Uh Oh

I did a bad thing and calculated the nutrition, or lack thereof, in the "healthy" crispy treats I made yesterday.



Each square (they're small, much smaller than your standard square) is 280 calories, 12 grams of fat, 5.6 grams of protein and 22.1 grams of sugar. Egads. That's AWFUL. I've only eaten two so far because it scares me. Especially when I'm trying to slim down a bit. So much for healthy squares ): should have just made marshmallow ones!

"Healthy" Squares

I stumbled upon this "healthy" version of Rice Krispy Treats a few months ago. I finally got around to making it. It takes brown rice syrup, peanut butter, puffed rice cereal and a dash of vanilla extract. I managed to throw this together in roughly five minutes and I'm pretty pleased with the results. Oh, I guess I threw in mini chocolate chips for good measure (texture, varying flavor). They're tasty and easy to make. And peanut buttery. They don't stick together as well as normally Rice Krispy Treats, but that's because there's no sticky marshmallow. I guess there's also no yummy marshmallow flavor. ]:

I want marshmallow krispy treats now. ]:

Shoes

Okay, so I know I had a picture of my closet yesterday, but I'm particularly proud of my organized shoes.



I bought a case of plastic shoe boxes from The Container Store and I've labeled each shoe box with the contents. My shoes now line the top shelf of my closet. They used to be jumbled in a pile at the bottom and kind of a pain to get to. Now I have easy access, er, well, I have to stand on my bed post to reach them, but, easier access than before. :D Plus, I can see all my shoes (except my boots are still on the floor of my closet).

Yay for The Container Store. :D

My Garments

I love my closet. Not as much as my bookshelf, but, almost as much. Growing up, I barely had use of my closet because my parents kept a lot of old stuff in there. Old clothes, old photography stuff, idk. Since then, I've cleaned it out and finally taken claim to the whole thing. My closet is pretty clean and i know where everything is. No "cleaning out the closet" (literally) needs to be done here. Yay, me. (:

Sorry, Vie de France

I love palmiers. Or elephant ears. Or whatever you want to call them. Delicious, buttery, puff pastry sprinkled with sugar and baked until light, buttery, sweet and crisp. I've tracked down the best. At least, in my opinion.



And strangely enough, it's not from a French bakery. It's from Yamakazi Bakery in Little Tokyo, and only $1.50 for three. Less than half the price of Vie de France in South Coast Plaza and way better tasting. Yay! I have a scary feeling I'm going to buy at least three packs next time I visit x:

Hope

I have hope for my English thyme plant. I know seeing pictures of my herb plant every couple days is probably boring, but it's exciting to me, so, too bad. The new thyme growth seems to be thriving fairly well. It's still green and it's still growing. It was first growing out of the sides of the plant (English thyme likes to spread) so I tucked it back into the pot to encourage the "branches" to put down and establish more roots. I got a little overzealous with all the dried out branches and pulled out a lot of still-living roots that I probably shouldn't have. Practice makes perfect, I suppose. Thinking about my follies makes me sad ): I'll just think about my new thyme growths :D We haven't been getting much sun lately, argh. First, too much sun torched the remainder of my plant. Now, not enough is threatening to stunt growth. Bah! Thyme is supposed to be easy to grow, too...

BOO ):

I Dare

I've always wanted an orchid, but I was always afraid of killing them. My recent success at bringing my rosemary and thyme back to life from the brink of death makes me feel like my thumb is a little greener. I picked this sucker up from 99 Ranch market because the ones sold at American/Western places are not nearly as pretty and cost more. For once, the quality at an Asian place is better ;D woohoo! Looking at my pretty orchid plant makes me smile :D even thinking about it right now is making me happy. Yay, plants!!

PS: Yes, that's a weird wooden samurai sword in the background of the picture.