Bears are fun...

CLO CLO IS MY GOD

So is there anything better than Claude Francois?

I think not.

Le Jour D'apres/ Siku Ya Baadaye/ Independence Cha-Cha

Ok so this song in kinda awesome...it makes me smile and want to go set up a boom box in the street and Cha-Cha!  also some really cool Papa's and Nana's gettin groovy!

Challah and Focaccia - Easy Bread Recipes

Focaccia

Ingredients:
1 packet of yeast
1 tablespoon of sugar
2 cups of flour
Salt
Water
Rosemary
2 tablespoons of olive oil

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 245 degrees C
2. Dissolve yeast, sugar, ½ cup warm water, and let stand for 5-10 mins 
3. Mix flour and salt together and add the yeast/water mixture
4. Slowly add water until dough comes together 
5. Kneed dough on floured surface until smooth 
6. Let dough rise for ½ an hour 
7. Punch down dough ball and kneed dough for 1-2 mins 
8. Press into oiled pan and let raise 5 mins 
9. Brush top with oil and cover with salt and rosemary 
10. Bake for 10 mins 
11. EAT!!!!!

Other options:
     Instead of salt and rosemary add any herb, dry cheese,
     tomatoes or flavored oil



Challah

Ingredients:
1 ½ packets of yeast (1 ½ tablespoons of yeast)
1 tablespoon and ½ cup sugar
½ tablespoon of oil
5 eggs
1 tablespoon salt
8-8 ½ cup flour

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 190 degrees C
2. Dissolve yeast, 1 tablespoon sugar in 1 3/5 cup warm water 
3. Whisk in oil, 4 eggs (one at a time) sugar and salt 
4. Gradually add flour until dough comes together 
5. Kneed until soft and let rise for 1 hour 
6. Punch down and let rise for another 30 mins 
7. Kneed for 1-2 mins and divide into 3 sections and roll into long ropes 
8. Braid and brush with beaten egg 
9. Bake for 30-40 mins or until golden

Great for French Toast or just plain!! yum yum

Weekend In SC

So Axel and I decided to take a weekend to hide out and relax in SC... we went to the beach, hiked in the Redwoods, enjoyed living in more than a closet, and made a German meal to get us excited for Berlin!!!
We met a guide in the Redwood grove that told us a cool story about a Frenchman.. that I now cannot remember... but it was interesting, insightful and touching... way to go memory loss... does that happen at 23?? Am I getting old?? AAHHH WHERE ARE MY KEYS!!!!!!


Ok I'm done freaking out, I realize I am a 23 unemployed recent grad with 8 months of free intern work ahead of me... ahhh youth... when luxury is visiting the parents for a weekend and having multiple rooms to enjoy! 

So here are some pictures, but after experiencing Mike's god-like Leica camera we have seen perfection and are now set for constant disappointment in the resolution and quality our 100$ digital camera from Radio Shack....Gives us something to dream about!!!

Umm PS who loves my Duck castle... its all the rage in castles these days... ask anyone...

So now I'm back in SF listening to the fire truck sirens, looking for non existent jobs and fully enjoying the sun!

Comments

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YAY!

Axel's thought of the Day

Direct quote, Axel


          " So you open your fridge and take the things out, you are luckey when it is a day where the food is matching, if not whatever.  you put it all together and on top of cous cous, voila its amazing enough, time to eat."

As you all can tell we have the next big thing to hit the Culinary sceen, naturally his French heritage give him the ability to transform whatever is in our fridge in to unrecognizable mash and eat it with cous cous...

Looks like I will be having yogurt for dinner.