Homemade goodness

The weather down here has been all kinds of up and down, rainy and windy then kinda nice and so on. So what else to do in the weird weather but experiment in the kitchen! The first test recipe were brownies made from scratch that turned out wonderfully! The recipe was super simple, cheap and doesn't involve any preservatives or crazy chemicals like in the boxes. Next time I will be sure to make a double batch since this recipe didn't make very many.

1 Cup Sugar, 1/2 Cup Flour, 1/3 Cup Cocoa, 1/4 tsp Salt, 1/4 tsp Baking Powder. Add: 2 Eggs, 1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil, 1 teaspoon Vanilla. Bake @ 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Our brownies stuck a bit on the bottom of the pan so you may want to spray your pan down first.

Next it was Mike's turn to take a swing in the kitchen. In the end his experiment turned out super yummy but there were some bumps along the way...and the results were this....

Badger hiding in the coat closet, safely away from the smoke filling the apartment.

Mike decided to experiment with making homemade mozzarella sticks. The first couple of tries produced something that looked as if it had been set ablaze. The third try, however, was amazing!

Our final kitchen trial for the week was to make taco salad in tortilla bowls. I tend to crave taco salad at the most random times and the tortilla bowl is what makes it a real taco salad. These were super easy to make as well. Just put a flour tortilla in an oven safe bowl and spray with butter flavored PAM put in the oven at 450 for 5-7 minutes and ta da!

Thankfully this weekend's weather has been amazing so we were able to venture out a bit. Yesterday I gave a lesson out at Wesleyan and let some of the team members have an extra ride before starting spring break. After work we headed up to Forsyth for the Forsythia Festival and to see Lou pony. The festival was full of arts and crafts vendors and tons of food booths serving up everything from sweet tea to fried everything. Lou was very happy to see us when we arrived at the farm and we were promptly covered in chestnut hair after grooming him...yay for spring coming! Today's weather was even nicer than yesterday with a high 73! I had the noon hay shift at Wesleyan, that I was just a tad late for with all the time change confusion today! After making sure everyone was happy I hopped on Spence for a bit and then Mike and I took a nice walk around the "lake." It was so nice and peaceful out there today and so quiet that we were able to spot at least 30 turtles! It will surely be a great spot for the Denniston turtle release this April!