Melted Chocolate Cupcakes

 I tried this recipe for melted chocolate cupcakes.  The reason is that I had a bar of Himalayan salted chocolate which I found to be too salty.  Rather than putting it in the organic waste, I decided to find a recipe where I could bake with it.  It is delicious, however it seems to be 392 calories per cupcake.

I reduced the sugar from 1 1/2 cups to just one cup.  Instead of adding salt, I relied on the salt already in the chocolate bar.  The recipe is more involved than baking say a simple banana bread but it turned out surprisingly good.

Easy microwaved egg!

 I like to microwave an egg in a cup for a quick breakfast with a slice of buttered toast.  Simply oil or butter the cup to prevent sticking, crack an egg into it.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Microwave 30-35 seconds and it comes out over easy!  My sister says hers exploded at 35 seconds, it may depend on your microwave,  I always put my microwave cover on top just in case, but it is worth a try don't you think?

Emergency Preparedness Kit

 

Sharing this emergency preparedness kit I received in the mail from the Canadian Red Cross.

It lists essential items, how to pack and store your kit.  It says to consider saving electronic copies or photos of important documents in a safe location, perhaps other than your home, perhaps on a secure usb.

How prepared are you?  I am not.

Chicken Cabbage Soup

 This chicken cabbage soup turned out really well.  I had a lot of leftover barbecued chicken legs so it made a very rich soup.  Some sliced ham needed to be used up as well so in it went.

1/4 head of cabbage chopped

1 onion chopped

950 ml low sodium chicken stock

1 pkg sliced ham chopped

4 chicken legs, backs attached (can be leftovers already cooked)

1 rib celery chopped

1 carrot chopped

1 sweet pepper chopped

1/2 tsp pepper

3 medium potatoes peeled and cut into chunks

1 bay leaf

1 1/2 tsp dried herbs of your choice

3 tbs olive oil

1 tbs sugar

2 tbs vinegar

saute onions, carrots, celery, peppers, ham.  Add chicken, broth, potatoes, vinegar, salt, pepper, sugar and 3-4 cups of water to cover the chicken and vegetables.  Bring to a boil and simmer  1 hour.

Friday Art - Plane Ride

 Welcome to Friday Art!  This is a piece I did of my nephew and his family (3" x 4").  They took a plane from Arizona to be at daughter L's wedding this summer.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Rain' s Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Frosty and Veggie Dogs

 Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date!  For the 'Frosty' theme I did a frosty leaves ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") using paint pens.

For the dinner date I have some Ikea veggie dogs to show you.  Well I got the frozen veggie dogs from Ikea and I tried to dress them in a similar manner.  I actually used spicy mayo, sauerkraut, crispy onions and mustard.  It was pretty good.  I think Ikea might use a pickled beet, crispy onions and mustard.

Wednesday Memes

I have been getting comments in my spam folder recently, from blog friends sent in 2013! Anyone else?