#either it be a bread stick or a whole loaf

[thatoneandlonelyemo2005]

Modern Kid Blink will fuck up garlic bread

[plussizefantasia]

CozyTober Day 7: Fresh Baked Goods

Bucky Barnes x wife!reader

wc: 0.9k

warnings: anxiety induced baking

an: this was one of my favorites and now I have a few more ideas of what I should bake this month hehe. Reblog if you enjoyed, I'll see you tomorrow for Day 8!

Since you were old enough to use the stove unsupervised baking has been your main way to get rid of stress. The way that it captured all your focus and kept your hands busy made it the prime choice for distraction in moments of chaos. 

When finals week would roll around you would be drowning in all sorts of breads, cookies, muffins, and pastries. You had resorted to donating them to a local soup kitchen whenever you could, or forcing them off on your friends, teachers whoever would take them really.

The habit had not broken in adulthood, though you were now more mindful about other ways to cope, when the stress got to be a little too much you resorted to finding a new recipe and firing up the oven. 

And your husband going on two week-long missions where he wasn’t allowed to contact you was a great example of the stress becoming too much. Currently, the little kitchen in the townhome the two of you had bought together last year was absolutely covered in all kinds of goodies. You had some pumpkin rolls, several batches of apple cinnamon muffins, caramel apple cookies, apple turnovers, and some pumpkin and chocolate chip loaf. 

You were rolling out the four sheets of pie dough you had prepared for the various flavors of filling that are currently cooling in your fridge. Suffice to say that you had overdone it but you really had nothing else to do. 

You had finished all the cleaning there was to do the first week he had been gone, and you didn’t want to mindlessly watch the shows on your list because you promised Bucky you wouldn’t watch them without him. You had gone through your entire closet and pulled out things you could donate, you had asked for more tasks from work and then promptly finished all of those too. 

You had nothing to distract yourself, so you resorted to baking. You knew the treats would get eaten, either by your husband’s team or the people at your own work if they were left in the breakroom. But you’re not really sure how much longer this can go on before it’s considered an actual problem.

Luckily and unbeknownst to you, you wouldn’t have anything to be worried about in a few hours, because your husband would walk through your front door. 

Bucky hated blackout missions, not only did he think the whole concept was paranoid and that was a lot coming from him, but he had people to miss now. He had ties to the real world, ones he didn’t feel entirely comfortable abandoning for two weeks even if you’d talked about it before he left.

He worked hard to get the job done as soon as possible and told Ross to shove it when the general had asked him to stick around for one more day so he could complete the mission debrief. That was Sam’s job anyway, the type of bureaucratic responsibility that came along with the stars and stripes plastered across his chest. 

So he shed himself off his mission gear, changed into his civvies, and hopped on his motorcycle. He didn't wait a second before revving it up and coming home to you. 

He did not expect however to open the door and be assaulted with the smell of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. He sighed and shook his head with a smile, mentally preparing himself for the sight of his kitchen being turned into a bakery.

You didn’t hear the door open, too busy humming along to the Fred Astaire record spinning on the table in the corner. You didn’t notice Bucky slipping off his boots or hanging up his jacket. You didn’t hear the padding of his feet as he made his way to the kitchen and you didn’t notice when he propped himself up against the door frame and took in the sight of your baking breakdown.

You did however hear his slightly teasing lilt of “Honey, I’m home.” 

You spin to face the voice and let out an undignified squeal. You spin around looking for a place where you can set the hot pan in your hand and give up, practically throwing it back into the oven before taking a running start and launching yourself at him

His deep chuckle blesses your ears and you dig your nose into his chest taking a big breath of something that can only be described as Bucky. 

“You’re home!” yelled muffled by his chest.

He ran a hand down the back of your head over his hand, “You baked.”

You pull back and look sheepishly at him, hoping that the kisses you scatter across his face will distract him from the abundance of carbs behind you.

It doesn’t work. The two of you eat muffins for breakfast every day for the next two weeks, Bucky takes some of the treats to the base with him and says the trainees are grateful but that the sugar makes them annoying. You bring some of what’s left to your own work and are met with a bunch of thank you e-mails and even a thank you coffee from the nice older woman who sits three desks away from you. The rest you bring to the children’s hospital the next time the two of you visit, sweets are always a hit there.

Bucky does ban you from the kitchen for three weeks after though, afraid you’ll get the urge again and he’ll have to add a few more hours of gym time to his routine to burn off all the carbs he’s been eating.

[catscidr]

YANDERE DOTTORE X READER JAHEKWHZBAKNA

happy to see most dottore enjoyers sharing the same braincell. even happier to provide that good good dottore content (〃ﾉωﾉ) answering two asks in the same post bc it would be too repetitive if i made them separate agshfjns- next post will feature either childe or al haitham (depending on which one i finish first) (giving everyone a break from dottore for a hot sec) ⸝⸝⸝⸝⸝⸝ cw: yandere dottore (obvs), not quite proofread, dottore is named zandik in the mini-fic includes: gn!reader, dottore, his clones are kinda there, pierro and the tsaritsa are also mentionned. a handful of headcanons + a mini-fic wc: 1,8k

-ˋˏ Despite what most people might think, Dottore isn’t a sadistic man. He only hurts people if it’s necessary- if it helps with his research- and even then, it’s not like he enjoys inflicting pain, he enjoys the knowledge he gathers as a result of such experiments

-ˋˏ ...That doesn't apply with you though. He likes to see you squirm, to do things that make you react, whether positively or negatively. He’s that desperate and needy  

-ˋˏ He’s a man that doesn’t go out much because of his work. So how could you blame him for wanting your attention? 

-ˋˏ I think he’d be the type of yandere to just be incredibly obsessed with you. Always having someone checking in on you (his segments, of course) to report back to him so he knows what you’re doing at all times, probably the type to have an entire folder with your personal information in it as if you were one of his test subjects

-ˋˏ Not to mention he would be extremely manipulative, too. Dottore is the definition of a wolf in sheep’s clothing; a handsome face with dubious intentions. 

-ˋˏ He wants to have your attention 24/7, to never have you take your eyes off of him, but he can’t do that if he stays holed up in his lab. Unfortunately for him he's very clingy

-ˋˏ But Dottore is a patient man (he was able to create an artificial God y’know- that kind of thing doesn’t happen overnight), so he takes his time with you- getting to know you, having his segments stalk you (he’s not the one doing it, so it’s fine, right?) 

-ˋˏ You’re just like a frog in a pot boiling water. If you put it in the pot immediately, it’ll jump out as soon as it makes contact with the hot water; but if you put it in room temperature water and boil it slowly…  

-ˋˏ The Harbinger knows your “relationship” isn’t an experiment, but at the same time it’s hard to say that he isn’t studying you. Having a mask that obscures his wandering eyes is definitely an advantage  

-ˋˏ It doesn’t matter who you are, he would bend his schedule just for you. He’s that thoughtful! Since he’s practically his own boss (aside from various deadlines and meetings) he can do whatever he wants. Who’s going to tell him off? Pierro and the Tsaritsa don’t care how he achieves results as long as he gets results. So, expect to “accidentally” run into him more times than a regular person would  

-ˋˏ You’re a fatui agent? Suddenly one of his experiments requires him to watch how soldiers (you) fight and train. You’re just a normal civilian? He’ll figure out where you work and find excuses to come see you just to chat 

-ˋˏ It’s even better if you work a customer service job. You work at a cute coffee shop? What a coincidence, he loves coffee! Now he’s a regular and you know his order by heart. (I like to think he actually hates coffee but powers through the bitter taste and energetic aftermath just because it gives him an excuse to bond with you) 

-ˋˏ You work at a grocery store? That’s perfect, he’ll start doing his groceries at your store from now on (you don’t point out how every week his groceries- without fail- consist of mozzarella sticks, a whole rotisserie chicken, cheap red wine, a pack of cigarettes and a singular loaf of whole wheat bread.)  

-ˋˏ If you’re not in the fatui, chances are you don’t know who he is (he doesn’t go out much, after all) so it’s easier for him to play up the “good guy” role (wolf in sheep’s clothing from before nudgenudge). He’s a very smooth talker 

-ˋˏ Of course, you’ve heard rumors about “the Doctor”, one of the Tsaritsa’s Harbingers, a feared man all across Teyvat. So it’s a good thing that your new friend’s name is Zandik and he’s just a normal surgeon that works in a private hospital! Nothing suspicious, 'course not

-ˋˏ Both of you engage in small talk whenever you cross paths. He’ll ask questions about you (even though he already knows the answer to them), all so that you can feel seen and heard- who cares about him, about what he does? This is about you. He wants you to tell him everything 

-ˋˏ The kind of person to use the excuse that he had a Ph.D. for a lot of things. You whine that your shoulders have been sore for longer than usual? He’ll get up from his seat and get behind you, sliding a hand just under the collar of your shirt to press and prod at your muscles to check if there’s anything wrong (good thing you can’t see his expression from behind you), saying he "knows best" whenever the (your) human body is brought up

-ˋˏ His patience isn’t endless, however. If he sees that this isn’t going anywhere, that you seem to be keeping him at arm’s length despite your “connection”, he’ll just take things into his own hands. And even though he doesn’t really get off from causing pain, he’s not afraid to make you squirm either

It wasn’t unusual for you to grab a bite to eat with the Doctor occasionally. Working at a local coffee shop had its perks; one of them being how you could make drinks for free and eat snacks at a discounted price. Though you never needed to worry about money since your friend would always tip you handsomely, basically paying you for the snacks you brought to the table. 

Closing shop was easy enough when you had someone to keep you company while you swept the floor and wiped counters clean. He sat at one of the booths, cup of coffee in hand (you started making it decaf when you noticed his nose scrunch one time when he drank his usual order), watching you work idly. 

“Rough day?” you ask with a gentle smile, looking over where Zandik sat. Being quite some distance away from him you couldn’t catch the twitch of the corner of his lips as he sighed, bringing one hand up to rub his face beneath his pointy mask. 

“You could say that” he grumbles, laying his arms on the table, holding his cup of coffee with both hands. The man tilts his head to the side, focusing on you rather than his pesky thoughts. You put the broom away and saunter over to his booth, sitting across from him with a plate of various pastries in hand. 

“What’s on your mind? Maybe I could give some advice and help! Or you’ll feel better if you just... talk about it,” you chuckle softly, taking a sip of your own drink. Zandik’s gaze never leaves your form, his gaze burning the sight of your lips into his mind. 

If he told you even a smidge of what he was thinking you would, without fail, run and never look back. Even the tamest of things he’s thought about you would drive you away. From him fantasizing about how your skin would taste, to how your heart would look like in a jar on his desk when he worked... he shudders, swallowing down the urge to do something impulsive. Zandik takes a slow sip of his coffee, eyes flickering from your lips to your wide, innocent eyes. 

“Thank you for offering,” he begins slowly, “but that’s alright. I wouldn’t want you to worry about it,” he says smoothly, losing the tension in his shoulders to seem more approachable. With the first two buttons of his shirt undone, hair lightly tousled, and overcoat thrown over the back of the booth chair, he looked nothing like the deadly Harbinger he was. Looked like an overworked businessman at most. 

You puff your cheeks, disappointed that he wouldn’t open up to you. You’ve been doing it this whole time, and yet he won’t talk about what was bothering him to you? It made your heart flutter- he was so considerate- but at the same time you couldn’t shake the idea that maybe he was hiding something. Inhaling slowly, you calm your nerves, deciding that today would be the day you confront him. After all, a good friendship is built on trust, and you can’t stay good friends with someone that hides things from you. 

Oh, how naïve you are. 

“You know you can tell me anything, right?” you say gently, placing one hand on his. The feel of his rough hand beneath yours made you shudder, almost instinctively- are surgeons’ hands supposed to be this rugged? 

“I want to be there for you in the same way you’ve been here for me...” you add, voice trailing off as your cheeks flush in embarrassment. “I think you’re nice to be around. Don’t I owe you for the number of times I’ve complained about customers to you?” you say, chuckling lightly at the memory. 

Zandik doesn’t react, not at first. His eyes fix your face with an underlying threat, gaze hidden by his mask. Although you can’t see his eyes, a shudder runs up your spine at the feeling of being watched so intently. Where have you felt this before... 

“You’re right,” he responds quietly, voice hoarse. “You owe me.” 

His words caught you off guard. Owe him? That was a joke! You were trying to lighten his spirits, to take his mind off whatever was troubling him for even just a second. How come you felt your nerves screaming at you to get up? 

His free hand covers the hand you had laid on his, the grip on your skin becoming firmer the longer you two sat there. Your heart rammed against your ribcage, ears ringing from the sudden wave of adrenaline washing over you. 

“You said you wanted to help me, right?” Zandik says in a sickly-sweet tone, leaning forward to stare at you, gaze unrelenting behind his mask. Swallowing a lump in your throat, you nod dumbly, staring back at him like a deer caught in the headlights. He grins in response. 

Did he always have teeth this sharp? 

“Then you won’t make my life harder than it already is by resisting, right?” he adds. You could hear how heavy his breathing had become in just a few seconds, how his hands had a death grip on your own. His cup of coffee was long forgotten; how could he possibly focus on something as useless as that when you were giving yourself to him? 

The snow pelleted the windows harshly, essentially trapping you inside the coffee shop with him. Even the weather outside couldn’t compare to how cold your blood ran in the face of the Doctor; maybe if you had listened to your gut earlier you wouldn’t currently be skewered in the jaws of the shark that had been circling you for months. 

[localplaguenurse]

Pumpkin Bread

Hi yes hello no I did not almost forget I told @madamemachikonew I was gonna post the pumpkin bread recipe. Now I can't take all the credit for this recipe, I originally found it here, but here's how to make it.

Dry ingredients

1 and 2/3 cup flour

1 1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp ground cloves

Wet ingredients

2 large eggs

1 cup pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling, you want pureed pumpkin)

1/2 cup canola oil (any oil is fine really, I usually use either sunflower or canola because that's what I have at home)

1/2 cup water

Optional toppings/fillings? Idk what to call them

1 cup of whatever you want

This one is fun because you can toss in whatever. The recipe calls for 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and then an optional 1/2 cup raisins. If you're like the rest of my family and hate raisins, I recommend either another half cup of walnuts or a half cup of chopped pecans, or a half cup of chocolate chips, or maybe just make it a whole cup of chocolate chips. My only word of advice is whatever you're adding should fit in a single cup or else we start running into cook time issues.

Baking instructions

Preheat oven to 350*F

Combine your dry ingredients in one bowl

Whisk the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl

Add the wet to the dry and mix until fully combined

Fold in your toppings of choice

Pour mixture into a greased/nonstick 9x5 inch loaf pan

Bake for 65-70 minutes or until you can poke a toothpick into your bread and have it come of clean

Let it set for ten minutes before removing from pan and/or mowing down

Now, you can use pumpkin pie filling instead of pumpkin puree. It will still taste delicious, however not only will it take a lot longer to cook, but it also makes the bread a lot denser. It's because pumpkin pie filling already has the various spices as well as eggs and/or flour, depending on the brand you use. If you only have pumpkin pie filling, I think your best bet is doing 1 and 1/2 cup flour, not 1 and 2/3 cups. Similar warning goes for if you're adding extra toppings, especially chocolate chips because they can also cause the bread to cook longer (at least in my experience), so you should stick with two half cups of two different toppings or a full cup of one.

It's fluffy, it's delicious, it tastes like a hug, it's a great fall/winter snack, it's pumpkin bread.

(old pics from the first time I made this because I'm too lazy to go downstairs to take pics of the new loaf)

[averysmolkirbo]

Hey you!

Yea, you!!

Do you want pizza but youre either too broke or too lazy to get a whole pizza when you only want one slice anyway??

well i have the perfect solution:

Only Kind of Depressing Single-serve 'pizza':

All you need is a toaster and a microwave (toaster optional)

just 3 ingredients: loaf of bread, can of tomato sauce, and mozzarella or other kind of cheese

takes like 5-7 minutes to make at max

Instructions:

Take out your bread and get 1 or 2 slices optionally cut it into pizza shape and (make sure to eat the bread you cut off because you wouldnt want to waste it)

Now if you have a toaster youre gonna wanna toast your bread to prevent soggyness and add extra crunch

Take out your sauce and cheese and when your bread is done toasting apply sauce and scatter cheese and if you have toppings (such as pineapple dont @ me)

Stick it in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute (or until cheese is melted)

take out of microwave and enjoy (if you did not use toaster on your bread you may have to eat it with a fork)

It's only kind of depressing and tastes pretty good! enjoy :3

[pargolettasworld]

Things in my kitchen often get a bit creative when I'm getting close to needing to go grocery shopping but I still want to put it off for a few days. I have enough bread rolls for two more days, enough apples for four, plenty of eggs, and a couple of days' worth of dinner and lunch food. I also had a little bit of flour left -- not enough for a loaf of bread, but not an insignificant amount, either -- and a bit of yeast.

So here's what I did: I weighed the flour and found that I had about 200 grams. That's enough to make one batch of crumpets to this recipe. And I had just enough yeast to make the crumpets plus something like a loaf or two of no-knead bread, which I can eat while I acquire more yeast.*

So that'll keep off the need to go to the grocery store for a few more days. And I'll put flour on the grocery list. But I really must cave and order more yeast today. Sigh.

*This may take some time; all the grocery stores around me are selling are those little one-off packets of yeast, and I don't want that. I want a one-pound bag of the stuff that I can stick in the freezer and bake from for a whole year. That's the most cost-efficient yeast, but it turns out that none of the grocery stores here have it, so I'll have to order it online, which is Annoying.

[helenfletcher]

This spectacular Lemon Cheesecake Bread Pudding is based on the Lemon Cheesecake I make at the restaurant. It is extremely popular and very unusual. This version of a bread pudding is very quick and easy to make. The ingredients take a few turns in the processor, are poured over the bread cubes, and into the pans it goes. Not much work at all for this uncommon bread pudding. While I've chosen to show it with the Blueberry Sauce from the Lemonade Cake, a couple of others would be perfect to serve with the warm Lemon Cheesecake Bread Pudding. The Lemon Soaking Syrup from the Lemon Strawberry Cake or the Lemon Rum soaking syrup from the Lemon Rum Bundt Cake would make an ideal accompaniment to this remarkable dessert.   Why you'll love this recipe It's really easy and quick to make. This bread pudding can be in the oven baking in about 30 minutes. The ingredients are all readily available with the exception of the citric acid which is optional. There is no water bath needed for this dessert. This is packed with lemon flavor with lemon zest, lemon juice and citric acid which adds a bit of the tartness that make lemons so appealing. These can be made ahead and frozen, thawed and reheated for a quick dessert. Recipe ingredients FRONT ROW: Lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla MIDDLE ROW: Granulated sugar, sour cream, cream cheese BACK ROW: Bread, eggs, half and half Key Ingredients Either Brioche or Challah that has been purchased work well in this recipe. Citric Acid powder is used to add the tartness of lemons to the bread pudding. It can be omitted if desired but it does up the flavor. While not commonly found on store shelves it can be found on line including Amazon or just google "food grade citric acid powder" for more choices. Make sure you get food grade. Be sure to see the recipe card below for the exact ingredients & instructions. Step by Step Instructions Step 1. Slice the bread about 3/4" thick if the loaf is whole. Dry the slices until it feels stale but not dry. This can take 4 to 6 hours depending upon the bread. I place mine on cooling racks so both sides can dry at once. Once dried, stack several slices up and cut them vertically. Step 2. Cross cut them into about 3/4" cubes. There should be about 8 cups. Set aside. Step 3. Place the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of a processor. Step 4. Process until completely mixed. Scrape down and into the corners of the processor bowl to make sure it is all combined. Step 5. Add the eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, sour cream and citric acid to the processor bowl. Step 6. Process until smooth, scraping as necessary. Step 7. Add the half and half and lemon juice. Process again to complete the mixture. Step 9. Pour the liquid over the bread cubes making sure to stir it well so the liquid is contacting all the cubes. Step 10. Let it sit 15 to 30 minutes until the bread is soaked through and no liquid is sitting on the bottom of the bowl. Stir several times to make sure it is evenly soaking. The bread should not be mushy. Step 11. Spray a 9" pan with a non-stick baking spray and pour the mixture into the pan. Step 12 . Or, for individual servings, spray six 6-ounce ramekins or a Jumbo Muffin tin with a non-stick baking spray and divide the mixture between the cups filling them all the way to the top. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. They will most likely rise during baking but will deflate as they cool. Recipe FAQS What constitutes bread pudding A custardy base is combined with stale, cut up bread to which many different ingredients can be added depending upon what is wanted. The bread should be soft having absorbed the custard. How do you know when the bread pudding is done baking? There are a couple of ways. One, insert a cake tester in the middle of the pudding. If it comes out clean it is done. The second method is to press the center of the bread pudding and if liquid comes up it needs to bake longer. When was bread pudding first made? English cooks in the 11th century repurposed stale bread.

In later centuries it became known as "poor man's pudding" because food was scarce at times and the pudding was made only with boiling water sugar and spices. Today's version is much richer with eggs, milk or cream, spices and any number of additions. Expert Tips The bread used should be stale but not hard or completely dried out. While any bread can be used, Brioche and Challah are often used for their taste. The liquid base can be made in a mixer by following the same steps as for the food processor. Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature so it mixes without lumps. If another type of bread is used, it may require more or less liquid so add 3/4 of the half and half first. If the bread is not completely coated, stir in the rest of the half and half. While citric acid powder is listed as an ingredient, it can be omitted. Other scrumptious desserts If you love this Lemon Cheesecake Bread Pudding, It would be hugely helpful and so appreciated it if you would take a moment to leave a rating below. Thank you. Lemon Cheesecake Bread Pudding This spectacular Lemon Cheesecake Bread Pudding is based on the Lemon Cheesecake I make at the restaurant. It is extremely popular and very unusual. This version of a bread pudding is very quick and easy to make. 9x9 square pan or6 cup Jumbo Muffin Pan or6 ounce ramekins 3/4 pound Brioche or Challah (340 grams)4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature (114 grams)1/2 cup granulated sugar (100 grams)2 large eggs2 tablespoons lemon zest1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 teaspoon citric acid powder, optional1/3 cup sour cream (75 grams)1 cup half and half1/3 cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed If the bread is whole, slice abut 3/4" thick. Dry the slices on cooling racks for 4 to 6 hours until stale but not dried out. This can take 4 to 6 hours. Once dried, stack several slices up and cut them vertically. Cross cut them into 3/4" cubes. There should be about 8 cups. Place them in a large bowl. Set aside. Place the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of a food processor. Process until smooth, scraping as necessary. Be sure to get to the bottom of the bowl and into the edges so there will be no lumps. Add the eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, citric acid, and sour cream processing until smooth. Add the half and half and lemon juice. Process until smooth and all is combined.Pour the liquid mixture over the bread cubes, stirring well to make sure all the bread is coated with the liquid.Let the bread mixture sit for 15 to 30 minutes until the bread is soaked through and no liquid is sitting on the bottom of the bowl. The bread should not be mushy but wet all the way through. Stir several times to make sure the liquid is evenly soaking the bread.Preheat the oven to 350°F. For a single bread pudding, pour the mixture into a 9” square pan that has been very well sprayed with a non-stick baking release.For individual bread puddings:  Use six 6-ounce ramekins or Texas muffin cups.  Spray very well with a non-stick baking release and divide between the ramekins, filling them all the way to the top.Bake 30 to 35 minutes until set and a tester comes out clean.If using the individual ramekins or muffin pans, cool for about 10 minutes and turn out. Serve warm with the one of the following sauces: The Blueberry Sauce from the Lemonade Cake, the Lemon Soaking Syrup from the Lemon Strawberry Cake or the Lemon Rum soaking syrup from the Lemon Rum Bundt Cake Serves 6 individual bread puddings or 6 to 8 from the 9" pan. There is always an abundance of photos to guide you in the post above. As always, I recommend using a scale for accuracy and consistency.  Flour, in particular, is difficult to measure by volume.  For my recipes, I use 140 grams per cup of unsifted  all-purpose, bread or whole wheat flour and 125 grams of cake flour. Others may use different weights so use whatever they suggest. _____________________________________________________ The bread used should be stale but not hard or completely dried out.

While any bread can be used, Brioche and Challah are often used for their taste. The liquid base can be made in a mixer by following the same steps as for the food processor. Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature so it mixes without lumps.  If another type of bread is used, it may require more or less liquid so add 3/4 of the half and half first. If the bread is not completely coated, stir in the rest of the half and half.  While citric acid powder is listed as an ingredient, it can be omitted. Bread PuddingAmericanbread pudding, easy to make, Lemon Bread Pudding

[trashyvanillabean]

How to make Vanille’s Egg in a Basket!!

Ingredients:

1 egg (yes, just one)

Half of a single green onion

Spam

Bread (for toast)

Soy sauce

Some dairy liquid (milk or half-n-half, either is fine)

Butter

Cheese

Mayonnaise

Note: Depending on how big your bread slices are, you might only need one. But most of the time, a loaf of pre-sliced bread typically has pretty thin slices, so you’ll most likely need to two to fit the upcoming egg mix.

Steps:

Slice up your green onions.

Take a slice of spam and that up too.

Crack an egg into a bowl and pour in a small splash of milk (or half-n-half) and a small splash of soy sauce. Stir that shit up.

Take a slice of butter (about half a tbsp) and let that melt in your pan. Swirl it around if you need to get the surface coated.

Take your bread slice(s) and cut out a circle in the middle. Coat one side with mayonnaise and let that sit on your pan mayo side down. (If you’re using two bread slices, just stack the other one on top.)

Pour your egg mix in the middle and wait until it’s at least partially cooked.

Take whatever cheese you have and place a bit of on top of the egg mix. That leftover bread circle you have? The melted cheese (and egg mix) will act like a glue when you stick it on top over the middle.

At this point your bread will definitely be toasted (if somewhat burnt) so coat the top of the bread with a little more mayo and flip.

Wait until that is also browned before taking the whole thing out of the pan.

(Note: When toasting the bread, you should probably try to keep the heat on medium or low or the bread will be kinda burnt. This is something I unfortunately forgot to take into account.)

If you followed everything, the result should generally look something like this:

Now that wasn’t so hard, was it~?

“But, Vanille, if you’re using two slices of bread, what about the other circle—?”

Eat it.

“With what—”

Anything. Just eat it.

And if one of y’all cracks a certain kind of joke about me *** I will hunt you down and crack your balls.

[luxlucis3]

Wheat grains Chocolate Chip Biscuits

I love chocolate snack cookies - Setting up I LOVE chocolate food cookies! When I seriously considered all of the things that I adore in a cookie, I actually started playing around along with my favorite chocolate nick cookie recipe and additionally came up with this one. I needed to make it a lot more "healthful", a little more major and less wonderful. The addition from oats, whole wheat pastry flour and wheat or grain germ make this some sort of stand-out that doesn't personal taste like a "healthy" biscuit. https://www.cookiesandry.com.au/

This cookie at all times wins rave assessments in my "Baking By using Whole Grains" modules. Especially from mothers who are trying to help make healthier treats with regard to their kids and add them (sometimes with no their knowledge) to be able to whole grains. Despite the fact that this is still some cookie - the application still has offspring, butter and carbohydrates - it also has got some really great developments that help it to above the "regular" chocolate chip dessert. The whole wheat flour, oats and grain germ are full of fiber, b vitamin products, and antioxidants in addition to getting them inside cookie form cannot be all that bad!: )

You can use either wheat grains pastry flour or simply white whole wheat flour in these biscuits with equal results. Regular 100% whole-wheat flour is fat for these. What exactly is the difference? Many my students demand that and it's not as much confusing than this indicates. Basically it comes down to protein subject matter. Think of the peptids (or gluten) material in flour being the structure. The higher this protein, the much better and more resilient your structure is (think chewy artisanal bread and pizza dough). Less protein ends up in a softer system (cakes, muffins along with cookies, for example).

So , which flour should you use in all the cookie recipe? That's a matter of flavor. The whole wheat flour we're used to, a stuff that produces compressed, chewy, tangy loaves is milled (ground) from what is named "hard red winter season wheat". It has a healthy protein content together with distinctive color and additionally flavor. It is best for all kinds of yeasted loaf of bread and doughs and many quick breads in addition to muffins. White whole wheat grains flour and whole grain pastry flour tend to be milled from softer spring wheat which happens to be lower in protein and so produces a more irritated, less chewy merchandise than whole wheat flour. It is still your "whole" grain (meaning the bran along with germ have not already been stripped away), a bit softer and simpler to incorporate into cooked goods. Most meals using whole wheat flour will specify which sort of flour to utilise.

You can find white wheat grains flour and whole-wheat pastry flour as part of your local supermarket inside the baking section (look for brands just like King Arthur Flour, Bob's Red Work or Hodgson Mill) and at Total Foods and your area food co-op (both of these usually have this in bulk like well).

I like a good less sweet candy bar and usually work with just about 1 drink packed light brown lightly sugar and 1/8 - 1/4 glass cane sugar. A sweet nuttiness for the oats and toasted wheat germ add more sweetness to the sandwich, making it easy to diminish the sugar. I exploit evaporated cane liquid which is a healthier replacement of the refined sugar. Evaporated cane juice doesn't necessarily undergo the same handling that refined glucose does and therefore drives most of its nourishment and more importantly, wipes out unwanted chemicals. Seek out evaporated cane beverages or pure walking stick sugar at Individual Joe's, Whole Foodstuff and your local foods co-op.

And here i will discuss the best part of this information, the recipe!

Whole-wheat & Oat Sweets Chip Cookies 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour 3/4 mug quick oats 1/4 cup toasted rice germ 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soft drink 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened 1 container packed light browning sugar 1/4 -- 1/2 cup evaporated cane juice (cane sugar) 2 massive eggs 1 tsp vanilla 1 drink semi-sweet chocolate money 1 cup walnuts (optional)

Preheat furnace to 375 levels. Place oven wine racks in upper together with lower third within the oven. Line 3 baking sheets by using parchment and reserve.

Sift dry elements together. Cream butter and sugar right until light and deep. Add eggs, individually, until fully utilized. Stir in vanilla. Add about 2/3 of the dry constituents to creamed combination, blending well. Dispose of chocolate chips and additionally nuts (if using) in the rest of the dried out flour mixture and next add to the creamed mix. Stir well to mix.

Drop by spoonsful upon prepared baking bedsheets and place on rack. Bake 6-7 moments then rotate pots and pans from top to bottom racks. Cook another 6-7 units until golden in addition to almost set. Really do not over bake! Take out from oven along with cool on parchment sheets or twine racks.

[theahole]

Cinnamon Baked French Toast

french toast: 1 loaf good-quality white bread (like from the bakery, not Wonder) or 6 leftover croissants from Costco 8 whole eggs (I use 4 large & 4 jumbo, but whatever you have) 2 cups whole milk 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

topping: 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon cardamon, if you have it 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 stick cold butter, cut into pieces

Mix together in a LARGE bowl the eggs, milk, cream, sugars, cinnamon & vanilla. Mix these together well. I use a whisk, a fork will work too. Either rip the bread or croissants into pieces, or cut them into cubes. Put the bread pieces into the egg mixture and stir everything to coat. To weigh down the bread so it all gets soaked and none comes out dry, find a plate or bowl that fits into your bowl full of bread and eggs. Wrap the bottom of said plate or bowl in plastic wrap, set it on the surface of the eggs and bread mixture, and press down a little. Put the whole thing in the fridge overnight.

In a medium bowl, mix the flour, sugar, spices and salt. Add the butter and work the butter into the mixture. I have a pastry cutter, but you can use a fork, or even your hands (this will be messy). Once the mixture looks sort of gravelly, pour it into a big ziplock, seal it up and pop that in the fridge too.

To bake, preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a 9 by 13-inch pan with kitchen parchment. Give your eggy bread a stir or two and pour it into the pan. Even things out, then sprinkle the crumb mixture on top in an even layer. Bake for about 45 minutes and let cool for about 15 minutes before serving. It will still be very hot.

Baked french toast which always turns out so good I eat way too much of it in the first sitting.

I have some problems with the original recipe, which are: 2 TABLESPOONS of vanilla? Have you completely lost it?

And: given the amount of sugar and fat already in this, suggesting serving it with butter and maple syrup is tantamount to homicide.

[minniesmelody]

Eddie Munson head canons #2

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥: these are “my” head canons for Eddie, we might not all agree on something about him so pls don’t get offended by any of these, please and thank you. Enjoy!

♥︎chewing and talking at the same time, gives no fucks.

♥︎Hufflepuff, no doubt about it.

♥︎ he will sleep in socks and even shoes, I feel like he forgets to change into something more comfortable and usually falls asleep most nights accidentally

♥︎this dude sneezes so freaking loud

♥︎he smells like cheap cologne and weed, I don’t know where y’all are getting coconut and vanilla and cinnamon from, weed has a strong smell and it will stick to him and follow him almost everywhere

♥︎he suffers from anxiety and panic attacks, we saw him after the whole Chrissy thing happened and how he reacted for the rest of the show after that, he tries his hardest to conceal it but in the inside he is losing his shit

♥︎he would feed stray animals, even raccoons

♥︎doesn’t like sushi or any kind of fish, man hates seafood, but what he will eat like it’s his last meal is that pus-

♥︎doesn’t drink a lot of water, let’s be real here

♥︎this man lives for grilled cheeses, he lives in a trailer park and doesn’t have much money, 25 slices of fake cheese for 3 bucks with a loaf of bread, definitely one of his comfort foods

♥︎definitely does “your mom” jokes but don’t say it back to him….just don’t

♥︎he sheds like a dog, you find his hair everywhere

♥︎has never washed a dish, either they use a dish washer or he makes Wayne was the dishes, most of the reason why they use so much plastic and paper products

♥︎uses 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner

♥︎actually sorta likes science class, says he hates it tho

♥︎favorite planet is Uranus, yes he is one of those people who tells Uranus jokes

♥︎I feel like he secretly loves romance movies

♥︎obsessed with tattoos, ofc we already know that but he is that type of person who likes having conversations with others that have tattoos and talk about their meanings and who did them

♥︎following up with that, Modern! Eddie would have watched Ink Master and loved it

♥︎while we on the subject of Modern!Eddie, he would have been the biggest DBD player in my opinion, he would have loved that game through and through, we saw how he was in dungeons and dragons, he was dungeons master and played the villains, he would have played the killers too in DBD for sure!!!

♥︎horror movies, he claims he loves them, he does truly like them, but he almost shits his pants way too many times while watching them

♥︎he buys at least 2-3 hairbrushes every few months, you have seen that hair, he destroys so many of them with how knotted his hair gets

♥︎he likes all types of bodies and girls, but curvy girls with some chub on them, he is literally on his knees for them

♥︎claims he hates tears for fears but he secretly jams out to them when he is alone

♥︎definitely buys those cans of fake cheese and put them on crackers, cheese wiz or whatever it’s called

♥︎favorite ramen noodle flavor is chicken

♥︎hates mint chip with a passion

♥︎the only way him and Jason get along is when he sells some drugs to him

♥︎speaking of drugs, he definitely does some but he mostly just sells them for the most part, it’s more smoking weed than yk snorting and all that

♥︎BONUS: he has been arrested by Hopper a handful of times

[mixedforestkitchenwitch]

Easy Rosemary Focaccia Loaf for Love and Protection ✨

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, now is as good a time as any to enchant (metaphorically or literally, if you get their consent of course) your lover with this glorious loaf of focaccia. It is outrageously lovely; crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside, and brimming with the aroma and magic of rosemary. Magic or no, this loaf is so good it could win anyone’s favor ✨

Rosemary holds powers of love and protection, and has a history as an aphrodisiac. Rosemary is also traditionally burned to purify a space, so you can also enjoy the benefits of the aroma filling and purifying your home as this loaf bakes. In a more tangible sense, it has been shown to improve working memory and cognition, so it might behoove you to enjoy a bit more rosemary in your cooking if you need a boost.

Ingredients

* 1 Package of Active Dry Yeast (.25 oz, or 7 grams)

* 1 Cup or 237 grams of warm water (105 degree F, or thereabouts)

* 6 tablespoons or 81 grams of extra virgin olive oil, divided

* 3/4 teaspoon of salt (4 grams)

* 1/4 cup or 42 grams of semolina flour (you could probably get away with using bread flour if you don’t have semolina but I haven’t tried it myself)

* 2 teaspoons of fresh or dried chopped rosemary

* 2 1/2 cups or 300 grams of bread flour

* 3 more tablespoons or 40 grams of olive oil

* 2 more teaspoons of fresh or dried rosemary

* 2 big pinches of flaky sea salt

Instructions

Make some magic✨ Light a white candle in your kitchen and set your intention.

Enchant your rosemary with your intention. If you plan to make this as an aphrodisiac, imagine your person of choice being utterly smitten with you! Hold the rosemary in the palm of your hand, and focus and concentrate your intention as an orb of white light around the rosemary. If you have a mantra, recite it to yourself out loud or in your head.

Back to the practical! Whisk the yeast with the warm water. Then, add 2 tablespoons of oil, 3/4 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of rosemary, and semolina flour and whisk to combine.

Add all the bread flour and stir it in with a spoon, to the extent possible.

Dump out the dough onto a floured surface and knead for three minutes, until the dough is smooth, dusting with flour as needed to keep the dough from sticking to your surface.

Pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil right onto the dough ball and knead it into the dough. Honestly, this is going to seem like a mess at first, but after a minute, it will start to look right again. Then, pour 2 more tablespoons of olive oil on the dough and knead it in again. Knead the dough until it becomes extremely homogeneous and somewhat sticky.

Oil the dough ball and put it in a bowl, and cover that bowl with foil or a lid. At this point, you can either proof it at room temperature for an hour or two until it doubles in size, or you can put it in the fridge overnight. I prefer to fridge it overnight, because I think it makes the flavor better, but it’s up to you!

Grease a baking sheet or an 11 x 7 baking dish. Press and spread the dough out until it’s about a half inch high. If working with a baking dish, push and pull the dough to fill the space. Then rest for fifteen minutes to let the gluten relax.

Oil your fingers and dimple the dough, pushing all the way down (but making sure not to break through the dough.) Then, pour on 2 ish tablespoons of oil, distributing it across the whole surface of the dough. Then sprinkle with your remaining enchanted rosemary on top, along with your flaky sea salt. I use maldon salt, but any salt would probably do. Just use lots! This bread really wants to be quite salted. Rest the dough at room temp for 45 minutes, or until doubled in size.

Preheat your oven to 475ºF. When the oven comes up to temperature, put in your loaf, and bake it for 15 minutes.

Pull the loaf out of the oven and immediately transfer to a cooling rack so that the bottom doesn’t get soggy.

Slice into big hunks and devour gleefully, sharing with the object of your desire (with informed consent for any spells you have put on the loaf.) Enjoy with a mild jam, like fig or pear, or by itself.

[porphyriosao3]

#13 Baking

"I'm sorry, they did what?" Bilbo asked in confusion.  The wreckage of the kitchens of Erebor lay strewn around them, filth on every surface and the skeletons of vermin hidden in inconvenient cabinets to startle the unwary searcher.  Bombur smiled at his disbelieving look.

"Oh yes," he sighed, a look of reminiscence appearing on his face.  "For the first few years that we were in the Blue Mountains, the forges were the highest priority.  We had nothing, you understand; trying to turn essentially a hole in the mountain into a functional dwarfhall takes a powerful load of metal.  We had copper and iron a-plenty, but the ores were, well," auburn hair shifted as his brow furrowed, "let's just say the ore was not the richest.  Took a mighty amount of stone to yield an ingot, and so the smelters and forges got nigh onto all the wood those first days.  We used the smelters for baking; worked a treat."

"I... I don't..." the hobbit's face was a picture of puzzlement.  "The temperatures are far too high, the bread would just turn into smoke and cinders.  How..."  This time he got a laugh, the booming sound making him smile in spite of himself.

"No, Master Hobbit, you don't put the bread in the smelter!  Good heavens," he chortled, "what a thought!  No, you just set it on the side, like... there's usually even a shelf for it, miners bake cram and their mine-cakes on it as well."  Bilbo nodded as though he understood, though he very much didn't.  The whole thing seemed rather... odd.  "Tell you what," Bombur said, "let's get these loaves risen and I'll show you."  Bilbo nodded and together they pounded and kneaded the dough they had mixed, shaping loaves and leaving them to proof under a cloth.  Thankfully, all the vermin still seemed to be dead - something about the dragon had made it impossible for anything else to live there, it seemed.  Insect and vermin corpses were all over the mountain, oddly enough.  Thinking back to how the treasury had felt when the dragon was alive, the hobbit shuddered; he supposed he would die as well, with that feeling as a constant companion. Later, once the small boules had risen and swollen, they slashed the loaves across the top and carried them on trays down to the forge, each loaf draped in a cloth.  The heat was intense as soon as they entered the vast chamber, the roaring of the furnaces making it impossible to hear (or even think, Bilbo mused).  Bombur flagged down a shirtless dwarf Bilbo was astonished to recognize as Fili when he drew closer, the scars on his chest still an angry red.

"What on earth are you doing here!" the hobbit scolded.  "You know you have no business doing anything this strenuous!  I'll tell Oin on you," he threatened, and even Fili's wince and raised hands did nothing to ease his glower.

"I can help," Fili insisted, "and uncle is down here too somewhere, so Oin will have to calm himself somehow.  We of Durin's line have the firetouch strongly, and Erebor needs smiths and smelter-tenders more right now than it needs elegant nobles."  Bilbo sniffed, though he did catch himself eyeing the area; a shirtless Thorin was not a thing to be missed, no matter how ridiculous the circumstances.  Fili grinned at them, sweat dripping down his chest.  "But why are you here?  And what are these?  Bread?"

Bombur nodded.  "Stick them on the shelf, if you would," he asked, passing his tray over.  "Pull 'em out after thirty minutes or so and we'll see what's what.  There's no wood for the stoves in the kitchen, even if it wasn't a total wreck." 

Fili nodded, looking thoughtful.  "I'll get Uncle to have one of Dain's crew bring you some wood," he said, hefting the tray.  "Be right back."  He headed off towards the raging furnace and set the tray on a barely-noticeable shelf, pulling the cloths off the loaves.

"How does he do that?" Bilbo asked open-mouthed.  "I'd roast like a cut of beef if I went over there!"   Bombur nodded absently.

"Oh aye, doesn't suit me at all either, but as he said, the Durins have the firetouch.  Almost impossible to burn, the lot of 'em."  Bilbo shook his head; he couldn't even imagine such a thing.  By that point Fili had returned and Bilbo passed over his tray numbly, watching as the process repeated itself.  He was dying of the heat; finally, he gave up and left, panting outside in the relative coolness of the hall.  They had come to bake bread, but it seemed the room was baking all of them.  Life in Erebor was truly stranger than he had ever imagined.

[the1northlanderprincess]

Bringing in another one of my fandom with this metaphor, but we were fed a whole loaf of bread in this episode. So much to dissect, here, thus this will likely be a longer review.

aftermath

Ok, so we start with Thony meeting arman on the road with the Feds, who are guarding the drug truck. The drugs are going to be under the Feds’ watch, because the deal was for Cortes’, and they take off. Thony is understandably freaking out because there’s nothing to present to Kamdar, and she tells Arman that she can’t do this anymore. He tries to talk her off the ledge, telling her he knows. However, they need to stick with it, but he assures her they’ll do it together.

This scene was rather short, but we got a nice little bit of affection. Arman knows it’s been tough for her, and that’s why his voice is soft as he says her name. It’s a change of tune for him in a way. Earlier in the season he yelled at her when she wanted out, Not here. No, he’s learned the error of those ways. He then takes it a step further, approaching her, and places a hand on her shoulder before moving it to her cheek. Finally, some evidence that Thony is more than a friend and business partner to him. It only took 7 episodes. Nonetheless, it was sweet. He cares about her so much, and the danger is getting all too real. He’s letting her know what she means to him, and that he’s with her in this; it’s as if he knows she needs such a touch to really grasp the notion. 

Kamdar’s Office

Thony and Arman go into Kamdar's place, going over their strategy. When they enter his office, Kamdar tells them to come in, as what he has to discuss concerns them both. Another man is there, whom he introduces as Cortes' right hand. He tells them what happened, and Arman tells him that he and Thony weren’t around when the raid went down. Kamdar next begins to postulate about rats. Chambers is questioned first. He denies knowing anything. He says it was either Maya or Thony and Arman. Kamdar seemingly agrees, since they were new. Arman argues that Kamdar has known him for years. Kamdar disagrees, saying he’s only known Nadia. He doesn’t really know him. He reveals what knowledge he has of Thony. Thony doesn’t back down from his veiled threats, saying they don’t work for the FBI, nor does she want to work for someone who threatens her family; they don’t have to work for him. Kamdar acknowledges she has good points, the he stabs Chambers’ hand. Chambers painfully appeals to him, telling Kamdar he’s no rat. But Kamdar pays no attention. Instead he tells Thony and Arman he has another buyer and will set up the meeting this time, so he can determine if they’re rats or nut, and won’t be meaningless to him, unlike Chambers. With that, Chambers is suffocated before Thony and Arman's eyes. Thony is horrified, and as it gets more violent as Chambers is pleading, Arman goes over to Thony to hold her back and comfort her. When Chambers is dead, they are both speechless at the sudden violence. Kamdar then goes back to business as usual, reminding them they have stuff to do and a debt to repay. Once out in the alleyway, Thony and Arman get in the car, where Thony is distraught over everything, wanting to get home because of what Kamdar said. Arman wants her to tell him what happened. She goes over it again, and Arman asks what connection Garrett has with Maya. Thony tells him about the affair. This infuriates him, because this was personal for Garrett. He also tells Thony that they know nothing about Maya, fearing she may give them up. Thony says she won’t. She then tries to settle him down so they can go home and regroup. She says she’ll talk to Garrett, but Arman growls not to do it without him there. Then they finally head out.

Well, these were a tense couple of scenes. I want to dig into the office scene first. The start of it, Thony and Arman were totally cool; they never even blinked. Even when Kamdar threatened her family, she stood unwavering. But all of that changes when Kamdar assaults Chambers. Arman picks up on how far Kamdar is going and goes to Thony’s side. He takes her hand and says some comforting words (wish I was a better lip reader, though I think one of the things he says is “it’s all right”). He also holds her back, as if he has the sense she wanted to intervene, which would have been very dangerous for her. I find it very interesting that Arman didn’t wrap his arm around Thony as she leaned into him, and vice versa. Perhaps they didn’t want to give away the depth of emotions between them in front of Kamdar, more so on Arman's. Later, in the alley, Thony gets in the car, and Arman closes the door for her. It’s such a little thing, but it still held meaning for me. Thony is capable of closing her own door, but him doing it was like he was saying, “hey, I’ve got you”. While conversing, they take turns calming the other down. I love how firm yet gentle his voice was in the early portion. He knew how unnerved she was. On a side note, I have to say, Adan's voice was different in this episode. Like, it was raspier or something. I liked it. Then Thony was being the voice of reason when Arman became angry over Garrett. She didn’t back down, but she wasn’t defensive either like other times he fought with her. They just witnessed a cold-blooded murder, and the situation they were in escalated, so tensions were high. In other words, Arman wasn’t necessarily mad at her, and he was able to cool down fairly quickly. 

Confronting Garrett

Thony meets Garrett, who thanks her for covering him at Cortes’. Right around that time, Arman arrives and charges Garrett. Thony, seeing his hotheadedness, tries to intervene before Arman gets to him. But, to no avail. He smoothly maneuvers around her and shoves Garrett against the vehicle. Thony pulls him off Garrett after a bit of scuffling. He shouts a rhetorical question about how much danger he and Thony are in because of Garrett’s antics. Pretty soon Garrett is in Arman's face and threatens bodily harm, so Thony has to forcibly come between them again. Arman explains what happened in Kamdar’s, adding that he is looking for anyone who could be a rat. Thony adds that there is another chance with someone that Kamdar is lining up. Arman pipes in that it could buy them time. They just need to get the drugs back. Garrett tells them he has no control over them now, but Arman isn’t letting him off the hook. Thony then appeals to Garrett’s better nature, saying that Kamdar threatened her family. If they don’t figure things out, they’re dead.

This was a fun little scene, and funny, too. Here are Thony and Garrett having some civil small talk, and in comes a PO’d Arman. I love how well Thony can read him, because she knows that Arman is not the biggest fan of Garrett’s, and can tell he definitely wants to hurt him. We see again that Arman is including Thony while bringing the issues up. They’re one unit. The hilarious part of the scene comes when Thony separates them. She is practically scolding five year-olds, or older elementary kids, for not playing nice. 

Meeting Kamdar/The Kidnapping

The meeting with Kamdar and the new buyer is set up at La Habana. Thony is late, which Kamdar isn’t pleased about. Arman explains that she’s coming, and because everyone is there now, he wants to get the meeting started. However, Kamdar lets him know they’ll start when she arrives with the product. So an antsy Arman calls her, wondering where she is. Later, the two men are still waiting and Kamdar grows impatient. Arman explains that Thony was held up ad will be here soon. Nadia comes by, and Kamdar doesn’t want to deal with her. But she wants him to have some fun. Arman pays no attention to them, as he notices Thony coming from behind. She walks up to everyone and takes her place at Arman's side. Kamdar remarks on Thony’s surprising tardiness, but she apologizes. He’s not interested, and asks if the product is present. She says it’s in the loading dock. So Kamdar, Thony, and Arman head there, collecting the buyer along the way. The group goes down to the loading dock, with Thony leading the way. The buyer likes what he sees, and soon the deal has been made. The brief case of money is given to Thony. after the buyer entourage leaves, Thony turns to Kamdar, turning out her hands in success. But he grabs it out of her hand, saying they’ll get their cut at the right time. Arman demands to know what he’s doing, but he and Thony are suddenly black-hooded.

I loved these scenes. At the beginning, Arman is trying to be calm and collected while giving Thony the benefit of the doubt for being late. He wants to meet with the buyer himself, most likely so they can just be done with it. However, I also think he just wants to save Thony from having to do it, because he knows it puts her in an uncomfortable position. But Kamdar wants her there, going as far as calling her Arman's “better half”. I believe he wants her there to cause more discourse between the actual married couple. That is made more evident when Arman sees Thony arrive. He practically jumps out of his chair immediately, eyes a little wide as she strides toward him. There is no other woman more important than her in the room at that moment. She smiles, too, as if she knows she owns the room. Nadia looks floored. Arman can’t help but flash Thony an approving smile. He loves red on her and lets her know it. Oh, and I guess he’s happy she made it to the meeting, as well. LOL. In the loading dock, when the briefcase is taken from Thony, he looks down at it, perhaps checking if she got hurt. 

Arman's Choice

Arman and Thony are brought to an empty, isolated house. They are led into the main room, where Kamdar and his henchmen present a captive Maya. Kamdar tells the kidnapped couple that she is a rat who was found in a safe house. He continues by contemplating whether or not they’re rats. So he gets out a gun and lays it on the table, giving them the chance to prove their loyalty by killing her. Arman flat-out refuses. Kamdar says he has no choice if he and Thony want to live. Arman stoutly gives him a no. Kamdar says “very well” and motions to one of his men, who raises a gun to Thony’s head. Kamdar gives Arman an ultimatum and begins a countdown. Arman takes turns looking at all the players. Thony pleads for him to not do it. Kamdar’s countdown continues as Arman weighs his decision. Finally we hear Kamdar shout “three” and a shot rings out. We see Arman come out of the house first, followed by Thony. He looks back at her, but she just walks past him. However, in the car, she glances at him and puts her hand on his, and he squeezes it back.

This is the defining moment of the season thus far, and the most intense. Not much was said verbally, but it was in other ways. We’ve seen Arman have to get his hands dirty for Kamdar a couple times already, which has eaten him up, and the loan shark knows it. By making him do this, he’s trying to break him even more.  anyway, so Arman tries to reason with him, not caring about his own life, instead to take pity on an innocent. That’s his good heart shining through; his moral compass. Thony doesn’t care about herself either. She doesn’t want Arman to blacken his soul; she saw how he was after beating up the one guy; that’s “not who he is”. It is like a Spartacus sort of thing. You really see the struggle in Arman's face (Adan, you’re the man) as things grow dire. He looks to Thony a few times with an absolutely devastated expression, and he gulps a few times. He realizes this could be the last time he sees Thony, but at the same time, he doesn’t want to do kill Maya. I have to wonder if he would have charged the guy holding Thony at gunpoint. He’d probably get shot, but at least Thony would be alive. Once outside, him looking back was another moment of checking to see how she was handling things, putting her first. In the car, though, he allows himself to be vulnerable to the point of tears. Thony silently taking his hand is her way of letting him know she’s there for him, and won’t abandon him. It’s beautiful. The music is not subtle at all, with “I need my girl” giving us a clear picture of the present circumstance and what is to come with this couple as they now have to navigate through this shared burden.

Garrett is going to find out about what happened with Maya, I guarantee it. When he does, things will get hairy, because it will undoubtedly shine the spotlight on the truth of Arman's feelings for Thony, and it’ll be delicious.  

[bubblyhoney]

cheeky

warnings: lAnGuAgE, suggestive reference, a buffy quote

tags: sapnap x reader

words: 1248

A/N: first fic about our beloved snappy in the books! hope you guys like. :)

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“God, I love corporate America,” you sigh, stopping in your tracks. Sapnap nearly runs into you with the cart and makes a squeak noise, prompting you to turn.

“What does that even mean?” He grumbles, maneuvering past you and towards the produce section. You trail after him, swiping a carton of oatmeal raisin cookies on the way and dropping it into the front basket of the cart.

“It means if Publix was a person I’d suck their—,” is all you get out before he’s slapping a hand over your mouth.

“There are children.” He looks genuinely concerned and you laugh, mouthing at his hand behind your mask. It drops to the handle.

“Don’t be such a grumpy pants, baby.” You sling an arm around his wide shoulders, slumping into his side as he shuffles forward.

“I don’t want to be awake right now, much less grocery shopping.” His voice is slightly more nasally right now, attributed to his inability to remember to take his allergy medicine. “I’m only doing this for you.”

For someone who just said something cute, he looks awfully displeased.

“Such a good sport,” you coo, rubbing your head at his shoulder.

“Where’s the list?” He straightens and pats at his pockets.

“I have it!” You pull it from your back pocket and pass it to him, supplying a slightly... chewed pencil as well. He gives you a weird look but moves to cross off number 6: cookies. An essential.

“You wanna tag team this?” He suggests and you raise your eyebrows, wiggling them. “Jesus, Y/N,” he sighs, like being your boyfriend is the hardest job in the world. “Just go get the milk and eggs while I get the produce. Can you do that?”

You pout under your mask. “I guess,” you say, and trundle off towards the dairy aisle, Sapnap's borrowed slippers slapping on the tile.

When you return, a loaf of whole grain bread tucked under your arm and a carton of 12 grade A’s in one hand, Sapnap is decidedly happier. In fact, he’s humming the Elmo song. Weird choice, but you don’t question it as you drop the items down carefully into the cart.

“What’re you eating?” You ask, leaning in to sniff him. He tugs down his mask and pops a green grape into his mouth, pulling it back up as he chews obnoxiously loud. “Pass me one, daddy.”

He chokes, coughing once and swallowing, before tugging a grape from the package in the cart and passing it to you.

“You have to stop doing that,” he mutters, but grabs your hand in his and places it around his shoulders. You hum, chewing, and lean into his neck.

“What else is on the list?” Your voice is soft, much calmer and casual after his change in attitude. The paper emerges from his pocket and he uncrumples it, eyes scanning over once.

“Saran wrap, pink lemonade, sliced turkey, tortillas, mozzarella, lettuce—oops.” He scribbles lettuce out with the pencil. “Um, jalapeño chips, sparkling water, and frozen burritos. Of the Hot Pocket variety, specifically.” He passes the list over to you and pulls another grape to toss it into his mouth. “I think we should invest in a cheesecake too.”

“Your brain is so big.”

“Yeah? You like that?” He glances at you and pushes the cart forward with a jerk, mounting it swiftly and gliding past a bubble of teenagers who look on, equally confused and amazed at an adult riding a Publix cart. You shake your head, following slowly after.

“Okay, I’m actually having fun now.” You can see the grin in his eyes as you catch up near the chip aisle. He ducks into the aisle, snagging a bag of jalapeño Ms. Vicky’s and dropping it into the cart.

“Good,” you muse, poking his side. “And how does it feel being the hottest person at Publix at ten at night?”

He shoots you a questioning look but considers your question as he drops another bag of chips onto the lettuce.

“Feels good, actually,” he decides and swings out into the flow of traffic, nearly rolling over the foot of an elderly person. He apologizes quickly and you can just barely see his cheeks flush pink over the hem of his mask.

You two make your way through the list efficiently, sometimes not-so-efficiently taking five minutes to decide if coconut or mango sparkling water is better. Coconut tastes like the smell of the all-purpose spray cleaner at home, but you accede. A thing or two is added to the list: cheesecake, upon his request, and two bottles of aloe vera lube. (“There’s a sale, babe! Would be a crime to not stock up.”) The cashier doesn’t give a second thought to the last items as they scan it, but you two giggle like teenagers.

“Ah,” Sapnap sighs, tugging off his mask and leaning forward to push the airflow of the AC directly at his face. Cool air blasts the interior of your car and you thank every holy being in existence for modern air conditioning.

“Florida sucks ass.” You move your head slowly next to the vent, tilting like a rotisserie chicken. “I can’t believe Dream got you to stay.” Passing him a stick of gum, you shove your own piece into your mouth and slide the middle console closed.

“Me either,” he hums in agreement.

“Good your way, baby?” You ask, shifting the car into reverse and easing back. He mhm’s and you slide out of the parking spot easily. The parking lot is getting busier, however late, and you maneuver between the groups of adults shopping and teenagers loitering near the cart bays.

“Dibs on the AUX,” he announces and reaches for the cord.

“Okay,” you say as Kids by MGMT starts with a flutter of sound. “Price is a kiss on my lips.” Your car lurches to a stop at a red light and you tilt your face towards him expectantly. Sighing, he leans forward and presses a single kiss to your lips. Mm.

“That’s it?” You pout, lip jutting out. He grips your jaw in his hand, only centimeters away, and rubs at it with a thumb.

“You’re a brat, you know that?” he breathes, but kisses you once more (with feeling). You close your eyes and lean into it, tongue slipping between your lips and barely touching his.

A loud honk interrupts you and you jerk away, eyes wide and looking up at the light. It’s green, you realize, raising a hand in apology to the person behind you, and kick the car into gear.

“You haven’t done that since high school,” Sapnap grins and sits back in his seat. You move a hand to his leg, glancing at his face with a similar smile.

“Done what? Kiss you?”

“No.” He rolls his eyes. “Missed a green light while kissing me.”

“Mm,” you agree. “I remember red lights being a popular destination.” Squeezing at his thigh, you slide him a look and watch his cheeks flush. He just shakes his head, leaning on his elbow against the door with his hand on his jaw.

The car idles into a stop and the glow of the red light reflects on the hood of your car. You shift slightly in your seat, raising your eyebrows and giving him a pointed look.

“Don’t even think about it.” He turns towards the window but you catch a glimpse of a smile from underneath his fingers.

Cheeky.

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A/N: ask or send me some stuff!! requests, rants, anything. :D i don't mind comments either ;)

[weaselle]

cooking for people who have no idea what they are doing (or are just, like, real depressed)

Okay, I’m a professional cook, but also, I get depressed. This is the cooking I do when I’m depressed, because I need the simplest path to a whole meal.

This is not for vegetarians, because, while I wholeheartedly support people choosing vegetarianism, and also enjoy cooking for vegetarians, for me, the simplest path to a meal includes meat. Perhaps when I am less depressed I will work on options.

A lot of recipes focus on achieving food that is in some way special, using special techniques, or using a precise list of carefully measured high-end ingredients... and that’s not this, this is all the parts of cooking that are not those things.

First, shopping

Meats Starches Veggies Sauces Breakfast/Snack

For a whole week you’re going to want

3 kinds of meat, with five portions each. So, for example, five chicken breasts, 10 sausage links, and 2-3 pounds of ground beef. Other possibilities include pork chops, salmon, some kind of steak, whatever. 

You’re going to want up to 3 starches. Honestly I usually stick to just rice, but you can go with rice, potatoes, and pasta. If you want to use quinoa or polenta or something, thats on you.

And, you’re going to want about 3 types of vegetables, again, about 5 portions each -- and try to stay green. So personally, I usually get 5 medium zucchini, 2 medium heads of broccoli, and then either yellow squash or mushrooms. A bag of salad greens is also a good option, and I have an easy way to make a good salad, which I will do as a separate post.

Next pick something easy that works as either breakfast or a snack. For me this is a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, and a bunch of bananas. Sometimes it’s nice to have an additional option here, like cereal or yogurt. 

Last, you’ll want 2-5 sauces in bottles. I would definitely recommend a low sodium soy sauce be one of them, and maybe a BBQ sauce for the other. I usually also include worcestershire and sriracha but go with whatever you want, teriyaki sauce, A1, whatever you know you’ll eat. Hell, you can use Italian style salad dressing as a cookable sauce if you really want.

Oh, and If you don’t already have some at the house, you’ll need pan lube: butter and/or some kind of cooking oil. 

Okay! we’re done shopping! Affordability isn’t the main focus here, but is undeniably important -- I live in a very expensive area, this shopping trip is going to feed me well for a week and costs me about $100 bucks. When I was living in Alabama, it probably would have cost me more like $70. You won’t need to get stuff like the sauce and rice and peanut butter every week, so you’re definitely looking at a monthly grocery bill of something like $300 depending on where you live, and that’s not too bad. 

Prep

hell no, I’m depressed, the only prep I’m doing is putting two packages of meat in the freezer and the rest of this stuff in the fridge. You CAN box or bag each portion of meat separately so you can really alternate what you eat -- me, I’m gonna eat chicken for two or three days, then beef for two or three days, etc.

and listen, don’t fuck around with microwave settings or running water on things to defrost them. If you package the meat all up separately, just move a portion from the freezer to the fridge each time you cook dinner. Or, if you do like me, move the whole package when you go to cook your last portion of the previous stuff, and just deal with the fact that it will probably still be a tiny bit frozen when you go to cook next.

Tip: When you cook dinner, you’re going to make enough for lunch. That just leaves you one small meal - I often smear peanut butter on a peice of bread and wrap it around a banana like a taco - fast, easy, practically no dishes, relatively healthy

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Cooking (this is going to take about 25 minutes)

You’re going to need

ONE frying pan, medium size w/ lid ONE boil pot, medium size w/ lid knife, a spatula and a cutting board.

If you want to be fancy, you can include a big spoon. Looks like this

No matter what the specific ingredients you’ve chosen, the basic format is going to be:

Start your starch heat pan, put meat in the pan flip meat and add veggies, cover with lid remove meat and add sauce finish starch put everything on a plate while it is still too hot to eat and you are standing in the kitchen anyway, wash the like, 4 dishes you’ve gotten dirty. eat.

Okay, before you even get everything else out, start your starch. For rice this means rinse the rice and put it in the cold water and set it on high heat, for pasta this means put your salted water on the stove on high heat. For potatoes, you can use my perfect mashed potatoes recipe (I’ll do that as a separate post) or, honestly, you can wait until you’re halfway done with the rest of everything and microwave the sucker for like 8 minutes. I would never do that in a restaurant, but trying to feed my lethargic depressed ass? Absolutely.

easy rice: Fill your smallest coffee cup with rice, put it in the pot. Rinse. Fill the same cup twice with water, add to rice. Bring to a boil, give a good stir, turn heat all the way down, put a lid on it for something like 15 more minutes.

Okay, now lube your pan. Butter, olive oil, whatever. You’re probably looking at an amount more than a teaspoon and less than a table spoon of whichever you use. Personally I try to use as little olive oil as possible, so I pour a large coin sized amount (a quarter in the U.S.) into the pan, ear off a piece of the paper towel I’m going to use as my napkin for the evening, fold it up tight, and sort of paint the oil around so a little goes a longer way.

Pan lubed? Great, turn your burner on. highest heat will work but is not ideal, medium heat will work better but is still not ideal. Halfway between the two is perfect for chicken, a little hotter for beef, a little lower for fish.

Now remove two portions of your chosen protein (that way you’ll have tomorrow’s lunch too). By the time you get the packaging open and stuff, your pan is probably hot. If it’s not, let it get hot. You don’t want the oil to start smoking (warning, butter will burn faster than oil) but if you shake a single drop of water off your finger into the pan, you want it to sizzle.

If your pan is hot, put your meat in. The more you do this, the more you’ll perfect the timing, but you’re going to cook it for ~about~ 7 minutes before you flip it, maybe a couple minutes longer if it’s chicken or pork, maybe a couple minutes less if it’s beef.

Now that your meat is in, prepare your veggie. Rinse it off, cut off any part of it you don’t want to eat, and then cut what’s left into pieces the size of a large bite. Don’t worry, it’s going to get a little smaller when you cook it. Take your time, you’ll probably finish in less time than the meat needs.

Time to flip your meat? Great. Do that, and then dump your chopped up veggie in the pan. It does not matter at all if the pieces are not touching the bottom of the pan -probably most of them will not be, a bunch will be on top of the meat, that’s fine.

Put a lid on it. Now add your pasta to the water, or put your potato in the microwave, or check your rice. If following my perfect mashed potato recipe, mash now.

Rice tip, checking: eat a grain, you want zero crunch. If it’s not done and there’s no liquid, add a splash of water and stir. It it’s done or close to done, but it is still very wet, give it a big stir and leave on the stove with the lid off for a couple minutes.

Your meat still has like, at least 4 minutes, so rinse off your cutting board and chef knife, get out a plate, table knife and fork.

 Meat done? Great. Take the meat out of the pan, leaving the veggies in. Add sauce to the pan. I like to also use a little wine, because it’s usually already in the house, if you have some and want to, pour a large swallow of wine in the pan with the sauce. I’ll often mix a couple sauces, like worcestershire and soy (makes something similar to teriyaki) or hot sauce and BBQ

Stir the sauce around with the veggies. This, called deglazing, is an important step for two reasons, 1: it will get up a lot of the flavorful stuff that has stuck to the pan and make your sauce better, and 2: it will make washing the pan much easier. Okay, put the lid back on for one to two minutes, maybe stir a couple times. Basically you want the sauce to stain the veggies.

Your starch should be done, turn off the burner, put a portion on your plate, and stick the rest in a ziplock or tupperware or something. Go ahead and throw the second portion of meat right in there with it. 

Turn off the stove and scoop the veggies onto the plate, and pour the sauce from the pan over everything.

Now, while it’s too hot to eat, and you’re standing in the kitchen anyway, wash the pot, pan, and spatula. It should be very easy because of the way you used the sauce and because nothing has had a chance to harden. This usually takes me about 2 full minutes.

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OKAY! it’s been 20-25 minutes, you’ve got dinner and tomorrow’s lunch (just add another cut up veggie, pour a different sauce on, and put it in the microwave for two or three minutes) AND there’s no danger of dishes piling up on you :) You can even add “washing last night’s plate and fork for use tonight” to where you rinse the cutting board to really keep it full circle.

It’s not gormet. It IS accessibly healthy, affordable, and easy.

If you are extra depressed, forget the starch and use more veggies; this cuts what little work there is by up to half

Using this format, you can have three good meals per day and only spend 30 total minutes a day in the kitchen — including clean up! (dishes piling up tends to exacerbate my depression and makes cooking your next meal harder)

And it’s easy to give yourself a wide variety, from soy glazed chicken, zucchini and rice one night; to steak, mushrooms and pasta the next; followed by BBQ pork chops, brocoli and potatoes... I suck at math but there’s probably a hundred options

Just to recap, because I know I was very detailed and this might seem overwhelming, once you read through the above to answer any questions you might have, simply

-Start your starch -lube & heat pan, put meat in the pan, about 7 minutes -flip meat, add veggies, lid, about 7 minutes -wash knife and cutting board -remove meat and add sauce to veggies, re-lid, 1-2 minutes -finish starch, refrigerate extra meat and starch  -put everything left on a plate -wash pot and pan -eat.