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Recipe | Honey Poppy Seed Cake

August 1, 2011 by Mellie Dee 5 Comments

How is it already AUGUST?! Summer, please stay a bit longer!

Sunday, after Skyping with Sissy and BIL, Mum and I felt like baking. I’m sure it had to do with the fact that they were cooking dinner and we wanted to eat as well.

Honey Poppy Seed Cake 1

Honey Poppy Seed Cake

Ingredients:

  • oil or melted butter, for greasing
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup superfine sugar
  • 6 Tbsp honey
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 Tbsp poppy seeds
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice

Preparation:

  1. Preheat oven to 325°. Grease a loaf cake pan.
  2. Sift flour and baking powder into a large bowl. Add in butter, sugar, 4 Tbsp of honey, eggs, and vanilla extract.
  3. Beat until mixture is smooth. Stir in poppy seeds and lemon juice.
  4. Pour mixture into the pan and smooth the surface. Bake in preheated oven for 40-50 minutes or until risen and golden brown. (Ours baked for a little longer about 1 hour and 10 minutes until it set. So all ovens vary. Trial and Error!)
  5. Let cool in pan for 20 minutes, then turn out carefully and finish cooling on wire rack. To serve, warm remaining 2 Tbsp of honey and drizzle over cake then cut and serve.

Honey Poppy Seed Cake 2

I cut you a piece! Come and have tea and cake with me! I’ll be waiting.

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Cakes, Dessert

Lasagna House III | Houston, Texas

July 31, 2011 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

For lunch, Saturday, Mum, June, and I went to the:

Lasagna House III | Houston, Texas

Lasagna House III
13306 Westheimer Road,
Houston, TX
(281) 496-9114

Lasagna House III | Houston, Texas | Garlic Bread

You get free Garlic Bread. Pretty much all you can eat.

Lasagna House III | Houston, Texas | Salad

The same goes for the Salad. They even let you pick your own choice of dressing.

Lasagna House III | Houston, Texas | Stuffed Jalapenos

Stuffed Jalapenos [jalapeno peppers stuffed with cream cheese, lightly breaded and deep fried] | $5.99

These were 100% better than the ones we got from Red Oak Grill. Their marinara sauce that came with it was divine. I dipped some garlic bread in it. Yum!

Lasagna House III | Houston, Texas | Cannelloni Meat

Cannelloni Meat [large pasta tubes stuffed with meat, topped with Pomodoro Sauce and shredded mozzarella and baked] | $10.99

They went heavy on the cheese which I ended up ripping off and giving to Mum. Even with the missing layer of cheese, the layer of chopped up meat makes the dish. They gave so much that I had a lot of leftovers.

 

Whole Foods Loot

After lunch, we went to the new Whole Foods at Montrose. We all felt like a kid in a candy shop and bought a lot of unnecessary goodies.

I channeled my inner child and watched Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure. She goes to New York to audition for Broadway and ends up finding out the part was for her dog, Boy. I will admit that even though her voice is all squeaky and such, the movie itself was very sweet and I ended up liking it more than I thought I would.

Hope you guys had a great weekend!!

Filed Under: Eateries & Drinkeries Tagged With: Houston, Italian, Texas

Best Friday All Summer

July 30, 2011 by Mellie Dee 2 Comments

Oatmeal in a Jar

I’ve been eating a lot of OOIAJ because it’s so easy to take to work. Seriously … if you were to have asked me last month if I would like eating oats, my answer would be “NO WAY JOSE!” But now, I’m a lover of oats, only if it’s in this form. Especially when it’s mixed with vanilla yogurt, almond milk, peanut butter, Nutella, and lots of blueberries. Yum!

Speaking of work, I finally finished the project I was assigned to, yesterday! Then Michelle H. came in and discussed America’s debt.

And so my rant begins. I wish the government took the time to track where the financial aid and loans they give out are being used for. I see so many college students using it to buy fancy things and go on vacations instead. They were somehow able to cheat the government which isn’t fair to others who really need it.

Then there are people who choose not to work and ask for food stamps instead. Some even have multiple kids knowing well enough they cannot take care of them just so they can receive more welfare. It’s just not fair for those that truly need it. End rant.

Rose, Karen, and Katherine came to visit the office then I left work early for a late lunch with them at Cheddar’s. Karen is such a delight. I love her! I was sad when we all had to leave. But a little happy I didn’t have to head back to the office.

Michelle's Movie Room | Recliners

Michelle, Nicole, Stephanie

Later that night I went over to Michelle’s house. (A different Michelle than Michelle H. … just to be clear.) There are five recliners in their movie room and the closet inside that room are filled with loads and loads of DVDs, home videos, and devices where you can buy movies instantly and watch them. Oh, how technology has changed.

Michelle's Movie Room | Popcorn Machine

There’s even a popcorn machine in the corner! Michelle’s dad came upstairs to make us some to eat while we watched a movie.

Michelle's Movie Room | Popcorn Bowl

They even have these little bowls with a separator at the bottom to make the kernels fall through. So dang genius!

Michelle's Movie Room | Jumbo Screen

And the jumbo screen for your viewing pleasure!

Luckily, we did not watch Insidious because I told them that if they did I would pee my pants and never hang out with them again.

Michelle's Dog, Jake

Michelle’s Dog, Jake

We ended up watching Limitless where he takes a pill and ends up doing impossible things. In the end of the movie, Bradley Cooper speaks Chinese which kind of butchers the whole movie for me, but it was still a pretty great movie.

Michelle's Kitties | Dexter and Tigger

Michelle’s Kitties, Dexter and Tigger

When I got home a little after one in the morning, I watched My Future Boyfriend before heading to bed. Barry Watson’s character travels back in time from year 3000 something to find out what love, passion, sex, etc. is since, in their year, there is no such thing.

I think I can say this Friday was the best Friday all summer yet!Open-mouthed smile

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

WINNER for My Very First Giveaway!

July 29, 2011 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Thanks to everyone that participated!! This giveaway spiked my views all the way up as well as the most comments on a post. That sounds kinda horrible, huh?

I wish I could give everyone a $30 gift card to Whole Foods but I’m a broke college student. Don’t worry though. I see more giveaways in the future.

“Shut up and tell me the winner already, Melissa! Geeze …”

Okay, okay. Drum roll, please!

1st Giveaway Winner | Generator

1st Giveaway Winner | Tiffany

Congratulations to Tiffany from Texan on the Run! Email me your name and address and I’ll send it on your way! You have til Monday night to reply or else … onto the next winner!!

Filed Under: Blog Necessities Tagged With: Giveaways

Their Loss

July 28, 2011 by Mellie Dee 2 Comments

Empty Wallets

What does one do when an email pops up saying there’s a sale going on? Go crazy and empty out that wallet of course.

You would think it’s a sale on clothes but if you know me by now, it certainly not clothes but BOOKS! This is sad that we’re pretty much putting all our money on books. But we get free shipping so, not so bad, right?

Barnes and Nobles sent me an email notifying me about their sale. That’s how they get you because before I know it I was checking out eight more fictional books for myself and six cookbooks for Mum.

It was such a good deal since my books were less than three dollars. The cookbooks, on the other hand, were quite expensive but will be much appreciated once they arrive.

Giveaway Thoughts

I’m happy with how my first giveaway is going. Don’t forget to enter before Friday, July 29th at 12pm!

Before posting the giveaway, I told myself that if at least three people entered, I did well. I aim low. It’s been more than three people so that means I beat my goal and things are going very well.

I reached an all time high amount of views yesterday but they didn’t enter the giveaway. Their loss, right?

Networks

If I have never told you before, I’ll tell you this now. I have a lot of networking sites. This blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc. Lately, I stopped using a majority of them ever since I started reaching out to other bloggers in June. I jumped into the blogging world and just feel I don’t have as much time as I use to with all the other networks.

It was brought to my attention when some friends commented and texted me asking why I was never online anymore. Whoops … They don’t know about the blog so I couldn’t tell them.

I need to manage my time better or else I will have no more offline friends!

How do you manage your time?!

Filed Under: Blog Necessities Tagged With: Giveaways

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