan grease, and soaking/fermenting time. since its still a tad chilly where i am i have been trying just to soak the batter longer rather than to ferment it...this has shortened my cooking time. and i use now pam to spray grease my pan. i am starting to get a dosa...they are still too thick but still a rice lentil pancake. i did one batch where i added flour and baking powder and peanuts and that worked real well. then i did another batch with just rice and lentil...my rice was a little "aldente" but overall very good. now i am just trying to double grind my mix andexperiment a bit more.

why? why? why?

so i guess this is my complaining section...the person that lives next to me ( separate apt separate door smae house) is like sometimes banging a lot...like noise. he is an older guy and pretty much never has guests that i notice. i cant figure out what this guy is banging on or what for. now i am waiting for two new seeds i ordered lettuce and hollyhock.

next recipes

sometimes i hear the bird chirp at night but it is kind of hard to tell since they live in the roof alcoves. anyway I ordered more flour so I can make my shortbread...I may put some oats in it too. and after that i want to make some banana or pumpkin cake. :)

next day

i have been trying to get these birds to shut up for like years...and since the crow left...well i think maybe the birds will take off. i was lying in bed this morning trying to sleep in and they are just cheeping so loudly. i am sure they will move soon...you know positivity usually works. my next goal in life is shortbread...with or without oats.

diet plan

i am trying to decide what to do next for my diet plan. i have a couple tops i want to stretch out because they are tight. i have read that there are two options for this...gain weight to stretch them out or lose weight. my clothes fit way loose when i did my soup diet and now seem to be normal. i want to do the soup diet again because it feels so tonifying...but i have all these other cravings for cookies and chocolate that probably not go away. i want to get a cocoa mix from walmart...like 2$ for 20 oz, make shortbead and buy a donut machine. it is all pretty cheap so perhaps it will all work.

foods made

so from walmart i bought: white flour whole wheat flour lentils dehydrated potatoes brown rice white rice peanut butter prunes peanuts marshmallows graham crackers and i made: peanut pie plum cake parotta potato filled chapati mashed potato pie lentil and rice pie lentil and rice mush pancakes tortillas naan biscuits my calorie restriction seems to not be happening but the lentil rice mush is a good soup base and soup is a great calorie restriction food.

another bird

so now that the crow is gone there is one bird that is singing its song in the morning. actually this bird has been signing its song since i ve lived here. though it has gotten quieter at times. perhaps it will follow the likes of the crow and go away. it can be so loud. i made parotta last night and baked naan. they both worked out much better than expected. i had been looking for the parotta recipe for a long time and finally found it. so happy to have tried it out.

no crow

so my crow has left. i think he was a young crow and just making a post of my home for a little while...something in his ecosystem led him here. spring continues springing. i have a lot of plants that i am trying to decide what to keep inside and what to transplant outside. i am also getting some kale and lettuce seeds in the mail. as well as canterbury bells...foxglove...and pretty bonnets...and stevia. very cool

pancakes

i have been making pancakes while i contemplate how to make dosa and idli...trying to see if i can make them with my current lentils. my pancakes are wheat oil baking powder and watee. they come out a bit gelatinous like a crepe or south indian pancake. i have still been making my dosa batter but just baking in a baking dish. today some of the white rice batter(i make separate batter from white rice brown rice and green/red lentil) was not totally mixed in with the other so when it baked, there were sections that seemed just like idli. the batter does not seem to really be fermenting but maybe if i just use white rice...keep you posted.

improve the recipe

wow so im reading about people making dosa with pinto beans and brown rice. i am having sucess with wheat flour pancakes....i think i just need to heat my pan more more more and use oil and ferment my batter more. it is very cool though that one can get such a densely packed protein pancake with such type of ingredients.

idli?

my dosa didnt work because the batter was too thick an i used a different kind on lentil. i think in the future for dosa to work for me...i would need to really oil the pan...perhaps use different lentil...and thinner batter. i think it may be in the pan though. i read dont use same pan for roti and dosa. now since i dont have an idli pan i will just bake some of this batter in a cake pan until i can upgrade my process. my two layer fruitcake is soaking up some xtra rum...looks good. i also made a peanut cake with marshmallows...not very sweet but a graham cracker crust on the bottom helps out. probably go back to box cake after this.

lentil mush

ok dosa update first: the outcome was good foodwise though not much like dosa. it was kind of like cream of wheat...i didnt add enough water and stuch to pan...pan was too dry i suppose. fruitcake update: just came out of oven. batter looked good...cooked extra long...might be a tad burned...got two cakes instead on one...may have used too much spice. could be a success...smells like rum.

dosa

so i will attempt to make dosa today...the batter probably is ok but did not double in size.. it should be an interesting experiment either way. i made biscuits also incase its all a total miss.

food adventures

i got my food supplies and thus far have made tomato rice...potato chapati...tortillas...pancakes. my next attempt will be dosa. i really liked the calorie restriction and am kind of sad to be eating but nice not to have to deal with the cravings. oh yeah i also made a small loaf of bread which turned oit really really well...surprised i still had it in me...havent made a yeast bread in years. i also want to try making some laminate dough pastry. all very exciting.

foods

so chopped the prune and am soaking it with rum was going to bake today but now i am just going to soak the rum prune and spices. cooked some rice and tomato sauce...fun

supdate

i got my walmart stuff...prunes are marinating in rum...i will bake it tomorrow. i have been so hungry with my calorie restriction i made like7-10 tortillas with flour salt baking soda and oil. man oh man have i been hungry :) how fun.

rum

now i even get to purchase the rum for my fruitcake or peanut putter plum cake. i thought i wouldnt have enough but alnertsons has gold rum for 7.49$ hooray. i really wanted to get a king cake but not even sure if its mardi gras...it must be. i will soak the plum in rum first...and figure out my graham cracker crust next.. adaptation from pie cake. and hopefully it will cure to xmas.

dogs

these dogs have been barking for like hours on end...its hilarious...don't they go hoarse. its actually kindof illegal where i live. oh well...i don't even know where its coming from. now i am planning my next purchases from walmart for next month and i think i might get a bunch of tomato paste and try to mix up some soup base like what i have going now. its pretty good prices and you can order in bulk. i love getting things in the mail. whoop

now march :)

i woke up so early today...one of my goals over the next couple years...i have usually gotten my fair share of sleep bu i like early mornings before the sun rises so much. i also got ingredients to make one of my fruitcake recipes though wont have money for the rum just yet...but i guess they can be aged for six months type of thing once you get the rum in. some even go for three years or ten years...what i read...like cheese or wine i suppose. i will include peanuts prunes or plums peanut butter melted marshmallows and have a grahsm cracker crust...and chocolate on top. i am hoping a dark rum can pull all this together with the spice mixture i've got going...never made this dish but researched it. and got ingredients for some indian items i want to try...very very exciting. i ordered from walmart...how cool and random...peanut butter for 2 bucks and free shipping over 50$.

spring? almost?

aha...today i am up before the birds. we finally got our rain...more than a sprinkle...i think it rained the whole night through. this will be great...what do they say...spring rain=summer flowers. i am so pleased.