unglaubliche caitlin

23.7.11

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i know, this was like a month ago, and i'm soooo behind with posting pictures. i wanted to put them all in one big post, but it takes longer to do that, so i'm sorry. leave comments on pics you want recipes for or more description of. i'm just going to be labeling them in hopes i can catch up before i do any more travelling!

pop pop the fruit ninja

pop pop the fruit ninja a video by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

Sad day.

Sad day., a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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i hate it when my phone does things like this.

bieber hair!

bieber hair!, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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another picture i took when trying to facetime with dad. i was putting groceries away and hoping i could facetime at the same time. my hair is so ridiculous that i had to photo it.

beach day!

beach day!, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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finally, the end of june and a day warm enough to go to the beach! i won't have a single weekend to go to the beach for the next 6 weeks, so we have to live it up now. i think this is one of my first multi-person shots with the iphone4's front facing camera. i have to say, it really takes the fun out of holding it up, pushing the button, and hoping for the best.

teleflora matchup!

ok, so one of the days i was working at the flowershop for CH everything i had to make was matching a picture. i think this is a fun game- you can see how well i did! what do you think- does this:

look like this:

or how about this:

looking like this:

this one:

i made both the standard and deluxe of:

and finally another all white:

my version even had the crazy leaves at the bottom:

so what do you think? do you trust me as your teleflora florist?

love you pop pop

love you pop pop, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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my dad sent me a photo of my pop pop in the hospital. i sent him this one back. i think that was my last contact with him that he was aware of. my dad did call me and hold the phone up to his ear right before he died. that was really nice.

strawberries!

strawberries!, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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in my very own garden! i'm so proud! i killed last years plants, hopefully i can winter these this year.

17.7.11

best snack ever.

best snack ever., a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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the yo crunch yogurt is on sale at rogers park fruit market, so i buy the vanilla ones and eat the m&ms or reeses pieces separately. and of course smoothies keep my house full of delicious fruit.

lil' lions

lil' lions, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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time for the cats' annual haircuts! don't they look so cute! i am so excited to not have to clean up cat hair anymore.

SUMMER!

SUMMER!, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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i can't believe i'm so behind on my pictures! this was one of the first warm days. lisa and i love this lakeside cafe. blackberry lemonade for me- you can't see lisa's pomegranate mimosa.

kitchen manners for all new cooks

kitchen manners for all new cooks, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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found this in a vintage children's cookbook of lexy's. i think i need to hang it in our kitchen.

smoothie mornings

smoothie mornings, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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my new summer breakfast has been smoothies. star shaped ice cubes, vanilla yogurt, and in this one blackberries and pineapple. mmmmmm.

30.6.11

raw vegan gnocchi carbonara

are you even ready for this? i took pictures of the process, too, so this post is loaded with pictures of how to make this:

first, start grinding nuts into flour in the food processor. make almond flour and "sunflour."

then blend together garlic, pine nuts, and cumin. add the almond flour.

Mix together the liquid ingredients, soy sauce, water, and lemon juice. process with the dry ingredients.

now, mine were really sticky after all of that. i think my lemon was too big. you are supposed to roll it into balls and roll them in the sunflour. i added all of my sunflour, though, and they were still sticky daubs.

I later rolled them into cute balls after refrigerating them. meanwhile, i chopped up the pea sprouts and defrosted some peas since the grocery store doesn't have fresh english ones, yet.

next, i blended together the "rawmesan" sauce, cashews, pine nuts, and coconut milk.

oh, and of course the day before i'd made some eggplant bacon. i took that off the dehydrator trays and crumbled it.

put it all together and ta da!

this was a practice recipe for raw foods week. i took lots and lots of raw photos, i hope you're ready. this is the only step-by-step series i think i have, though. what do you think?

vegetarian BLT

vegetarian BLT, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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best. sandwich. ever. everything bagel (which was kinda dry for a bagel, but excellent for a sandwich) with lettuce and tomato of course, plus avocado for something extra special, and eggplant bacon! i love making eggplant bacon! just peel the eggplant into bacon-like strips with a vegetable peeler, marinate in soy sauce and sugar and cayenne, and then dehydrate until crispy. yum!

memorial day groupon?

memorial day groupon?, a photo by unglaubliche caitlin on Flickr.

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what is UP with this? i wish i could have taken a screen shot of more of the list. there were about 20 deals and they all had BURGERS in the photo. ALL OF THEM. ugh. it was disgusting.

raw tacos!

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my first foray into raw "cooking". lisa and i went to a raw restaurant and it was really good, we think sometime this summer we may try and eat a raw week. it will be nice to not turn on the stove. these were yummy. the taco meat was excellent, and the sour cream was fine, but the lettuce as shells left much to be desired.