The Friday Five

I tried, friends. I really did. Coming up with a creative title for this post was just not going to happen. But that's okay, because this week was pretty darn awesome. 

Let's review, shall we? 

1. Clean Taco Tuesday- pretty amazing stuff. I learned that broccoli slaw is one of the world's most delicious things, and my favorite way to eat broccoli. I may or may not have eaten these tacos three nights in a row. 

2. I heard from another teacher at Breakthrough (confused? catch up on what I'm doing here) that a few students have told him that my bio class is their favorite class of the day. I posted about this earlier, but honestly, this seriously made my week. 

It's interesting to be on the other side of this. 

3. Doggy Play Dates

So cute!

4. The 4th of Ju-lylylylylylylylyly! 

Please tell me you got that reference? 

Miss Mary Mack? That old hand game? Anyone?

Anyways, I took a page out of all of your super creative books and decided to be a little fun with my food. 

Strawberries and blueberries on greek yogurt on a brown rice tortilla. 

Pure heaven.

YUM. 

5. I'm not a fashion blogger. 

Or a fashionista. 

I've got a slight obsession with clothes, but I'm definitely not super brave in terms of fashion choices. 

So when I put together this outfit for the 4th- I thought I was amazingly creative. 

Thanks to my brother for the photo!

Aaaaand just for your enjoyment, here are a couple of the outtakes. 

This is why I'm not a fashion blogger ya'll. 

I can't keep it together in front of the camera. 

Oh yeah, just so you don't have this ridiculous picture of me in your heads all weekend, here's another one. 

It's true. If you're here, obviously you are the bomb. 

What did you do for the 4th? Any fashion misadventures? 

Have a fantabulous weekend!

xo, Hima

When Cooking Doesn't Always Work Out

I consider myself an okay cook. I can follow a recipe pretty well, and I usually come up with yummy food. I'm also a bit of a presentation freak, so I try to make my food pretty before I eat it. 

Need convincing? 

1. Happy toast 

2. Raspberry Chocolate Cupcakes!

3. Protein Pancakes

4. I'm fully aware that this isn't actually cooking, but I'm trying to reinforce the prettiness. See the face? 

(Should I be worried that faces on food seems to be a trend for me?)

No? 

Good. 

This weekend, I really wanted to make these birthday cake protein pancakes from the Clarkpharm blog for my little brother and myself. 

No, it's not either of our birthdays. We just love birthday cake everything! 

This is how they were supposed to turn out. 

All nice and fluffy and rainbow sprinkly. Well, we didn't have rainbow, so red sprinkly. 

This is how they actually turned out. 

Seriously, what are those? When something is that ugly I try to make it a little nicer looking.

So I drowned in in greek yogurt sauce (water + yogurt). It was so ugly I didn't even take a picture.

And then I devoured it. 

It was amazeballs. So even if they were really, they tasted great. 

Except for the fact that still kinda full. 

Nine hours later. 

Goal: Make them look pretty next time! 

That wasn't all. The pancakes were only part one of my cooking fiasco. Part two was a little worse. 

So for some reason, I thought that I'd play scientist and test what happened when you microwave cookie dough. 

Would it get all gooey and yummy? ('Cause you know I love that goo!) Would it just be an undercooked blob? 

I put it in and set the time for a 1:30. At 1:10, I decided to check on it to make sure everything was okay. I opened the microwave and clouds of steam poured out. It felt like in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when Harry was fighting Voldemort in the maze. (Note: If you haven't read HP, we can't be friends.)

Just kidding. 

I'll love you anyways. Maybe. 

Moving on, the steam was all misty and scary, and then I started to smell the burnt...uh...everything?

I waited about 30 seconds until the plate was cool enough to touch and then I dumped that sucker in the sink and turned that water on. 

Craaaaaack! 

Half the plate falls off. 

How appetizing is that? 

I was grossed out just thinking about the carcinogens in that burnt lump, so I tossed it. 

Moral of the story: Even if you think you can cook, some things are just going to stump you. 

And just because I traumatized you so much, I will leave you with more visually appealing picture of my adorable little Bellatrix. 

(does this one post tell you how much of an HP fan I am?)

Have a great day ya'll. 

xo, Hima