Simple Shrimp Pasta

Hello there! This very day my son and I are all alone in our home. Just the two of us and nothing else! Yep! Except for Flint Lockwood if you know what I mean. My son watch that movie two times a day. Since there's no one in our house but only me, I urge myself to make a pasta. Just a simple pasta I don't like it to be complicated or too fancy I mean I will eat it eventually and there's a shrimp leftover in our fridge. So here it is. Enjoooyyyy.....

I minced some 3 cloves of garlic, 1 medium size shallot and I bought a caned button mushroom just the medium sized one and I sliced them in quarters. I saute the garlic, shallots and shrimp.  

I use a fresh shrimp not the frozen one and this is a leftover so its already cooked. I just peeled it except for the tails so its kinda look good.

Some cherry tomatoes. Luckily I found some at the supermarket cause its very rare to find a cherry tomato here in our town and I love it cause its so cute. Oh I put it at the end of the cooking so it will not wilt down I like it fresh and crisp. Oh yeah!

I decided to use a curly macaroni cause I'm tired looking at some plain old spaghetti pasta. I want a bow shape pasta but I have no success on finding it. Then I just bought  a ready mix of the sauce, Italian Style baby.

I add the rosemary while I'm sauteing the garlic, shallots, mushroom and shrimp its a dry herb so it has to contact with oil. 

Tadah! Here's the finish sauce. I remove it from the fire and add the cherry tomatoes and pasta.

And it look's like this! Ohh its very tempting! Let's eat!

XOXO

CRLA

Two Cakes for a Day

Hello There! I've been busy for the past weekend, its Easter and my grandma's birthday! My mom's, mom is turning 72 and I make this cake for her but my mom told me that she like chocolate cake and I said to her I want to make a carrot cake cause its been a long time since I baked a carrot cake. She agreed but she said that I have to make a chocolate cupcake, so I did! I forgot to take a picture of it cause I'm in a hurry to make these cakes. Thank Goodness that I found a recipe that so easy and I noticed that its really that simple to make. No fuss at all! And I'm impressed. Since I don't have a mixer cause I accidentally broke it. Yeah I know we can be clumsy sometimes or just out of luck I guess. Anyway back to the cake, I make a 7 by 7 inch round pan for the carrot cake and its a two layer cake with butter-cream frosting and carrots all around it. I didn't use cream cheese for the frosting cause its quite expensive here that's why I don't bake cheese cake or has anything to do with cream cheese I just buy some ready made bake products that has a cream cheese in it. The chocolate cake that I made is the same frosting as the carrot cake but the filling of it is a chocolate fudge and its heavenly. Everytime I make a chocolate fudge and if there's a left over you know that we do? We make it as a chocolate spread! Oh yes! Its that good! 

This is the chocolate cake that I've been talking, its pink cause its for my sister for her late birthday celebration. And yes, its got a marshmallow on top cause I'm too lazy to make it a fondant cake and I'm in a hurry so I just put a pack of small marshmallow on top. It turned out so cute especially the color of it. I just make a simple pipping on the sides of the cake, I used the open star tip cause its my favorite tip and second I'm not an expert on pipping icing's, I tried my best at pipping and this is the only pipping technique that I know. I always wanted to try the rose pipping technique but its out of my league. Hahahahaha Well, I hope you like my simple cakes. 'till next time!

XOXO

CRLA

Cinnamon and Raisin Buns

Hello There! You probably don't know that I know how to bake some certain cakes and breads and in times that I've been craving to use my oven I bake! Yes, I crave to use my oven. Then I sit down and look for something to bake at the internet and I found out that I want to make a not particular bread. Since its a holy week the hot cross buns are one of the famous to do for bakers. I look for the recipe of it and end up at the pioneer women website but then it came to my mind that I can't use my mixer cause its broken and I'm too lazy to look for someone who can fix it up so I just call it my cinnamon and raisin buns because I can't do a frosting without my mixer, its tiring really, to make a frosting by hand! I bought the ingredients that are needed and when I came home I start the action! And oh sorry if I don't have a proper order on how I make it cause I can't take a picture if my hands are full of dough.

combine 2 cups milk, 1/2 cup oil, 1/2 cup sugar in a saucepan and lightly heat it up until the sugar is dissolve. Don't boil it! Leave it to cool for 5-10 minutes until it is warm to the touch. Then sprinkle 2 1/4 tsp of yeast over the mixture and leave it for a few seconds. Sift 4 cups all purpose flour and stir to combine I use my hands on these so its easier to combine. It's actually a sticky mixture but they say the wetter the better. Cover it with a damp tea towel or cloth and leave it for an hour.

After an hour it will double in size and you have to add 1/2 cups of flour, 1/2 tsp of baking powder and soda and 1 tsp of cinnamon. Well, I love cinnamon on breads so I add about 1 tbsp of cinnamon then combine it all with a 1 cup of raisins, you can add nuts too but I have no nuts in hand so I just stick to what I have.  Oh! I use an ice cream scoop for these one just make sure that you floured your hands and your work surface before forming them into balls so they don't stick. Roll it into a ball and turn the edges under it and place on a greased baking tray, cover them again with damp tea towels, leave them in a warm place, I like to put mine in top of an oven for about 30 minutes until they doubled in size again. Then preheat your oven to 400 degrees and make your egg wash just beat an egg.

After they risen up don't forget to egg wash them, and I use cinnamon sugar for topping after I put an egg wash cause I love cinnamon! And ofcourse bake them baby! 20 minutes until golden brown.

And here they are my cinnamon and raisins buns! They are perfect to eat after you bake them with a coffee its perfect for an afternoon snack. For the frosting I just whip a powdered sugar and dash of water and spread it at the top when they are already been cooled.

Tadah! There you go. Let's eat! Hope you enjoy.

XOXO

CRLA

The New Chicks of April

    Hello there! This morning when we check our mother chicken, well I really don't know what its called cause here in our town we call the mother chicken "umagak". We see a couple of chicks climbing at their mother's back so my son is keep shouting for excitement to see and hold the baby chicks. But if we had to see the chicks we have to get rid of the mother cause we don't want to get nib by its beak. After we get rid of the mother we count the chicks, its 9 baby chicks out of 10 so were pretty happy about it not to mention that we have so many chickens in our backyard today. The hatching of the eggs takes about 20-22 days but make sure that every time the mother chicken gets out of its eggs check the eggs and look for crack or broken eggs cause trust me you don't want to smell it. I separate the mother from the baby chicks cause the mother is stepping her chicks or else the baby chicks will die. They are so fluffy and cute my son can't stop cuddling them but don't worry their in the safe place now. Excited for the new chicks again to arrive by the last week of this month or maybe next week. I think I will post their cuteness again. Yep!

XOXO

CRLA

Little Summer Haul

This maxi skirt is actually long for me so I have to cut and sew it.

This one is my favorite! I think I will wear it when we go to the beach pair with a simple sandals.

So baby lips is my go to lip essential right now cause applying lipstick may be hard sometimes.

The connector of this bracelet is actually a magnet so its super easy to attach on your wrist. 

Well, we don't have to forget the flower crown for that summer feel. Oh yass!

     Hello there! Since summer is already here not to mention that its been raining for two day's now, I do a little haul for summer cause anytime of this month my family will be spending a whole day at the beach so I'm pretty excited about it but we don't want to go on a rainy day it has to be bright and sunny. Yahooo... I'm really excited to see the beach. I don't do a big haul even if I had a money cause we have to spend wisely people we don't want to spend a lot of money just to buy clothes and other personal stuff. So yeah hope you like my little summer haul and oh my favorite is the flower crowns and my maxi dress. Yasss!!

XOXO

CRLA

Craving for......

      Hello there! I don't know about you guys but every time I go to Pinterest I look for food. Anything that you can eat, right now I have a little cravings for this beauties I want to literally lick my laptop screen every time I see these yummy foods. Its like food for the soul that you have to eat right away. I know how to cook and bake but I got a time when I was too lazy to work in the kitchen and that time might this time. I want to just bought all this food to stop my insane craving for this mouth watering foods. I don't want to leave my eyes of off the screen right now so I just probably stay here and stare this uhmazing beauties. Join me for staring..
       OK! I think I have to stop now cause I can't take it anymore! I have to make at least one of them. Hmm... Oh grilled cheese sandwich! Its the easiest to make. Ohhhh happy days!

Baaaaboooossshhhh.......

XOXO

CRLA