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March 26th, 2007

08:05 pm - Potato Pancakes! (Cooking +0.1) FFXI is boring so I doubt I'll be posting much about it in this journal anymore. I tried to exp PUP last night but it failed horribly (1 NIN online, 1 RDM online, better than normal). Ended up being NIN WAR DRG PUP MNK RDM on Colibri at 63-64 but the WAR pulled a Treant and wiped the PT and then people disbanded. lolPUP. At least I figured out how to beat the ENM60 (lost 2x, then won but no drops). 2000 exp every Sunday, I don't think I can lose using the full ValorEdge + Hi-Pots, even if he summons 4x Valoredge, I can survive and he'll usually be pretty close to dead by then. Anyway, on to food! So I looked in the fridge and saw a bag of potatoes that has been there for like 2 weeks. I thought what I could make and had a sudden craving for hash browns. So I googled some recipes for potato pancakes and invented my own :) Ingredients: 1.5 lb Potatoes, shredded (skin and all, no need to peel them) 1 Large Onion, shredded 1 Tbsp Milk (I used wayyy too much) 1 Egg 2-4 Tbsp Flour 1 Tbsp Baking Powder Salt and Pepper Parsley Any other seasonings you want to add Steps: 1. Shred potatoes and onions, mix together by hand and sit in strainer in sink 2. Combine dry ingredients (flour, salt, pepper, parsley, spices) 3. Pour milk + egg over potatoes + onions 4. Add dry ingredients to potato mixture and mix 5. Heat Oil in frying pan over medium heat 6. Add potatoes to oil roughly 1Tbsp drops, and flatten with back end of spoon 7. Flip when brown on bottom Not the healthiest thing in the world, but very yummy! I only ate 4 of them since I don't want to go crazy, need to find something else to eat them with as a real meal. Or maybe I'll just eat them in the morning for my carbs. Next time I'll use sweet potatoes! pics: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Faranim/Random/Cooking/2007-03/PotatoPancake1.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Faranim/Random/Cooking/2007-03/PotatoPancake2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Faranim/Random/Cooking/2007-03/PotatoPancake3.jpg Current Mood: pleased Tags: cooking

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March 21st, 2007

05:46 pm - Cooking +0.1 Even though I made food yesterday, there was fish in the fridge that might go bad. So I baked it up with lemon! I think I'll make some couscous and a bag of frozen broccoli later and make some more meals! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Faranim/Random/Cooking/2007-03/2007_03_21_Fish.jpg Also, I'm going to try to "taper" my carbs better. Lots of carbs in morning/afternoon but fewer for dinner. This should help give me energy for the whole day but won't result in extra carbs by the time I go to sleep. I think a lot of the fat I gained in college came from those late-night ramen immediately before going to sleep. Carbs are so good, yet also evil :( Oh, and sorry for all the non-FFXI stuff. My RL has taken priority and I really don't have much time to even login at all. I should be on this Thursday, and then randomly over the weekend. I expect things to settle down a lot more after next week, I just went kinda crazy this week finally doing all those things I've been putting off forever (getting more contacts, going to dentist, looking at houses, studying for midterms, etc) Current Mood: bouncy Tags: cooking

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March 20th, 2007

10:08 pm - Cooking Skill +1 I think I'm going to post pictures of all the meals I cook from now on. This one turned out delicious. It made 6 servings total, so I have lunches and dinners for the rest of the week! Chicken Breast with black pepper, fried in pan with olive oil Green Bean Casserole (Green Beans, Cream of Chicken soup, Fried Onions) Whole Wheat Spaghetti I'm also putting myself on a serious exercise schedule: Wake up before 7 AM every day and play at least 30 minutes of DDR! Also, weight lifting at least 2x a week once I buy some weights and a bench. Time to get in shape for summer >_> Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: West End Guy - Digital Planet - Initial D Tags: cooking

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