Food: cookies and more

Ok soo...I've been making things from recipes lately.

The other day I noticed I have some bananas that were going brown and I didn't wanna just toss them. So I went online to look for recipes for ripe bananas. I found one for some healthy banana cookies.

Banana Oatmeal Cookies. The ingredients are simple.

ripe bananas
oil
vanilla extract
oatmeal
raisins
dried apricot

no added sugar. healthy cookies. :)

They came out very soft and they taste JUST like banana bread!! mmmm delicious!!!

I didn't take pictures of them when they were fresh out of the oven. I wrapped them all up individually but here's a pic of one of them.


ok ok now look what else I made last night. This recipe is from Thanksgiving but I got into the habit recently of making it just to have throughout the week. as a side dish, or just as a snack.

Green beans with caramelized onions and toasted sliced almonds. YUMM-O

all you need is

fresh green beans
1 onion (sliced thin)
sliced almonds
olive oil
unsalted butter



here's a little something i made the other day

soy chicken nuggets, asparagus, sweet potato fries and alexia fries (baked in the oven, no trans fat) yummy meal.

i PROMISE i'll be better by christmas

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precious cotton heads

um.. how old is willy chirino?

he's not that old. right? he can't be. 40s? 50s?

the point is the man looks good. damn good. he's aged well.

HOLY CRAP!! according to Wikipedia he's 61!!!! OMG!!! he's 61 dude.

he looks amazing. he's like a cuban george clooney.

My cousins are so funny

So I'm watching The View and Patty Lupone is on. I don't know anything about her except that her face looks familiar. Apparently she's a big Broadway star. But honestly when I hear Patty Lupone all I can think about is this hilarious blog entry by my cousin Juani.

"WHY THE FUCK IS PATTI LUPONE FAMOUS?
I'M SORRY BUT SOMEBODY HAD TO SAY IT! WHY IS PATTI LUPONE FAMOUS? It is really rather puzzling. I understand that she was in Evita and was absolutely brilliant, but how is it that every American knows who she is? She has never done televsion, or movies...she hasn't really done much...nothing much besides performing for grandparents in solo concerts at the West Palm Beach Convention Center. The same goes for Chita Rivera, why is she famous? She was a supporting lead in West Side Story and she wasn't even very good. Oh thats right, she was in thirty other shows, but wait none of them lasted for more than a minute on Broadway (including Kander and Ebb's masterpiece: THE RINK, co-starring LIZA MINNELLI and at least we know why she is famous: JUDY GARLAND, need i say more ). And yet we pay thousands to see them in cabaret shows at the Kennedy Center, then we go to to the stagedoor only to have them blow smoke in our faces. It's a shit show. I love them both, but why are they famous?

love,

juan

btw, I AM JUAN TORRES-FALCON. just wanted to let you know."

I have funny cousins.

I'm better now

That was fleating. I actually had a really nice bday.

We went to Bangkok Bangkok (me, ed, mom, dad, marlena, abuela, tio benjamin, michelle, mariquita) and it was fun. something different. Thai food for those of you who don't know. My family never goes to Thai places. Chinese. Thats as exotic as it gets. lol. We had my favorite Thai Iced Tea! yum!


My mom gave me $75 in old navy gift cards. woohoo! i went right home and bought stuff online.


Michelle gave me a $25 american express gift card. :)


And Ed gave me the bestest most bestest gift of all!!!! A Wacom drawing tablet!!!!


Check out some of my drawings

"Woman"


"Face"


"Butterfly"


"French Girl"


"Pizza In The Conference Room"


"Powder Blue Tuxedo"


"Belly Envy"


"Flat Iron Sale"

its my birthday- and i'm depressed

its my birthday but i just feel like listening to coldplay and crying. i feel like i need a good cry. i've been needing one since friday. the sex and the city movie. i held in a lot of crying. then my sister just gets me to the point where i want to cry because she's so mean and just constantly attacking every little thing.

and my best friend has been really selfish lately. she didn't even remember my birthday. we were on the phone at midnight.

and because ed's been under a stressful deadline the passed two weekends i've hardly spent any time with him. just eating and sleeping. and i've been pretty cool about it this weekend. i don't think i nagged him. but now that its my birthday i'm just starting to break down. because this is the one day i want to feel special. i think everyone should feel special on their birthday. but i just feel like today will be just like any other day because everyone else has other shit on their mind. and its just making me sad. because i don't want my bday to be just another day. thats sad. every single day is just another day. if every day becomes blah then what are we living for?

i just need to feel something. i'm so depressed right now. i'm not sure. but i just want to crawl into bed with all the lights off, listen to crying music, and cry.

i'm sick of being walked all over by people. by my sister, by my friend, by my husband's schedule. i'm just mad. its too much. i'm sick of just shutting up and taking it.