Food Coloring, Not just for Easter

I have been making more food at home lately. I have a bunch of food coloring bottles. I have been putting random food colors in all kinds of things. The colors do not come out well in the photos so I put some descriptive words around the pictures. What is nice about the food coloring is that it really does not change the taste of the food.

Rice yellow food coloring

Cookies red with green M&M’s

Muffins red

Tuna Mac and Cheese aka “Brains” green

Cream Cheese Frosting blue

A Giant Cookie orange

Adding the food colors to random food has made cooking a little more fun. You should try using food colors throughout the year.

Homemade Cheesecake

I have been feeling adventurous with baking lately. Even though I did not like how the wedding cake came out, I still am enjoying baking. I am trying to clean out my baking supplies. Though I guess I should not have bought more chocolate chips. I have a bunch of cream cheese I am trying to use up. I bought some graham crackers and made my own crumbs. I crumbled too many so I made two cakes. In the round one I added some fresh squeezed lemon juice.

 

I ate this square one last night. It was pretty good. A little over cooked perhaps.

This one I added lemon juice. The lemon was not noticeable in the final product. The taste was not as dry as the square one. Taste was about the same. I meant to add strawberry jam to the top of one of the cakes. I forgot about the jam though.

07/31/2011

I finally woke up for good around 22:00. I got dressed in a shirt, tie, and slacks. I could not decide what to do all day so I ended up sleeping. I finally left the house a little before 23:00. I started walking around Broadway trying to figure out a good place to get some food.

I spent part of my night at the Garage drinking. Then I spent 56 minutes bowling 5 games. I find it hard to believe that I spent 11 minutes a game. And my best game was the 5th with a 149 score.

Game 1 – 96

Game 2 – 110

Game 3 – 109 –

Game 4 - 99 with 2 strikes in the 10th, thought I was only going to get a 90 if I struck out

Game 5 - 149 3 strikes

I ended that 4th game so well that I decided to bowl a 5th. The 5th started well and I did okay. I think I should have relaxed earlier in the night, I would have bowled higher games. Either the combination of relaxation and alcohol or just a little bit more concentration earlier in the night would have increased my scores. At $5 a lane for an hour, I think I should spend more time bowling.

My birthday cake with some candles. I thought I had a picture of the candles on fire but I can not seem to find it. It was quite a blaze.

After bowling I stopped at the Sun Liquor Distillery to get a screwdriver. Then I made my way home.

Wednesday Night at the Deluxe

I did a little stalking last night with the pretext that I needed to work on my Letter of Interest for a new job at work. I knew Erin was at CAP so I went up there to work on my letter after work. I left the building so she ran into me outside the building. We had a nice chat and I put her on the #49 bus home. My knee wanted to walk so when I was trying to sit down at the library, my knee was not happy.
Then I went to the Deluxe for Burger-Rama. $4.99 for a good Bacon Onion Avocado burger plus fries is a tough deal to beat. Plus 2 beers and I was ready to go home. I did manage to get a line or two written at the library and at the Deluxe. At the Deluxe I sat next to this really warm fireplace.

After the Deluxe I came down to the Summit and ran into Chris, Brittany, and Dora. Dora is the smallest dog I know. Also the quietest and stillest dog I have seen. I never see her move. I never hear her.
A couple drinks at the Summit. Some good conversation. I was good to go home. I did not finish my letter but I had a good time. And what is more important?

Madison Beach Park

Shots taken at the beach the first time I went into Lake Washington.

People jumping off the boards

 

 After swimming and tanning for a while, I went and got some food at McGilvra’s. The Pita Bread was warm and good. The Spinach and Artichoke dip was okay. I think I have had better dip but I have not had better Pita Bread. I ordered the beef stew with a side salad. I asked for Ranch but got Honey mustard. Since I have been trying to expand my food choices I kept the Honey mustard. The little slices of hard bread were good with the stew.  And I had a slice of caramel cheesecake for dessert. The slices of strawberry alongside were so good. The way the caramel was drizzled onto the strawberries….so good! 

After eating, I went and took some more pictures of the beach and the water. I can not believe that this is my first summer coming to this spot. I have been in Seattle way too long and have not taken advantage of the scenery.

Now that I am desperate to get out of Seattle, I am finding all these things that make living in Seattle not so bad.

Upcoming Posts

I need to work on a bunch of posts. Maybe if I make a list, that will compel me to work on some of them.
1. Tahiti part 3
2. Dolphins
3. Birthday Night 2010
4. Highway 1
5. Avenue of the Giants
6. Oregon Coast
7. August 1
8. Work
9. Apartment
Plus some random ones that I do not want to mention right now. The hardest one that I think to write will be the Tahiti one. Too many things that I want to say that I can not bring myself to talk about yet. But then again, the longer I do not talk about it the harder talking about it becomes.
Yes, the vague musings of my life are horrible.

5th Envelope plus Envelope 4B

I forgot about Envelope 4B. I opened it at the right time. Chichen Ista tour looks great. I have been wanting to see some Mayan Ruins for a long time. I want to wait on confirming those plans until I see what Lorelei and JD have planned for Saturday.

All these places that Lorelei and JD included look good. I am so tired from traveling that I decide to just hang out in the Hotel Bar. Nice and quiet. Great view of the Caribbean Sea. I see no reason to go out tonight. I tried to take a nap when I first got to the hotel but I just could not sleep. I guess I slept longer on the plane than I had thought.

This is the Terrace dining room. I guess there is Main dining room upstairs. After eating I moved over to the bar area.

This is a carving done by one of the hotel workers. I believe if I understood Miguel correctly, this is the Goddess Ixchel. 

Front of the hotel.