Food LOLs ;

All my fellow blogging friends are older than 18, so it seems okay to post a few Food Funnies that do contain some sexual content.
all out of humor though, so no harm, haha.
i found some of these to be ridiculously funny and i laughed till my stomach hurt.
The video is from YouTube, called "Macho Salad"
(its not in english, i believe its in swedish actually.)
& the conversational texts are from a website called "DamnYouAutoCorrect.com"
its basically conversational errors caused by auto-correct
during text messages. most of these are from the iphones.
(Check it out, it made me laugh till i cried.)

You Want Jalapenis with that?

Awkward Love

Masturbating Cherries

Baby Pirates with Garlic

Secret Ingredient? Crap.

Really Want Crispy Dick

Lettuce Pants

Lil Wayne Meets Rosemary

Live by the Crack pot, Die by the Crackpot

Eating Slaves with Rachael Ray

Moms Porn

Sexual Shopping

Cooking Boogers

Do Mexican Scrotums contain lead as well?

Grounded Black People

Devils Food

Better Butt Flavor

The Lovely Blog Award ;

Thank you Sonali, from Only Fish Recipes for my Lovely Blog award ! im flattered that you thought of my blog, as you were picking your "15 lovely bloggers", and i tip my hat to you for having a blog that is completely dedicated to  fish & seafood dishes! 
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Now, the rule for accepting this award is to simply just pick 15 "lovely" bloggers & to leave a message on their blog asking them to pick up the award, but i thought id add a little "something something" & write a little about each blog. Im sorry i could only pick 15.. 
i do have a ton of fantastic bloggers on my list, and you guys will def. have an award coming your way, the next time an award pops into my blog ♡
- - - - - - My Lovely Blogger Picks -  - - - - 
1. i can honestly say that Katerina was my first active "blog friend", shes always so generous with her thoughts and comments, and through her, ive met a lot of other bloggers which became our mutual friends. Katerina, i know youve gotten this award so many times but id just like to say thank you for being my first active follower ♥ Check out her blog, at Culinary Flavors, its where all the cool kids go ! haha.
2. Rebecca is one of the most creative & compassionate people ive met in the blogworld, she has such a natural way of writing that makes it enjoyable to all her posts. Not to mention, her pictures are always fun to check out as well, shes a fantastic craftsman and a wonderful friend to everyone who knows her, Click on Hopewell Creek Designs to check out her heart felt blog.
3. Meg Smith in Cooking.in.College has such a great personality, she presents delicious & healthy food into all of her posts, and i find myself wandering over to her blog ever so often to browse through them all !
4. Bento Bird has such BEAUTIFUL & colorful pictures of her bentos, she was kind enough to give me few tips on improving mine as well, which im really grateful for. Thank you for your help, its helped me to have a better blogging experience~
5.  Being Suzy Homemaker is a great blog, filled with foods that i consider to be wonderful "comfort foods", shes great at describing the recipe & is always helpful with the tips, overall her blog is SO YUM !
6. Tante Kiki is a wonderful greek blog, filled with a ton of home made desserts & entrees. Shes a very active "poster" and is constantly posting her food pictures, a real busy bee ! you'll never get bored while following her~ 
7.Oh, Megan from Muncher Cruncher, is one heck of a super-woman. Not only does she post "healthy AND delicious" food, but she also adds on the nutritional facts for them as well, i think she could kick Jillian Michael's ass any day of the week, and twice on Sunday!
8. My name twin, Stephanie ! From Thorns Have Roses has a very colorful blog, filled with funny, conversational topics anyone can join into. i``ve only recently started to follow her, but i find her blog entries to be very fun, you'll probably find me posting on them quite often!
9. "CG" from Cooking Gallery is  yet another bento blog! i enjoy watching her funny little bentos, and admire her hard work WHILE keeping a full time job, you go girl ! i vote that we should pick a character together, and build a bento together ! haha
10. OH my goddd, Honest Vanilla why are you such a Goddess with your photographs?! it makes me jealous! hehe, actually, i loveee your work & your recipes, they look jaw-droppingly delicious ALL . THE . TIME . !
11. Talk about Fancy living, Design Wine and Dine is always posting mouth watering food, that looks SO elegant and delicious, every time i go visit her blog, my tummy grumbles its reluctance. (i think it doesnt like the fact that it can SEE the food, but not eat it, poor thing.)
12. Mari's Cakes is THE blog for all people who have a huge sweet tooth, shes very innovative and creative when it comes to her sweets, i mean, did you know you could make delicious pineapple juice with the pineapples tough, leathery, rind ?! can you say brilliant?
13. Tastes of Home is another blog that i have recently started to "follow", but im in love with it already! i LOVE chinese food, the real traditional stuff, not the crappy kung pao orange chicken from panda express, nonono , THIS is the real deal, and she manages to describe the recipe in such an easy-to-make way, its almost impossible to not give it a try.
14. For some yummy indian dishes Deepapraveen is the place to go, she posts delicious food, and is super descriptive with her recipes. & shes always so helpful when it comes to questions for her dishes~
15.  Indie.Tea is a BEAUTIFUL blog in a class all its own. Her pictures are so simple, but they manage to hold on to the feel of comfort, by using solid, earthy, natural tones. im completely in love with her blog !

Fruit Kabobs ;

i smell spring !
dont you?
the days are getting warmer, which is great news for me because i cant stand the cold!
i know California is one of the warmer places in the states, especially during winter, but for someone whos teeth chatter uncontrollably in the freezer section of a grocery store.. its painful!
i still sleep with 2 THICK blankets in 55 degree nights.
Oh, im trailing off..
i ment to bring up some  *special news ;
I HAVE NEW LEAF BABIES !

yayyyy !
i have just recently adopted 2 little fruit plants~
one is a strawberry  & the other is a "super sweet 100 hybrid" baby tomato plant !
i cant wait till they start poppin` their fruit !
i love vegetable / fruit gardens, and i admire anyone with a green thumb.
i havent  cared for any plants since... i was really young, living back in Texas.
i use to help my mom raise lettuce & lots of jalapenos (which would grow to be HUGE ! some even managed to grow 6inches.)
we had very impressive peppers, and they were very easy to grow, if i remember correctly.
But me being less than 10 years old at the time, i guess it doesnt really count for a green thumb, haha.
Although ive only had my plants for a week, i can already see a few little green strawberries beginning to grow !
(nothing yet from the tomato plant though, boo . )
Anyway, since spring is in the air,
i was in the mood for some sweet, fresh, & colorful fruit.
First thing that came to mind was Fruit kabobs with some lightly powdered sugar. Mmm!

Use whatever fruits youre craving that day, no need to
follow this recipe exactly~

Recipe ;

- 1 mango, cubed

- Strawberries, halved & sliced

- Banana, sliced

- Blueberries

- Skewers

- Powdered sugar (optional)

Just skewer them in any order & sprinkle some

powdered sugar if you like .

A Presentable Mango
Whenever guests come over, id usually serve some
fruit as dessert, & mango are my personal favorite!
isnt this such a cute way to present a mango?

Directions ;

1 mango *Serves 2 ;

Cut 2 slices of mango off from the flat sides, to

avoid cutting into the large seed within.

Carefully, make 3 lines going across horizontally &

3 lines vertically,  (try not to cut through the skin.)

Then, Just press from underneath and "pop" it up!

Assorted Fruits
(i just cut off the squares from the mango picture up above)

Roasted Chicken & Vegetables ;

An American Classic amiright ?

But, first, let me tell you this,

i have NEVER had a juicier, more tender chicken IN MY LIFE.

This has got to be one of my top 10 favorite recipes for Chicken.

& thats saying a lot .

This smelled wonderful even BEFORE it went into the oven, and dont even get me started on how my kitchen smelled during the roasting.

MMmMM!

i would say it was "breathtakingly" amazing, but its quite the opposite,

i found myself doing deep breathing exercises instead! haha

it was such an addicting smell, it has GOT to be illegal to inhale this much good stuff !

But it wasnt just the chicken that was delicious, but the vegetables were SO full of flavor !

i have never enjoyed eating JUST vegetables this much before.

i ate 3 servings of vegetables alone ! and ate 1/4th of the Chicken, hehe

Can you say Happy Stomach ?

Overall, this Roast Chicken was a 10 in my book. AHHH SO GOOD .

But you know what the best part of the day was?

Enjoying my time in the kitchen with my Best-Friend, Tiffany.

Its always fun having someone cooking with you, isnt it? haha

Tiffany and i had a great laugh when it came to her having to stick her hand into the chickens... backside, haha !

BUT it was done for the sake of good food! & Boyyyyyyyyyyyy, was it good !

Oh, and we had fun playing Twister & baking Peanut butter centered chocolate cupcakes as we were waiting for the chicken to cook !

Ugh, i think we're starting to get old, at the tender age of 20.

Tiffany and i were laughing at each others pain during Twister, and then we had to suffer with sore thighs & legs afterwards. Haha !

Roast Chicken & Vegetables

Recipe ;

- One 5 pound Chicken

- Bundle of medium sized asparagus

- 1/2 pound snow peas

- large handful of grape tomatoes

- 2 red onions halved & cut in 3rds

- 3 Large potatoes cut in large chunks (1.5 inches)

- 3 Medium sized carrots cut in 1 inch pieces

- 1 whole garlic bulb halved

- 4 garlic cloves roughly cut

- 2 lemons

- 5 tbs olive oil

- 1/2 cup oyster sauce

- Kroger Chicken Seasoning

- salt, pepper, & garlic powder for taste

Preheat your oven to 400 F.

Clean & take out insides of chicken, pat dry. Place

the chicken in a large baking/casserole dish, (with

enough room for the vegetables.) (if there are extra

vegetables, roast them in a separate pan, season

them the same as the ones with the chicken.)

Squeeze 1 lemon over the chicken & drizzle

2 tbs of olive oil over the chicken, rub until

completely oiled. Sprinkle Chicken Seasoning

over entire chicken, this will add flavor & help

give you a beautiful golden brown color.

Squeeze half a lemon inside the chicken

and place both halves of the lemon inside,

also stuff the halved garlic bulbs as well.

Drizzle 3 tbs of olive oil over the all vegetables

and add the 4 cloves of roughly chopped garlic,

& mix. Sprinkle salt, pepper, & garlic powder
over the veggies.
Place most of the potatoes under the chicken

(it will prevent the chicken from boiling in its

own juices, which you want it "roasted" not

boiled. Plus, it will add amazing flavor to your

potatoes!) In a separate bowl combine the oyster

sauce and snow peas & mix until covered. Layer

the snow peas and asparagus at the bottom of the

casserole dish (since theyre thin veggies, they tend

to burn easier, placing them at the bottom will

prevent that.) Place the rest of the vegetables

(except the grape tomatoes) in the casserole dish,

around the chicken. & bake for 40 minutes.

After 40 minutes, take the chicken out of the oven

& with a ladle, drizzle the chicken drippings over

the chicken & vegetables (this will prevent the

chicken from drying out.) At this point, add in the

tomatoes into the dish as well. Sprinkle a bit more

of the Chicken Seasoning & place back in the oven

for another 40 minutes, or until completely cooked.

*Tip before serving, ladle the juices over the

chicken again to give it that "glossy" look & to

keep your chicken moist~ ENJOY the yum !

Stuffing the Chicken
Adding my lemon halves & whole garlic bulb inside my
chicken.

Sprinkling Chicken Seasoning
i used Kroger's Chicken Seasoning,
real yum stuff ! i love it!
i even sprinkled some of this on the side of my plate,
and dipped my chicken into it while i was eating.
totally recommended !

Chicken Rub-down
After rubbing the lemon, oil, & seasoning~
my poor casserole dish was too small, even though this was
my largest one..
Soooo, i just baked the rest of my veggies in a seperate
baking dish. hehe~

Placing Potatoes Underneath the Chicken
Placing most of my potatoes underneath my chicken to
give it a little height, so it doesnt boil in its own juices.
but also adds amazing flavor to the potatoes as well.
MmMmmm ~
ahaha ! Tiffany holding up the Chicken,
isnt the tail flap so adorable?!

Sliced Red Onions
This is how i cut my onions, but i would probably
cut them a bit thicker next time.
They do shrink during the baking process.

Layering My Vegetables
i laid out my sauced snow peas & asparagus over the
potatoes that were underneath the chicken.
Layering the thinner veggies at the bottom will help
prevent them from getting burned.

My Extra Vegetables
i roasted the extra vegetables along with my chicken,
they were done by the first 40 minute session of cooking.
So i enjoyed munching on these with Tiffany, as we
waited for for the chicken to roast.
OH ! and can you believe my little brothers LOVED these
veggies? yes, JUST veggies.. their exact words were
"Dude, these vegetables are BOMB."
haha !
You know somethings good when teenage boys are
fighting over them !

Ready to Bake !
This picture was taken right before it was placed in the
oven, for its first 40min cooking.
Along with my extra pan of veggies.
(which were ready to eat after the 40 mins.)

Side Dish Pasta
As the chicken was in the oven, i had 40 mins to spare,
so i decided to add a side dish to go along with my roasted
Chicken & Veggies.
This is a quick & simple fix-dish. with some left-over
vegetables, specifically the asparagus, and tomatoes.

Recipe ;

- asparagus sliced in half, length-wise &

  chopped in 2inch pieces

- baby tomato quartered

- parsley roughly chopped

- turkey sliced thin

- 2 cupsbow-tie pasta

- 1 clove finely chopped garlic.

- 2 tsp olive oil

- 2 tbs balsamic vinaigrette

- salt & pepper for taste

Cook the pasta as directed on the package, Drain and place

in a mixing bowl. Cook the asparagus & tomatoes with

1tsp of olive oil, garlic, pepper & salt. Cook just for 2 mins.

Combine the rest of the ingredients with the pasta, mix &

Enjoy.

After 40 mins of Cooking
After the first 40min. session, Tiffany added the tomatoes
& as we set the timer for another 40mins, we munched
happily on the delicious vegetables .
P.S Thanks Tiffy for being my hand-model, haha

FINISHED ROASTED CHICKEN & VEGGiES !
isnt it the most beautiful chicken you've ever seen?!
it tastes just as great as it looks. i PROMISE.
This 5 pound chicken easily *Serves 5 people.
i also sprinkled some extra Chicken seasoning as i ate
my chicken~  Mmm, i think im addicted to that stuff.

Special Thanks to Tiffany, for helping me cook.
Youre the bestest friend anyone could ask for, & i just
adore cooking with you! ahhhhh i love ya Tiffy !
Lets hang out again soon, okay?
Miss ya already! ♥