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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

A party to remember, i night i forgot

Hello Blogggggers,

  As you may already know if you’ve been reading my blog of course. My sister got married on Friday, it was a great night !! We had drinks, we ate great food and danced our night away. Everyone looked beautiful, especially my sister. I’m extremely proud of her.

  Here’s a photo of her and my very handsome nephew Owen James.

  Gorgeous Right?

  I’ll move on, Today I've been working hard at this cookbook but i don’t know how much longer i can do this today. I haven’t seen anyone since noon. Right now it’s 6:30pm. Exams … ugh.

  Since i am bored i have decided to make myself dinner. Although i was going to make butter chicken for my friend Chris and I. I decided to make spaghetti.. although Chris is still working on his homework. So i sit here starving.

  I’m also making peanut butter cookies. I can’t wait, I’m going to drop my Easter egg chocolates on the top like thumb print cookies but with chocolate. So excited to eat them… just waiting on Chris to bring me an egg.

Anyways, I'll check back in soon lovelies !

C.Barber

A wedding of a life time

Hello there bloggers,

  Well i just finished my last lab of college. We did a black box day, our class received all produce necessary to create great dishes. Then our protein was a secret until we got into class. We knew that we got one fish and one red or white meat. Every student had to make a soup and a appetizer. This had to be finished very quickly. Then we needed a bread and spread, also a main course.

  Mine was seafood medley(shrimp, mussels, and squid) and pork tenderloin. What i ended up doing was Squid Bruschetta on Naan for my bread, spread and appetizer. I also made a hot pepper and garlic oil that didn’t turn out so good.. but it was there as a dip. For my soup, i made cabbage soup with Pork Tenderloin. It turned out well but i’ve had better. Finally my main was a egg sandwich on Naan Bread with ricotta cheese, then a vegetable mix in scrambled eggs, topped with spinach and ginger sauté… finally finished with a fried egg. My sides were garlic and broccoli mashed potatoes with goat cheese and sautéed red pepper with a caper sauce.

  A lot eh, well i had so much fun ! If your reading the NC, i’ll miss you !

  Continuing on, my sisters wedding is this Saturday and i am soo excited ! She’s going to look so pretty, i just know it. I have to figure out a speech, my shoes and my hair still. Would you like to see my  hair choices, their all not very different.

 

See my trend? I want to attempt a curl. As you may or may not know i recently cut off 11 inches of my hair for Cancer. Wee.

Let me know which one you’d like. I’m off to bed. Buh bye Bloggers

  C.Barber

I miss you..

Hello Bloggers,

I know its been a while but ive been super busy, I’m not going to fill you in because it will just take too long.

So i’ll start with this…
On Thursday i was cooking in the Fallsview Casino kitchen. It was the greatest cooking experience of my life. I believe i will never be in a more beautiful kitchen every again.
The Chef was nice and funny. Not to mention handsome, although he has a family so hands off.
The next day i  was a server for the actually event. The event was going on for the school as a fundraiser. Its called “Niagara College’s 23rd annual seafood gala” which i find great to be apart of. Serving was not to hard, but it’s not my most favourite thing to do. How else would you know though, Right?

Last night was my last party in Niagara. I’m pretty upset about it, I’m moving back to my parents house and i really do not want to. Haha. Don’t tell them that though it’d hurt them too much. Anyways, i lot of people slept with people and people puked and drank too much.
I fell asleep with my socks on. Which i hate doing because i find it irritating.  Umm.. What else? The cops came twice and left twice without a ticket although the drama was high over that situation. Some people right? ;)

As of right now i’m just relaxing on the couch not doing much, nothing to really blog about. Talk to you soon i hope !

 

Much love,

C.Barber

10 things i find hard right now…

Hello Guys,

  I’m sure your wondering why my title is named that. Well i’ve been doing homework all day to finish a project worth 60% of my grade… want to hear that worst part…. wait for it….. it’s a GROUP project. So my grade is now in my hand and 7 others. So because of that here are the 10 things i’m finding hard::

 

1.Typing correctly…

I’ve spell checked like 8 words so far.

2. Listening to music…

My roomies are playing cod… Bahaha ! although the music is bothering me.

3. Eating with chop stix…

Ugh.. i just want to eat my spaghetti.

4. Finishing my blog…

I just fell asleep.

5. Answering my texts…

Sorry Becky

6. Not reading blogs…

So i can keep writting my own

7. Thinking of things to hate…

I thought i got ok.

8. Starting to feel better…

I think, maybe not.

9. I’m hungry..

beefaroni i think its going to be. Once i get my homework done.

10. Not sending funny photo’s to Zana…

Most are very funny !

 

Well i guess that means i’m all done right… Well THANK GOD, its time for me to get some homework sent in, Its due in an hour. HEHHE !

 

BUH BYEE!

C.Barber

Hey guys,
I'm going to be going to class very soon. Although i do not want to... Obviously. Hehe.

I just thought i would take a quick minute to type some words. How have you all been? I am concerned about you sometimes. I'm more concerned about people i know but you matter to me too.

Lately i don't even think i've been ok. I can't seem to pin point it either. I've been searching for a reason. I want to be ok. It looks like i'll be going home to be with my family once i am done with school. I'm a bit excited. To just have fun with some friends from home and not worry about anything other than work. Its not very grown up of me, but it is easier.

I know i'm not depressed or anything. Those feelings are very obvious but i think i just feel like i'm stuck. I'm not changing, my life is the same... even if i go to an old job it will be different right? Shit.

WHAT SHOULD I DO ??

I'm leaving this blog right now. My brain hurts, Bye guys.

C.Barber