Yes, Please!

Portable fireplace!

via here

Gluttoneous Post

Maple Walnut Apple Crisp

1/3 Cup Flour
1/2 Cup Light Brown Sugar
1/3 Cup Oats
1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 Cup Chilled Butter, cut into small pieces
3 Tablespoons Walnuts (or Pecans)
7 Cups Sliced Peeled Rome Apples (roughly 3 pounds)
1/4 Cup Maple Syrup
1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon

Preheat oven to 375.

Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, sugar, oats, and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl, cut in butter until mix is crumbly. Stir in walnuts.

Combine apples and remaining ingredients in a large bowl; toss well. Spoon apple mixture into an 8-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with crum mixture. Bake at 375 for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

Happy Thanksgiving

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Thanksgiving is America's national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty.

~Michael Dresser

Forever on Thanksgiving Day

The heart will find the pathway home.

~Wilbur D. Nesbit

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving reminds me of my Grandmother's apple pie. So good. I think I need to practice so that mine is as good.

Book Cover

Click HERE to see a book cover design

Animation

Click HERE to see my animation finally....

I am still trying unsuccessfully to upload a video of some animation that I have done. For all this trouble, it really is just a simple and not very impressive movie.

adventure is an invitation for common people to become uncommon.

~snowriders

Stumped

How cool are these side tables....Would be awesome for a deck.

Maybe I could try to make them...
Found here.

Home

I am heading home this weekend. Even though I haven't lived there for 10 years (wow, that's a long time!), I still get that feeling I always have. There is just something about that feeling about heading home that brings comfort. Maybe it is knowing your family is a stones throw, instead of 3 hours away. The fall and winter seem to require that feeling of home.

Character Drawing

Here is my character for my Digital Illustration class. All dram in Illustrator. It had to be a side profile, because we will be using this character in my Web Animation class to animate to a song. Yikes! I am in for some serious work.

Gluttonous Post

I need to come up with a better way of organizing recipes, so in the meantime I am going to use this blog. I will only post yummy recipes, so if you want to steal them go right ahead.


Gluten Free Cheesecake with Nut Crust Supreme

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

2 cups Gluten Free Baking Mix
½ cup dark brown sugar
2/3 cup cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces1 cup
finely chopped pecans
Spray cheesecake pan lightly with vegetable oil spray

The Crust
In a medium bowl stir together the flour mix and brown sugar. Cut in the butter until fine crumbs form. Stir in the nuts and pat into your pan. The crust will be “crumbly” but will hold together once pressed into the pan.

The Filling
4 – 8 oz bars of gluten free cream cheese, softened
1 cup of granulated sugar
2 eggs
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon gluten free vanilla

Mix all of the ingredients with a beater until smooth and pour into the unbaked crust. Place in preheated oven for 30 minutes.While that is baking, prepare the topping.

The Topping
2 cups gluten free sour cream
¾ cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon of gluten free almond extract (Maybe less depending on how Almondy you want it)
Juice from ½ a lemon

Mix the topping ingredients in a bowl. After the first 30 minutes of baking, remove the cheesecake and spoon the topping onto the cheesecake. Be careful not to overfill the pan. Return the cheesecake to the oven and bake for an additional 10-20 minutes. You may want to place a piece of foil under the cheesecake just to catch any drippings. Cooking times can vary dramatically depending upon the amount of topping you choose to use. Watch to see when it starts to solidify but don’t let it stay in so long that the crust begins to burn.

Wooowww

Hi.

Two months from today I turn 29.

Yup you read right, 29.

I better start preparing.

Birthdays generally don't scare me.

I actually love them.

This seems like a BIG one.

How did this happen?

DIY

Remember this project?

I saw this and it reminded me of it.

So I think I am going to make a calendar of my own.

Project spotted found here.