Starry Food

Back in February I made a post asking for financial help regarding me needing to move out on a tight schedule. I appreciate everyone donated then, and you all made a huge difference. I was very close to getting an apartment when I got laid off at the end of June.

Now I am looking at a situation where I could be homeless. I could also end up finding a temporary place, but it would only be short term, and I am still working towards finding a place to live. Due to being laid off my finances have been strained.

I managed to get a job with retail, but it's going to be a while before I start. I've continued with selling off more of my magic cards, clothes, jewelry and collectibles. Tomorrow I hope to sell more. If you're interested in that, please reach out. Or, if you want, I can write you something.

Otherwise: If anyone can donate... any help, I'd appreciate it. If you can't, a reblog would be appreciated, too.

P@yp@l link

It's sooo good

It's global and crowdsourced and points you towards FREE FRUIT. (And herbs and nuts and things.) They have an app too but the app costs $2 and you can still pull up the map on your mobile browser for free.

This is how I found those park cherries!

A few years ago, when I was living in the housing co-op and looking for a quick cookie recipe, I came across a blog post for something called “Norwegian Christmas butter squares.” I’d never found anything like it before: it created rich, buttery and chewy cookies, like a vastly superior version of the holiday sugar cookies I’d eaten growing up. About a year ago I went looking for the recipe again, and failed to find it. The blog had been taken down, and it sent me into momentary panic. 

Luckily, I remembered enough to find it on the Wayback Machine, and quickly copied it into a file that I’ve saved ever since. I probably make these cookies about once a month, and they last about five days around my voracious husband - they’re fantastic with a cup of bitter coffee or tea. I’m skeptical that there is something distinctively Norwegian about these cookies, but they do seem like the perfect thing to eat on a cold day. 

Norwegian Christmas Butter Squares

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 egg 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt Turbinado/ Raw Sugar for dusting

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Chill a 9x13″ baking pan in the freezer. Do not grease the pan.

Using a mixer, blend the butter, egg, sugar, and salt together until it is creamy.  Add the flour and vanilla and mix using your hands until the mixture holds together in large clumps. If it seems overly soft, add a little extra flour. 

Using your hands, press the dough out onto the chilled and ungreased baking sheet until it is even and ¼ inch thick.  Dust the top of the cookies evenly with raw sugar.

And it is GREAT.

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Okay so I’ve used this twice and it was great both times. Literally half price food, the hitch is you get what you get (it’s a surprise), and you use it today (it’s going to be the things that have been sitting on display for a while). We tried pizza and a Punjabi tiffin box and both were great.

the flavor of minimum wage is mostly eggs and ibuprofen

chicken shwarmas!

i hate recipe blogs that have their entire life story before the actual recipe and then proceed to explain the chemistry behind why the recipe works like—

i just want my food...

anyways this is a recipe for chicken shwarmas!

(this isn’t my recipe i found it on pinterest but i couldn’t find the owner to give credits so credits to whomevers this is)

for the tzatziki sauce:

(these measurements are a guess bc i eyeball everything and then adjust until i like how it tastes.)

1/4 cup plain greek yogurt

1/4 cup mayo (i usually eyeball it til it looks right just add some, mix and then taste to see if you want more)

the juice of half a lemon

like four or five stalks chopped up parsley (or cilantro if you don’t have any parsley)

for the onion:

use the other half of the lemon and squeeze it over a chopped red onion

toss in some sumac (can skip) and parsley(dried or fresh)

for the chicken:

girl you don’t need to make chicken for this like just buy a rotisserie we don’t have the time to SEASON CHICKEN AND FRY IT—

chicken thighs

salt and pepper to taste

1 teaspoon of:

paprika, onion powder, cayenne pepper, garlic power, coriander, cumin, and sugar

2 tablespoons of tomato paste

1 tablespoon olive oil

mix mix mix and let marinate for at least 30 mins to overnight mmkay

cook in a frying pan until golden and also like not raw

the wraps:

the pinterest girl MADE HER BREAD. we’re not doing that.

get you some flour tortillas or better yet, naan if you have it

spread the sauce on the tortilla and put:

chopped up lettuce

tomatoesss

the chicken

onions

fries (i skip/eat on the side instead of IN it) (just get some store bought ones and toss em in the air fryer or the oven)

pickles (i also skip)

enjoy!

Recipe #3

Lobelia's Spiced Yule Cake

Despite the fact that Lobelia never got along with Bilbo, she took a strange liking to Thorin when he moved to the Shire. She would often (and much to Bilbo's chagrin) bring him gifts of food, including her famous Spice Cake. Thorin immediately fell in love with the cake, which prompted Bilbo to actually go to Lobelia and ask her for the recipe. She absolutely refused to share it with him, and so he stormed off in defeat.

Still, as a Yule gift that year, Lobelia gave Thorin himself the recipe, making him swear on his honor not to share it with anyone, Bilbo included. To his credit, Thorin respected her wishes, ushering Bilbo out of the kitchen whenever he prepared the cake. And though the first few times he had done so Bilbo huffed and fussed, eventually he accepted that to either make Thorin share the recipe with him or to sneak a peek while it was being prepared would not only be dishonorable, but also would damage Thorin's trust in him.

However, over the next year (and with Thorin's help), Lobelia and Bilbo's relationship improved somewhat, and when the next Yuletide came around, she at last gave Thorin her blessing to share the recipe with Bilbo.

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Please feel free to take the recipe and distribute it as you like; no credit is necessary.

Lobelia's Spiced Yule Cake

1/2 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 cup buttermilk (see note)

Powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour an 8- or 9-inch cake pan (or line with parchment paper).

Beat together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until fully combined. Sift in the four, baking soda, and spices; mix until just combined. Add the buttermilk and mix on low until no flour streaks remain.

Turn batter into prepared pan. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes, or until surface is golden and a toothpick or butter knife comes out clean when inserted into the center.

Cool completely, then dust with powdered sugar.

Note: If you don't have buttermilk on-hand, you can simply put 1 1/2 teaspoons of vinegar or lemon juice into a measuring cup and fill up the rest of the way to the 1/2 cup mark with milk or half-and-half, then let it sit for about five minutes.

Note #2: You may want to adjust the spices for your liking, as one teaspoon of each may not suit everyone; and also, you might like to try other spices (such as cloves) as well!

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