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So what is a pupusa you ask?? Well it is a cheese filled pocket thingy. the pocket or dough is made from mesa - the same thing corn tortilla's are made from. These are a staple food item in El Salvador. So I got really interested in these from a food network show. Since I dont know of any El Savadorian restaurants by us, I chose to make my own. I found a recipie onlone, got my mesa and made em. I failed... Well sorta. I cant do the cool hand flipping thing, so i had to improvise by press with hand then flip, then press and flip again until i had a decent size. I put some shredded cheese in it and then repatted it out and cooked em in a very little bit of oil. Well they cooked up somewhat fast. Kevin and I devoured them and my reveiw is just meh. I am not a corn tortilla lover, so thusly thought it was a little to corn tortillay! Also needed more cheese somehow. Probably will make it again, but add beef and maybe seasoning or something-who knows!! Here are pictures of the pupusa's.
Pupusa before Cooking. Pupusa's after cooking.
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So now that I explained one weird word, lemme explain what panuffins are! It is a made up word. A mix between pancake and muffin. Some people call it a pizzert. Mix between pizza and dessert. But seriously -this is one great breakfast treat. Easy to do and quick cooking! And-this is a totally vegetarian item!! Woohoo! I even topped it with vegan buttery spread. (a margerine like spread made from vegetable oils and soy. Earth Balance is the name. It is actually pretty good - a little salty tasteing for me, but good. Also has non hydrodgenated oils in it.) I made a blueberry muffin panuffin, but plan to make a cinnamon roll version soon!! Here is a picture! The recipie was quit simple and ingredients easy to get. The reason I named it a panuffin is because the recipie makes enough for two serving. You can put in a muffin tin or put it in a cake pan. When you do that it will look like a pancake. I will update with a recipie for this tommorow!! Enjoy the pictures for now!
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So some other things that I am going to talk about is how I have been trying to live a greener lifestyle. I am saddened by all the plastic that has ended up in the ocean. Talking about plastic brings me to my topic. Is Seventh Generation really that "Green"? My opinion-heck no. Their products still have a large enough footprint. Yes there products are environmentally friendly and dont have toxic chemicals in them. But what are they packaged in? PLASTIC! Yes it may be something like 75% Post Consumer recycled plastic, but still it is gonna end up in the ocean. Also, they are supposidly so green, why the hooey do they sell DISPOSABLE PLASTIC DIAPERS?? Hello-pollutent or what. It is said that 92% of all disposable diapers end up in the lanfill. Most people do not properly empty the poo out of the dipers, so you have a landfill with millions of diapers with poo in them-lovely huh?? Also Seventh Generation uses a chemical in the diapers that is rather toxic, but then again all diaper makers in the us put this chemical in. There are SOO many alternatives to plastic and to disposable one time use everything. I have never been so concerned with the environment until the last few years. I urge you to watch this youtube movie. Please inform yourself! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLrVCI4N67M&feature=related Ok so that is hopefully the end of that rant!! lol!! On a note about us and recycleing, we try to recycle everything we can, but we still buy things made of plastic because of its at the moment convenience. But I try. If our condo would allow it I would probably have a small countertop style compost bin. But alas our condo board is not as environmentally friendly. But talking about the board is a whole other topic for a different day.
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So I mentioned on FB that I found a new church!! Kevin isnt sure what he believes so I am usually the church finder goer person. He does come with, but if he was able to stay home and play WoW instead, he wouldnt go. So anyhow Kev and I started going to Crossroads about four years ago. We got married there as well. It is a wonderful family of people. They really are great. But the service feels like baby food. I dont know how to explain it better. There is a verse in the bible about new beleivers and not being able to live on baby food forever, and you need to eat meat and potatoes. Another explanation, I feel very much like I do at catholic services. Repitition, repitition, repitition. I guess my explanations suck! lol! Also it is hard because we live further away than we did when we originally started going. So I looked up on the web non denominational churches in the oak creek area. And found a smallish church pretty close to us called Harvest Community Church. It Rawks!! OMG!! I love the P&W time! Songs I havent heard before, but pull at your heartstrings. THe message was very relatable and totally not fill in the blank like crossroads is. I used to go to a church similar to Harvest and really liked it. Also I love that Harvest is big enough to 1) Have three services, one saturday night and two on sunday, and 2) to have many small groups to choose from. I love small groups. Harvest has a young couples type group-wich is totally cool. I am sad that we will be leaving crossroads within this year, but I am excited for what my future with Christ and this new church. I want to slowly fase out of crossroads. But it will be hard I know. I will miss many of the people when we do eventually leave. Alot to think about. Ok well I better go! Got to go to Crossroads tommorow morning early!! We have AV duty!! Tommorow is WI, so I will be posting a blog regarding my weight loss over the past few weeks!! Night y'all!!
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