K Crazes June 23, 2009

Here are my CURRENT passions (yep, I’m fickle! They change regularly!)

My Favorite Magazines of the Year: Mary Janes Farms (Of course! And it’s not just because they published by piece!) and BITCH magazine. Here are three reasons why I like BITCH: 1) informative articles: Notre Dame hires pro-choice coach for the football team! 2) awesome clipart that inspires me, okay…makes me snort with humor most of the time 3) writing and reading is a feminist act. this magazine makes me embrace this freedom with pride. DO YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE JUST TO BE READING THIS RIGHT NOW????  

Crazy nut butter flavors: This week: RUSH out and BUY SOME NUTTZO….   It is the best nut butter I’ve had all year. Better than Naturally More, Barney Butter and even (hush woman!) my faithful love, TJ’s crunchy salted PB. And the company is admirable….Please, check them out!

Completing anything on my list (Next??? Photos and essays about my 10 fav. people???? DRY ICE??? )

QUARK! A soft cheese between a YOGURT, and sour cream.  You can make your own by taking a tub of yougrt and draining it over a cheescloth. Blend in a quarter cup of buttermilk, a few dashes of salt and 2 tablespoons of sugar. It is called a “regal pleasure” in the UK. Once you have a base, it makes great sauces and spreads, and succulent “dips” with dried onions, herbs, sirachi sauce. Salad dressing, smears on bagels with fruit and my word, drizzled with honey! But my favorite lately is “quark pudding”. A third cup of quark, spiced up with cinnamon and nutmeg and little sucanut, adding in a few tablespoons of almond milk. Then a few tablespoons of coolwhip…freeze for 30 minutes and top with blackberries!  

My Severin Yogurt Maker! and  The Magic Bullet: I don’t own a food processor, and all my nut butters, sauces, even batters, are made in this single-gals’ dream.  I blend up my smoothies in the morning and then freeze them at work for a few hours. You can nuke um, store um, drink from them….EASY!  The other appliance I have been using more than three times a week? MY NEW FRENCH PRESS!