Doughnuts, Anyone?

I was watching the Food Network show the other day and Sunny Anderson's show was on and I happened to see her cooking some Chinese Doughnuts, which is basically made out of biscuits dough. It was easy and looked so yummy that I thought of making some myself. I did and yesterday we went to the grocery store to shop for some goodies for today's event and I went ahead and bought some biscuit dough.

I didn't have the recipe for it and I just have it in my mind, then I saw it on the package of Pillsbury and I was so happy and it saved me some time searching for the recipe. I went ahead and baked it, and it turned out really great. Not your typical doughnuts, but hey! It tasted really good. My husband said he wasn't going to eat some because he had to much sweets already, but when he tried it, he could not help it, but to sneaked up some. LOL! He said it was irresistible that he had to have some.

Here is the recipe courtesy of Pillsbury.com. You can visit their website for more recipes, too!

INGREDIENTS
1 can (7.5 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1/3 cup sugar

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. Separate dough into 10 biscuits; flatten each to a 2 1/2-inch round. With 1-inch round biscuit cutter, cut hole in center of each round. Dip all sides of biscuits and centers into butter, then into sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
3. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Bake 10 to 12 minutes.

High Altitude Directions

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Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July, US of A! Again we are celebrating this meaningful moment of Independence. From the Blankenship family, we hope that you may have a wonderful moment sharing and celebrating it with your family, friends, and the rest of the world. Have a great day! Keep safe!

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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread by Adin B

Since we planted zucchinis this year, I decided I wanted to make another zucchini bread that I used to make before when I was pregnant with my son. My husband got me some zucchini from the garden and I put them in the food processor and let it do the work. I had 2 cups of grated zucchini perfect for this recipe. This recipe I found when I was watching one of my favorite celebrity cook, Paula Deen on Food Network show. She was making this bread and it made me hungry. I went in the kitchen and baked some zucchini bread for me, my husband and our dogs, and they all loved it. LOL! So now, I wanted to share it to you guys just in case you are interested in trying some or if you haven't heard of this recipe. I had 3 pans of baked zucchini bread and I gave the other one to my dear friend ate Vicky. She and her family all loved it and enjoyed eating it with ice cream. YumO!

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen, 2008

Prep Time: 15 min Inactive Prep Time: hr min Cook Time: 50 min Level: Easy Serves: 2 loaves

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups grated zucchini
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• Whipped cream, for serving
• Zucchini ribbons, for serving

Directions

Preheat oven at 350 degrees F. Grease (2) 9 by 5-inch loaf pans.

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, spices and baking soda.

In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar, and continue beating until well blended. Stir in oil, vanilla, zucchini, pecans, chocolate chips, and orange zest. Stir in sifted ingredients. Pour into prepared loaf pans.

Bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Remove loaves from pans and cool. Chill before slicing. Serve with whipped cream and ribbons of zucchini.

Hope you will enjoy!

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Troubleshooting!

Can someone help me please with my blog? I don't know what is going on with this anymore. It is all stretched out and things are not in the right place as to where it should be. I don't know what to do! Huhuhuhu.. :) I will be back blogging by the time this is fixed.

Bountiful Harvest

We were so glad that we got to harvest some things out of our garden and the hard work paid off. Just the other day, we had such a bountiful harvest of all kinds of veggies that we have in our garden. I was most especially excited harvesting onion bulbs because I have never harvested any onion bulbs before. They were a little bit bigger and we know that they are going to get bigger than the ones we harvested, so we left the rest of them and we will wait until they are full grown. We also got some banana peppers which are so good, we got some chard, sweat peas, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, zucchini squash, etc. Wo ho! It was fun knowing that you get to eat fresh food straight from the garden. Even our little boy Harley had a good time watching mommy and daddy harvesting some goodies. He even tried eating raw onions and some cherry tomatoes. At first, he didn't realize how the raw onions would taste like not until it hit him. He had this funny face on when he realized it wasn't really that good at all. By that time on, every time he sees the onion, he would throw it away from him. LOL! But he thought that the cherry tomato was good though.
These are the freshly picked onion bulbs from the Blankenship backyard garden. Ye Haw!

I sure don't know what my son was thinking. Everything goes in his mouth, thinking that everything is food. Curious little Harley! You go boy!













It wasn't too good, huh? Well, at least now you know baby Harley that eating that type of onion is not really that good. If it was a Sweet Vidalia onion, it would have been good. LOL! Our son had a good time though trying some new things.

Of course when you have some freshly picked veggies, what you have left to do is to cook and eat it. YumO! I put some tomato juice in it and it tasted very earthy/organic, delicious and healthy.

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Ride With Ease and Green in Mind

Have you ever owned an electric bike? Don't you think they are such a neat rig though? The first time that I saw one was on I was in the Philippines, and my classmate's mom owned one. Every time she comes down the road driving that cutie electric bike, I thought that I would probably look good driving in one of those. I always wanted to own one, but just could not afford. The other day I went online and searched for new electric bicycle and I was curious to see how much would it cost these days. I learned that they now have created a new cutting-edge of an earth-friendly rides. These are not your traditional electric bikes though, but yet it is still as comfortable as riding the old ones because of its Electric Motion Propulsion and Control System. These new Electric Bikes are very lightweight and is powered with lithium battery and just the turn of a button, you are good to go. You get to control your own speed by the push of the throttle. These bikes battery can last more than 30 miles on a single charge and travel as fast as 20mph without pedaling. How amazing is that? I would love to have one of those. I could surely use one driving to the grocery store, around town, or just to the park with my husband and son.




The Electric Bicycle that I am interested in, is this Green Cruiser Eclipse Electric Bike, which is so neat, and just the right size for me. I am pretty sure I am going to love it if ever I get to afford one. These Green Clectric bikes are perfect for your kids birthday gift too, and they can ride around the park with you for an afternoon bike ride. They would surely love that! Not only that it is very earth-friendly, and it rides with ease and style, but it also comes in very reasonable prices. If you order one of those or two right now, you will get to avail their Free shipping offer and some discounted prices. This would be the perfect time to buy!

OUCH!!!

Ouch! I just had my steroid shot this afternoon. I had my very first steroid shot the other year and I can still remember how painful it was. And yet again, I got poked today and it was painful. I was walking and limping at the same time when I got out of the clinic and this better be working. I was like holding my husband's hand while the nurse injected me with steroid for my allergy and he can feel me squeezing his hand so tight. He was freaked out when he saw the nurse poked me with the needle all the way through. I was like, "Yes! I can feel that and it was not fun at all!"I sure hope I don't have to go through all these allergies again and be poke by a needle. I don't like it! I am still itchy up to this time, but the bumps are started to fade away it doesn't feel like a burning itch anymore. I hope within days, I will be totally fine, and I have to work on some of my scars from scratching it so hard. I had better get me some scar cream then. Hope you guys have a good night!

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We all know that we women do love to shop for new pair of shoes even though we already have tons of shoes in our closet. It is a girl thing and it is one of our many weaknesses. We treat our shoes not merely for utility purposes, but also for accessorizing. We always wanted to be in with the fashion and not to be left out. The girl's got to look hot! I am a fan of shoes too and since we live far from the city and we don't visit that much, I tend to shop online. I browse online searching for great deals on clothing, purses, shoes, accessories, etc. I do some comparing too when it comes to prices on which store has the best deal and then if I like it, I will go for it. Right now, I am searching for a new pair of running shoes since I am hooked on running now with my husband, so I thought I should probably get a new pair. I have 2 pairs of really good running shoes, but the one that I like so much is already old and I think it is about time to get a new one. I always love Asics running shoes, so I am thinking of getting the same thing and I found one online when I was shopping at Shopwiki.com. The thing that I like about the Asics' running shoes are that they're comfortable to wear, it is soft and does not give you any blisters on your feet, it has a good air-flow so you feet does not get too hot. It is just comfortable and you get your money's worth out of it. This one that I found is ASICS Gel Cumulus and of course I love the style and the color. So I thought I might get this one and I know it will be worth it.

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I am Miserably Itchy Today!

This is the part of summer where I hate the most. Skin irritations and skin allergies are my worst enemies. I hate this time of year when I get skin itching. I tell you, I am in terrible itching this time and sometimes it is burning itch, too. I am not sure what causes it, but just last night right after I took a shower, I started feeling itchy on my legs mostly and when I saw it, I saw these itchy red spots on my legs. I thought to myself, "here we go again, I am going through this again!" I hate it! Now, it is even getting worse because the itchy red spots are turning to red bumps and it gets even bigger the more I scratch it. I tried to avoid scratching my skin, I get myself busy trying not to think much about it, but still it is unbearable at times. I just put some Cortaid awhile ago and it is soothing the burning itch for a while and then it comes back. Last year in 2007, I had the same thing situation, only that time my itchy red bumps turned really big and it looked like hives. We went to the doctor and he injected me some steroid, but it didn't get rid of the bumps away. Now I decided that I have to go to the Dermatologist and have my skin checked because I have such very sensitive skin. I am very unfortunate!


I have done a lot things to get rid of it or at least the itching. Sounds silly, but I tried Meat Tenderizer solution, all the creams and spray that helps to soothe the itching, I even took a bath of water with baking soda and vinegar in it. And oh! Yes! A very strong one too, hoping and praying that it will do something on my skin. My goodness! I was like a pickled human and smelled like vinegar. Still, the itch came back and it gotten worse. It is mostly on my legs this time and it looks really ugly. Help me!


We kind of thought that it might have something to do with going to the farm yesterday. There are a lot of poison ivies out there, but then I was very careful not to get any closer or in contact with those nasty plants. The dogs, I am not sure. I was wearing long pants yesterday and why it is that it is on my legs. I don't know, it is still a mystery for now not until I get to a doctor and have it checked. Dear God help me! It doesn't look like much on the photo, but for real, it is darn ugly! Yuck!

Wild Blackberries

Yesterday, we went to the farm early evening and spent some time out there since it had been a while since the last time we were there. It was a very stuffy, hot day that I did not feel like doing that much nor get out of the car and walk. Hey! Bugs and insects are already out and they are ready to bite you. Ugh! I hate it and that is the part of summer that I do not like. This time, no more farm for me because I am already having some itching going on in my skin right now. But anyway that is not why I wrote this. I am actually going to share with you the photos that I took yesterday about the wild blackberries. We were on our way out of the farm that Tim had to stop by the old barn and look around for a while. As we stopped, Tim saw the wild blackberries and decided that we all should come out and try some of them. Man! They were so good and they are everywhere. Tim said that some parts of the farm used to be filled with nothing but blackberries. When they were kids they used to come out and pick up some blackberries so that his mom can make blackberry cobbler. Doesn't that sound good? We have blackberries in our yard, but they are big compared to the wild berries that we had yesterday. It seems like the smaller the berries, the more it is packed with sweetness. I was so surprised when I tried some and could not stop from eating. They are for free and they're growing everywhere. You can just pick and eat!

Even our little boy Harley thought it was so good. He could not stop eating it too! But at first he thought daddy was kidding because he didn't think it was that good at all. It was small and black, but then when he tasted it, boy he could not stop. Daddy kept picking up some berries and feeding it to our little boy Harley. As you see in the picture above, daddy's giving him another bite of a blackberry. Yum!

(He looks like he spit blood! LOL!)

(There are blackberries growing all over the place. Amazing!)

(Wild Blackberries)

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Happy Father's Day

Happy 1st Father's Day to the man of my life, daddy Tim. He has been the most wonderful that we have ever known. He loves his son so much and he is so proud of his little guy. Baby Harley loves his dad so much that's because daddy Tim spoiled him with love and care. They both are great buddies and they always love to hang out with each other. Even if daddy is working outside, baby Harley still wants to go and help daddy in whatever he is doing. On your day daddy Tim, we would like to pamper you with so much love and care. Mama will make you breakfast in bed and I hope you will like it. LOL! I already gave him his first Father's day gift earlier and all I have left is to cook him something really good. I know he is going to want to have chocolate cake with frosting. That is his favorite! We love you so much daddy Tim and we thank you for being such an amazing dad.


And to my Papa Frederick, Happy Father's Day to you too and we hope and pray that you will no longer have any illnesses and that God will touch and heal you. Thank you so much papa for being such a good father to me and we are sorry that we are not there with you to celebrate this occasion, but know that you are dearly loved by us. God Bless these two precious people in my life. To all the father's in this world, Happy Father's Day and may you enjoy the day with your friends and family.

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Big Head of Cabbage

I was so excited when my husband came in the kitchen with a big head of cabbage freshly picked from our garden. I love cabbage so much that is why we grow them this year. My goodness, I can't wait to cook it and enjoy some fresh cabbage. It is so nice to know that you are eating something that you actually worked hard for. Our garden is surely doing well this year and most of the things that we planted are really growing. Yey!

I hope you guys will have a good night.

To Play Piano Like Beethoven or Chopin

I went through all my photos last night and when I saw photos of my son when he was a lot younger, it brought tears to my eyes and made me realized that time really flies by so fast and look at him now. He is going to be 10 months tomorrow and he is such a little boy of character. One of his favorites is to play the keyboard. Since we have the keyboard at home, the one from his grandmother, he loves to play with it and just be a baby. He does not even know what his doing, but all he knows is that he enjoys messing with the keyboard and the sound it makes. We thought that it would be really nice that he will know how to play one by the time he is old enough to play. I don't know how to play any instruments at all, so I understand how hard it is not being able to play a keyboard or a piano, where I have always wanted to learn how to play one, but just not enough money to pay for the piano lessons. I hope our little guy will get to learn how to play a piano someday and be good at it. It is just wonderful listening to a pianist playing his piece and it just seems so romantic.

You know what would be really nice is to enroll those classes that is taken online or even at your own home and in your own pace. You don't have to leave the house and you can be at the comfort of your home learning how to play. You still learn the same thing as you would in a piano school or even better, but just in a different setting. You learn to read music or read notes, sight reading, how to be hand coordinated, and be a better pianist that you can be. I think that would be an amazing idea. So who knows, when our baby gets to be old enough to play, we might take that advantage of learning how to play the piano better and he might be the next Ludwig Van Beethoven or Fredric Chopin. We wish!

The Benefit of Eating Chard

Have you ever heard of a leafy vegetable called Chard? Have you ever tried them? If you haven't, then you should because it is so good. This is actually my newly found favorite leafy vegetables and I am so glad that we tried growing them in our garden. Chard is also called Swiss Chard which was used to distinguish chard from a French spinach. It is also called as Crab beet, Spinach beet, Mangold, etc. It is the same species as the garden beet and the part that is edible is its leaf. The leaf of the chard is the edible part with shiny green ribbed leaves, and the stems come in different colors from red, yellow and white. Though it is slightly bitter, but it is so good. The young leaves of chard can be eaten raw with your salad and the mature ones can you cook in with your soup or saute' it with some soy sauce or however you want to do it. Boy! Oh! Boy! it is so good and I am loving it. We are growing chard in our garden this year and we are enjoying it so much.

I happened to read an article from EveryNutrient.com about the benefits of eating Chard and I just wanted to share it to you guys the wonderful news about it. It says;

"Swiss chard is packed with nutrition. It is an excellent source of vitamins C, E, and K, carotenes, chlorophyll, and fiber. Which fiber is good for your body and we all know that. It is also an excellent source of several minerals including potassium, magnesium, iron, and manganese. Swiss chard is also a good source of many other nutrients including vitamin B6, protein, calcium, thiamine, selenium, zinc, niacin, and folic acid."

"Swiss chard is one of the most powerful anti-cancer foods due to its combination of traditional nutrients; phytochemicals, chlorophyll, other plant
pigments, and soluble fiber. The generous amount of vitamin K that is contained in
Swiss chard, is especially beneficial in the maintenance of bone health."

Just think of all the good things that you can get from eating Chard, and how good it can do to your health. So, if I were you, start adding chard now to your diet, and if you have a garden at home, then start planting so you can have free chard available everyday. So we can all leave a healthy good life. Just my share for the day and I hope you like it.