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Hey Bloggers !

I’m waiting for my Buddy Clint to pick me up from my parents house so we can take a small trip to Niagara for the day. I miss it. I’m not going back to school this year because for Culinary extra school isn’t a necessity. You really don’t actually have to go to school. But hey i’m 20, I was going to school lol !

Anyways, i noticed that it has been a while since i wrote to you so i thought i would get on that. I have a few photo’s i would like to show you from my cooking. I cook a lot more when i’m home because the supplies are better and well my folks have food. I think my room mates kinda enjoy it. As long as a clean up, since my room mates are my parents. Hahaha.

I made a pasta dish using Classico Spinach Sauce, and i added cream to it to make it last longer and have more of a soft taste.

 

When i make pasta i need to add some veggies or i don’t find it as good for me? The carb and sugar level is too high without something green and red. I almost never add onions though because i’m not a huge fan of them. Just my preference though, I wish i could eat them. I love onion rings though. Guilty pleasure. When i add veggies i add it into the noodle water so they get steamed and don’t loose the nutrition value. When you sauté they usually get covered in oil and seem less appealing. Don’t add them at the beginning. I usually add them with 10 minutes or less left so they don’t get all mushy.

 

Then i after i drain out all of the water i mix in spices with my noodles so they can enhance the flavour of the meal. From every aspect of your cooking there should be flavour. :)

Plate, add cheese to the top because cheese is awesome !

You can check my Flickr for the edited version of these photo’s. Although i am not sure when i’ll be getting to that. :) I’ll let you know in my next blog if i have done it. I will also attach a link.

 

This weekend coming up is may 24, i’m so excited. I love may 24. I’m not sure why, I think its because it screams out beer and camping and i love both of those things. I wish i was going camping this weekend but instead i have decided to have a small get together since my folks will be out of town. I’m not planning on destroying their house or anything. I’m a smart party thrower. I don’t usually get mad if something breaks because it’s usually nothing important. I just don’t like it when people try to mess with me. My dark side comes out. Kidding.. I don’t think my dark side is that dark unless i get really really mad. I’ll have to show you some photo’s from this week when we take some.

Last friday was my best friend Erin Middleton’s Birthday ! She turned 21. I had a blast at her party. She threw it at her boyfriends house. He’s also the guy who got me the job at Camp 31. Here’s a photo of us girls goofing around !

Anyways, back to food. Very quickly though. I got bored the yesterday and made waffles, but i had to make them awesome so i died them blue and added raisins and chocolate chips. Also a cinnamon syrup that was more that unsuccessful.
hint: Adding food colouring usually makes your food taste like ass. #overrated.

Here’s a photo of my not so delicious waffles.

 

Ta Ta for now my friends :)

c.barber

I’m freezing

Hey folks,

  So i am aware that the title of this is weird… but it is also true.

My current status is still single, living with my parents and becoming a work-a-holic who can’t drive. Such a catch right? Ohh well not what I'm looking for anyways. I am currently looking for something to do. I get it i work a lot… aka i only get one day off a week. Yet i feel like nothing in my life is going right? Is that strange to think?
I need a new adventure and my old bedroom with a new paint job is not doing the trick. Should i take up a hobby? This is kind of a hobby right? fml.

Lets move on. I started my new job yesterday. The glamorous life of a bbq cook in butt fuck no where ! I am excited. I truly am. I really wanted to get cooking again. Schools done so i needed to start. I also restart my old job. I will be a cook and server at a golf course I've worked at for three summers now, I’m not full time there so it will work out well.

Last Friday i finished up my last exam then went to my good friend coles house. I got to see so many friends i missed ! like Michael De Haan, Kiva Brown, Tom Peletier, Cam Keddie and more who don’t have twitter. I also saw my friend Cody Wagner. We took a photo together… Don’t you love it? Also since i was so early the boy’s decided they wanted to ‘jam’. Soon after we played rock band.. I am a great singer !

It’s tough being away from my school friends, but great being with my home friends. I just wish everything went more smoothly in Niagara. It all kinda went ‘pooey’ after a little bit. But man, my last few weeks in Niagara were off the CHAIN ! You guys have no idea.. i went out, i partied, i went to the rippers, had my sisters bach.. her wedding ! ugh, So fun ! Even when we weren't doing anything we were still doing everything we could because it was almost over. I’ll miss them all more than they can imagine. :’( love you guys !! You were my second family… my home… my zen. Its so hard being away !

On another note… aka food ! mmm. I made a great lunch for myself today after work. I came home and i had half of my Chef Boyardee left so i added some cream, pepper and parmesan cheese to it. Yet that was my side. I also made a grilled cheese… BUT i made it with parm cheese and cheddar.. on raisin bread… SOOO GOOD ! Wanna see?

Lastly, I finally have a photo from the wedding that has me in it… Although i’m not looking too happy nor are the other girls lol. Ohh well we all love my sister and thought she looked great ! Here it is ..

Well thats all from me today folks ! Enjoy life.. Talk to you soon.

c.barber