The batter is the best part

Attention all cookie dough lovers! This is a future nutritionist speaking, telling you that you can actually eat raw batter... the trick is to use a ground flaxseed as an egg substitute. One tablespoon of ground flaxseed mixed with three tablespoons of water, allowed to set for a couple of minutes, is the equivalent of one large egg. The flaxseed has a delightful nutty flavor that is not strong enough to distract from the intended flavor of the batter. On top of that, it contains Omega-3 fatty acids similar to those in fish, which are good for the heart. The dough can certainly be baked and the results are just as though eggs had been used in the mixture. I have tried this with a classic chocolate chip cookie recipe and the results were delicious!
This will not work, however, if other ingredients in the batter need to be kept cold or cooked in order to be consumed. Be aware of food hazards! However, if everything in the recipe comes from the cupboard, you will probably be just fine.

Enjoy licking the spoon- free from the fear of salmonella!

Full House - Baby Beluga

Are we there yet?

I remember how bored I used to be when I was younger and had to sit in the back of a car. Driving certainly makes one forget the misery of being strapped into a car-seat for hours on end while staring at nothing but tree-tops and listening to whatever radio station the driver might find amusing. Luckily, we children found ways to enjoy rides in the car. Here are some of my favorite minivan memories:

1. Watching raindrops eat each other like a little Pacman.
2. Pretending to be eaten by a giant octopus as the car goes through a carwash.
3. Playing I Spy, Twenty Questions, the license plate search, or any other slightly distracting game.
4. Begging Dad to make up goofy stories. He was the best at taking classic fairy tales and making them ridiculous parodies... even before Shrek, Hoodwinked, or Happily N'ever After.
5. Singing along with cassette tapes- my favorite was the "Baby Beluga" song by Raffi.

What did you do as a little kid in the backseat during a long car ride?

A New Adventure

Is there anything more delightful than the little things in life? Of course not, which is why this blog will be filled with musings about wonderful things that make my life simply great.
Wish me luck, for this is my first blogging adventure. Hopefully (with practice) my posts will bring some of my happiness to you!

The inspiration for my title:


i thank You God

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
wich is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

E. E. Cummings